Can A Crop Crisis Be Averted In Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe’s farmers are urging authorities to undertake cloud seeding to ease an early-season drought that’s hurting crops and destroying cattle pastures. The four-week dry spell has caused some farmers to delay planting summer crops, which include the country’s staple corn, while those that sowed earlier have seen plants withering in the absence of rain. Zimbabwe […]
Africa Top 10 Business News
What the DRC’s Election Means for its Economy The prospective change of administration may spur optimism among mining investors including Glencore Plc and Barrick Gold Corp. that they can reverse elements of a fiercely disputed new industry code that raised royalties and added taxes. The African country is the world’s main supplier of battery ingredient […]
Zambia And Zimbabwe Offer Land To African Union For First SADC Multi-Billion Dollar Wakanda One Village Project
Zimbabwe and Zambia have offered 2,000 and 132 hectares of land respectively around the Victoria Falls area── which borders the two countries── for the construction of the Wakanda One Village. The project will serve as the first of the project in the Southern African region and will comprise a 100-bed teaching hospital, a university and […]
The 2019 Trends Impacting Mobile On The African Continent
According to the GMSA Mobile Economy 2018 report for sub-Saharan Africa, mobile subscribers rose by 44% in 2017 and this was further bolstered by an increase in smartphone penetration that rose by 75%. Mobile broadband is anticipated to comprise 87% of total connections by 2025 across 690 million smartphones. According to Joachim Wuilmet, Head of Customer Marketing and […]
CX Strategy according to Multichoice, Hollard, African Bank, FNB, ABSA, Comair, Uber and many more
Corinium Global Intelligence announced that it will be hosting an all-encompassing event, Customer 360 Africa 2019, that will cover all aspects of the entire customer experience journey. It has recruited a wide range of industry leaders set to share their experience and knowledge with attending delegates. The event will bring together 45+ passionate customer centric […]
Normalisation Committee For Namibia Football Association
Fifa has appointed a normalisation committee to run the Namibia Football Association (NFA). The move follows a recent visit by a delegation from football’s world governing body after NFA elections were not held as planned on 5 December 2018. The committee’s mandate is to organise executive committee elections before 31 May and run the NFA’s […]
Migrants Arduous Search for Dignity Through Integration and a Pay Check
One of the most common words used by speakers during the Global Compact on Migration was “dignity”—granting migrants the dignity they deserve. As with any advocacy, there is a danger a word can lose meaning through overuse. But on the streets of Morocco the same word means a lot to migrants looking for work. And […]
