Startups Make the Biggest Impact in Keeping West Africa Clean
Saviour Anyanwu founded OkwuEco – a hybrid word from Igbo and English meaning to start a conversation about the environment – and built an app to get households and waste collectors working together. “Collecting and recycling waste is not something we’re familiar with in this part of the world,” he said. “We prefer to just […]
African Retail Giant Close to Settling its Debts
Steinhoff International Holdings NV is getting close to reaching a potential deal on $11 billion of legal claims lodged against the global retailer following an accounting scandal that almost wiped out the company. South African claimants — including former chairman Christo Wiese whose suit amounts to $3.5 billion — have been offered a combination of […]
Africa.com Brings You the Digital Consumer Trends that Will Continue to Dominate Daily Life in Africa
Africa.com kicks off another five sessions of its successful webinar series in partnership with faculty from Harvard Business School, Crisis Management for African Business Leaders. The first session, Digital Consumer Trends that Will Continue to Dominate Daily Life in Africa explores the many ways in which African consumers have shifted towards digital products and services […]
Davy Sage Releases Inspirational New Tune -Together
Born in Nigeria and now based out of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Davy Sage is an artist and songwriter changing the face of African music. Released on May 29th, his latest single “Together” is a groovy and emotional tune that features powerful lyrics and an unforgettable melody. Davy’s singing style is a mix of English and […]
Ecobank Group Spearheads New Private Sector Initiative To End Malaria
Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative supports global movement for malaria elimination in Africa Today, Ecobank Group confirms its commitment to support ending malaria, launching the first-of-its-kind Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative in partnership with Dakar-based policy and advocacy action tank Speak Up Africa and the UN-hosted RBM Partnership to End Malaria. The new programme is […]
MTN Group Announces New CEOs For MTN Cameroon And MTN Benin
MTN Group is pleased to announce the appointment of new chief executive officers for two of its West African operations, MTN Cameroon and MTN Benin. Stephen Blewett, the current CEO of MTN Benin, will take the helm at MTN Cameroon on 1 August 2020 when Uche Ofodile, the current CEO of MTN Liberia, will become the CEO […]
Tech-Savvy Kenya Must Embrace Automated Communication Solutions To Bolster CX
By Marko Reis, Regional Manager – East Africa at Infobip Modern customers are increasingly becoming information seekers rather than passive recipients of information. A great deal more is therefore required from organisations when it comes to the way in which the ‘brand’ communicates to its customer. Consequently, the demand for reliable, personalised content, made available […]
Where You Shop Matters – How Thinking Local Can Help Kick-Start The Covid-19 Recovery
By Jabu Basopo, Visa’s general manager for Southern Africa As countries around the world begin to reopen businesses, restart economies and assess the cost of COVID-19, there are many unknowns. However, we all recognize that the impact on small businesses has been severe, and that many are facing an uncertain future. To gain a deeper […]
Opening Night in Mogadishu
Eight years after a suicide bomber destroyed the building, Somalia has reopened its imposing national theatre in Mogadishu as a symbol of culture in the heart of a city often defined by violence. The theatre, whose stage is underpinned by bright yellow pillars and is decorated in the light blue of the national flag, was […]
Sanctioned Billionaire Finds a Haven in Tiny Congolese Bank
A year ago in June, a group of bankers marched into a U.S. Treasury office in Washington on perhaps the most important mission of their careers: to save a country from financial collapse. Among them was Willy Mulamba, Citigroup Inc.’s top executive in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a resource-rich but devastatingly poor nation in […]
