Surfers’ Near Miss with Shark
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) sent out a warning to South Coast residents that they ought to steer clear of the beaches as a significant increase in shark traffic was being detected. On Tuesday 23 June, it became clear that they weren’t kidding. Teenager Zach Berman, from Cape Town, captured footage of a great […]
Nigeria’s Glamorous Wedding Industry Under Pressure
Despite churches in Nigeria emerging from lockdown to once again hold weddings, they’re trying to cut down on the number of guests. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has led many couples to get married online through video conferencing platforms but Nigeria’s large wedding industry, which is geared towards entertaining large numbers of guests, is struggling to […]
A Mapping Device for Southern Africa’s Rural Areas
South African startup Abiri is providing digital mapping services in areas Google Maps cannot reach in order to better link rural and peri-urban areas with cities. Launched in 2018 with the mission of creating digital integration to unlock township and rural economies, Abiri uses drones equipped with advanced cameras to map rural and peri-urban areas, […]
Lesotho Football Club Takes Lead in Gender Parity
Lesotho’s Kick4Life FC have said they will be the first top flight club in the world to pay the same to their men’s and women’s teams. Located in the capital city of Maseru, Kick4Life said the coronavirus pandemic has helped them take their strongest business decision yet – gender pay parity – and that it […]
Waiting Game for Lilongwe
Vote counting started in Malawi on Tuesday at 6pm after polls closed. The COVID-19 pandemic did not deter the 6.8 million voters who went to the polls to elect a president in an election that took place in a largely calm and peaceful atmosphere, according to observers. Albert Tebulo, monitor of the ruling Democratic Progressive […]
A New Book Unpicks what Egypt’s Capital Might Have Been
Looming above the affluent Zamalek neighbourhood in the centre of Cairo, the Forte Tower has stood as the tallest building in Egypt for the last 30 years – yet it remains unfinished and abandoned. The result of several years of digging through haphazard archives, Mohamed Elshahed’s guidebook is an intriguing example of the form. It […]
Tracking Africa’s Response to the Spread of Coronavirus
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa joined forces with a group of telecoms operating in Africa to reach over 600 million mobile subscribers with coronavirus health advice. The Africa Communications Intelligence Platform will be deployed on mobile phones via text and voice messaging in at least 23 African countries in its first phase, UNECA […]
An All-women Law Firm in Lagos Takes on the Cases Lost in the System
Once every few months, volunteers from Headfort Foundation, the non-profit organisation Oluyemi Orija founded in 2018 collect the cases of poor inmates who have spent months, sometimes years, in jail without trial. They provide free legal services in one of the toughest judicial systems in the world. Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit, campaigners said […]
Special Coverage of Africa Investors’ Conference
Africa.com is proud to be able to bring to you new insights from the Africa Investors’ Conference, sponsored by Standard Bank. The Africa Investors’ Conference is designed to connect institutional investors to leading policymakers and some of Africa’s most successful companies, sharing ideas with a view to finding key opportunities for growth on the continent. […]
South Africa’s Finance Minister’s Emergency Covid-19 Budget
The overall message was a grim one on Day 90 of the Covid-19 lockdown, one of the world’s hardest and longest. Debt, said Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, was South Africa’s weakness. Debt service cost has become the fastest-growing item – to R229.3-billion in 2020, according to February’s Budget, up from R201.2-billion in 2019 and R184-billion […]
