Global Marketplace Paxful Taps Limpopo-Born Youth, To Help Launch A Global Entrepreneurship Program
In a recent report titled, Workforce of the future 2030, PWC contends that by 2030: “Africa will be home to more than a quarter of the world’s population of under 25’s. Under 25’s in total will make up 60% of the continent’s total population. By then, 15% of the world’s working population will reside in Africa. […]
Working From Home Is Likely To Stick Post-COVID19
Experts around the world have been advocating for increased workplace flexibility and work-from-home arrangements for a long time. In fact, flexible work has been linked to improved employee engagement by the likes of Gallup, Gartner and other highly respected research and consulting houses. However, given the COVID-19 pandemic, companies have now been forced to move […]
Apple Music Shines The Spotlight On Cape Town R&B Singer Hunter Rose
Apple Music’s New Artist Spotlight for July is Hunter Rose, a Cape Town-based singer-songwriter who blends soul and jazz with elements of neo-R&B to create a body of work that’s slick and modern. “It’s an absolute honour to be recognised by Apple music. It’s an exciting time for R&B as well as South African music and after the thrilling […]
E-Commerce Is Up, But What Can Be Trusted And What Can’t Be?
Who to trust in an online retail world awash with special offers, tempting deals and big promises E-commerce, and specifically in the retail sector, has broken barriers regardless of the global pandemic’s lockdown restrictions. Statista, a global business-data platform, believes that the South African market will reach just over R62 billion this year, and show […]
Top 10 Ways To Navigate The New Normal
Never before have companies, individuals, organisations, societies and other entities and their staff been compelled to adapt to such massive change in such a short space of time due to the exigencies of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s how you can navigate this situation when working from a home environment Let’s face it: in the face […]
Pandemic Won’t Halt Moves To Protect South Sudan’s Environment
Plans by the Republic of South Sudan to conduct a comprehensive environmental audit of the country’s oil fields are going ahead, although delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic global lockdown. In January, the then Minister of Petroleum in South Sudan, Hon. Eng. Awow Daniel Chuang, announced a tender to determine environmental damage caused by oil production, […]
Three Innovations Made by Young Africans to fight COVID-19
As news of the imminent spread of COVID-19 in Africa became a reality, governments introduced strict measures such as lockdowns in order to minimise its reach. But African states are known for their lack of infrastructure and doubts of whether governments would cope came to the fore. At the same time, the continent’s youth saw […]
Meet Epione’s Jessica Chivinge – South Africa, Zimbabwe
Jessica and her co-founders chose their company name from Epione, the Greek goddess associated with soothing of pain and that is exactly what the team aims to do. They believe healthcare is about fostering collaboration and increasing access to quality and affordable healthcare for all, using one true source of information. What inspired your innovation? […]
Meet MaiSoin’s Dédé Tounkara – Côte d’Ivoire
Dédé has a Master’s in Public Health from Emory University with experience in disease surveillance in Central Africa. Dede co-founded MaiSoin, a social enterprise aimed at increasing access to healthcare in Cote d’Ivoire. What inspired your innovation? African urban health systems have not adapted to their population’s health needs. As urban centers grow, health structures […]
#AfrikanCreate’s Aya Dlova – South Africa
Aya is a young creative from the rural outskirts of Butterworth, Eastern Cape, with a background in software development. A strict lockdown in South Africa meant staying home and finding ways to cope with the severity of the pandemic and still be able to create content in the art space. What inspired your innovation? Mental […]
