Nollywood Goes Gritty
Once Nollywood might have meant films that were low budget and high drama and aimed mostly at a West African audience. But Nigerian cinema has evolved and this year a slew of new film-makers are tackling grittier subjects – and winning international acclaim. A roster of screenings at autumn’s Film Africa festival in London reveal […]
Freelancing in Africa: A Growing Trend On the Continent
Freelancing is rapidly growing across Africa. This way of working provides a variety of opportunities, for both men and women, that run parallel with the economic dynamism that the continent is currently experiencing. An increasing number of companies are choosing this new model of employment. In a study conducted by financial services company Payoneer, around 21,000 freelancers […]
Your One-stop Event System Just Came Online
Cape Verde-based event ticketing and marketing platform Passafree has merged with Portuguese company Best-id to form PassiD, with the new combined venture planning to scale across Africa and Europe. Launched in 2017, Passafree provides event producers with an end-to-end management solution, including the ability to accept payments during events using RFID wristbands. The startup was […]
Morocco’s Water Crisis Forces Tough Decisions
On plains overlooking Agadir, in Southwestern Morocco, water has become so rare that it is diverted from the agricultural land to households. The region has been struggling with terrible droughts for the past three years and the local dam has run almost dry. Morocco’s economy depends heavily on agriculture, which accounts for nearly 15 percent […]
Kenyan Lawyer Who Bribed ICC Witnesses Comes Clean
A lawyer turned himself in to Dutch authorities on Monday to face accusations at the International Criminal Court of bribing witnesses in a trial of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto which collapsed four years ago. Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru was wanted on an ICC arrest warrant dating from 2015 that accused him of trying to […]
What to Expect at the 8th Angel Fair Africa Summit
Forty-three leading global investors from Africa, Europe, US and the Middle East have signed up to participate virtually in the 8th Angel Fair Africa on 5th November 2020. The investors are from Angel Africa List, Africa Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, America Capital Association, Women-In-Capital, Viktoria Business Angel Network, Brightmore Capital, amongst others. The […]
Can Ivorian Voters Survive a Disappointing Result?
An air of fear and uncertainty looms large over the presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire as the country struggles to shake off its turbulent past. Numerous factors are critical in determining whether the elections have a peaceful or violent outcome for a country that has lived through two civil wars this century. The first bout […]
The Owner of One the World’s Most Important African Art Collections Dies
Sindika Dokolo, the Congolese businessman has died aged 48. Dokolo was born in 1972 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo then known as Zaire. The son of a notable art collector, he was raised in Belgium and France, and began collecting at the age of 15. Over his lifetime, Dokolo amassed a sizable […]
Cameroonians Unite to Mourn the Senseless Killing of Learners
Cameroon observed a day of national mourning Sunday, with the central African state’s flag flying at half-staff and millions of people taking to the streets, mosques, and churches to condemn barbarism and killing. People are also asking for investigations to be opened and for suspected killers and those promoting the separatist crisis that has killed […]
Opposition Members Arrested in Tanzania
Police in Tanzania have arrested the chairman of the main opposition party in the wake of a disputed election. Freeman Mbowe was detained, along with two other Chadema leaders, for planning violent protests, police said. Police have said that intelligence reports suggested that the opposition was planning to burn down markets and petrol stations. Chadema […]
