Harare Feels the Benefits of Lifting Maize Ban
Zimbabwe’s weekly white corn imports from South Africa have risen to an 11-year high as food crisis worsens and after the government lifted a ban on purchase of genetically modified grain. The country imported 16,114 tons of the variety of the grain in the week ended Jan. 31, the highest weekly amount since February 2009, […]
Celebrating Africa’s Female Decision Makers
Africa’s most dynamic thought-leaders, industry game-changers and icons of social activism are set to feature at the exclusive Forbes Woman Africa Leading Women Summit. For the first time, FORBES WOMAN AFRICA will be releasing its own list of ‘Africa’s Most Powerful Women’, many of whom will be attending the summit. For the 5th edition of […]
Is the Continent Ready for Sustainable Mining Practices?
The demand for extracting and processing critical minerals is increasing at a monumental pace. This is primarily due to the increase in the global population which is expected to reach 9 billion by 2030 – including 3 billion new middle-class consumers. According to World Bank projections, in the next 25 years, the world will need […]
The US’ First Free-trade Agreement in Sub-Saharan Africa
The hope is that an FTA with Kenya, which exchanged nearly $1.1bn-worth of goods with America in 2019, could serve as a model for future trade agreements in the region. Kenya would no doubt welcome such a deal. America was the country’s third-biggest trading partner in 2019, importing $667m-worth of clothing, fruit, nuts and coffee. […]
Traditional Accelerator Models Don’t Work in Africa
Accelerator programmes for African tech startups are slowly moving away from the batch-based “Silicon Valley approach” in favour of on-demand, needs-based, and corporate-supported models. The classic accelerator model, established in Silicon Valley and Europe by the likes of Y Combinator and 500 Startups, sees acceleration firms take significant stakes in startups in exchange for some […]
Sarz Releases Debut Sound Pack
It is no news that the demand and consumption of Afrobeat music around the world are on the rise every day. And as music producers yearn to lay their hands on the unique sound, ace Nigerian music producer and Disc Jockey, Osabuohien Osaretin, popularly known as Sarz releases his Afrobeat sound pack for sampling by both upcoming […]
Bic Announces Winners Of Its Continent-Wide Bic Art Master Africa Competition
BIC, a world leader in Stationery, Lighters, and Shavers, named ‘Black Lion’ a half-man, half-lion portrait by artist Fatiou Aboudou as the winner of its 2019 BIC Art Master Africa Competition. The original piece took 250 hours to complete and was drawn using only black BIC Cristal® Medium ballpoint pens. The BIC Art Master competition […]
How to Sell a Business on a Budget
Selling a business has the potential to be a costly process. When it comes to getting your business ready for sale, marketing it and tying up loose ends can take resources that you don’t have. You may be selling your business because you are in a position that makes finding any extra capital impossible or […]
Illuminated
It’s ironic that the word ‘light’ has so many meanings, and of those, several relate to the senses. Light to the touch and light as a feather immediately spring to mind. For the most part, we can greatly benefit from some light in our lives. Our ‘always on’ culture connects us to depressing daily news […]
