Meeting the Changing Needs of African Women
Mothering and childcare focused e-commerce companies BabyBliss Nigeria and MumsVillage Kenya have merged to create a pan-African entity, providing what they say is an “unparalleled omnichannel commerce, community and content offering”. BabyBliss Nigeria brings deep retail and e-commerce experience in Africa’s largest economy, while MumsVillage Kenya, a parental advisory platform that moved into the e-commerce […]
Will Nigeria’s Unique Amnesty Work?
Authorities in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state have offered two cows for each gun surrendered to halt bloody attacks by criminal gangs, including cattle rustlers. Remote communities across the region have for years been hit hard by deadly raids from armed groups of motorcycle-riding cattle rustlers and kidnappers. Military operations have failed to end the killings […]
Cocoa Slump Affects African Farmers’ Payday
The steepest dive in cocoa demand in a decade has thrown into jeopardy a plan by top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana to guarantee some 2-million farmers a living wage. Leading chocolate-makers agreed to a proposal from the African nations last year to charge the industry a premium for cocoa beans and guarantee a minimum […]
South African Telecos Look to China to Expand their Services
Vodacom Group plans to create a ‘super app’ in partnership with digital payment provider Alipay, part of China’s Alibaba group, to allow consumers in South Africa to shop online, pay bills and send money to family from next year. The app will also help small to medium enterprises (SME) access financial services such as lending […]
A Debate on the Funding Gap in Africa
African entrepreneurs told the Guardian about humiliation, discrimination, stereotyping and sometimes racism that they endure in interactions with some of the world’s most prominent investors. North America-headquartered investors accounted for 42% of all African venture capital deals in the last five years, according to the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. Only 20% of […]
Victory for Kenyan Community that Took Smelting Plant to Court
A Kenyan community whose children and residents were sickened by lead from a battery smelting plant has been awarded $12 million following a civil lawsuit. The court ordered the government to clean up Owino Uhuru, a village on the outskirts of Mombosa, within four months and gave the relevant agencies 90 days to pay out […]
Pandemic Halts Yaounde’s Immunization Plans
Cameroon’s medical authorities say over 200,000 children have not received routine vaccinations on schedule since March, when the country had its first case of COVID-19. Parents are refusing to take their kids to hospitals because they fear they may be infected with the virus, which has spread to nearly 17,000 people and caused nearly 400 deaths. Doctors are […]
Africans have Cracked the Code to Higher Education Success in America
According to data collated by the Migration Policy Institute from the Census Bureau and American Community Surveys: 40 percent of immigrants to the US from sub-Saharan Africa hold at least a Bachelor’s degree. That’s compared to 31 percent for the country’s overall foreign-born population and 32 percent for those born in the U.S. Nigerians and […]
Zimbabwe Police Confirm the Arrest of Top Investigative Journalist
An outspoken journalist who recently exposed alleged government corruption involving coronavirus supplies has been arrested in Zimbabwe. Hopewell Chin’ono live-streamed his arrest on Monday on social media before being told to put his phone down. It is not yet clear why security officials broke into Hopewell Chin’ono’s home and arrested him. The US embassy called […]
Equity Bank’s Group Executive Talks Philanthropy during Covid-19 at Africa.com Webinar
Dr. James Mwangi, Group Executive of Equity Group will be featured in a fireside chat with Harvard Business School Professor Dr. Caroline Elkins on July 22, as part of Africa.com’s webinar series Crisis Management for African Business Leaders. The session, Disruptions with Impact: The Intersection of Business & Philanthropy, will examine the COVID-19 crisis for Kenya and East Africa, and the changes […]
