Concerted Safety Efforts Necessary To Prevent DIY Accidents At Home
Towards the end of last year, South African newspapers reported that a man from Durban in KwaZulu Natal died after plunging six meters from a roof. It appears that the man, who was apparently doing repairs to his roof, lost his balance and fell to the ground below. When paramedics arrived on the scene, they found the […]
Scaling Africa’s Tech Ventures To Exit This Decade
By Eric Osiakwan The last decade was an important experiment in Africa tech ventures moving out of the “labs” and becoming real businesses that saw investors backing them with so much capital that from 2014 to 2019, the total number of VC deals doubled every year until the advent of COVID-19, which disrupted global economic […]
Learning From Indigenous People: My Morocco Diary
By Heike Kuhn Once a year, on 9 August, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is commemorated, celebrating their unique culture and knowledge. This is done mostly from a distance, from our homes in (nominally) developed countries. But are we as developed as we pretend to be? On this question, I reflected for a […]
Liberia: Storage Facility To Be Powered By Solar-Hybrid System
Sub-Sahara infrastructure fund InfraCo Africa has signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with a Liberian contractor, BMC Group, to enable construction to commence on the Liberia Inland Storage Facility (LISF) project. InfraCo Africa secured grant funding from PIDG’s Technical Assistance (PIDG TA) to carry out a pre-feasibility study to assess the power needs […]
Why South African Community’s Win Against Mining Company Matters
Sonwabile Mnwana, University of Fort Hare A South African High Court has passed an important judgment putting a stop to the pervasive practice by companies to mine ancestral lands in rural areas without the villagers’ consent. The case was brought by the community of rural UMgungundlovu, a small cluster of villages that fall under the […]
Mastercard Global Outlook 2021 Highlights Permanent Shift To Digital And Opportunity To Boost Financial Inclusion In The Middle East And Africa
Mastercard Economics Institute report estimates that 20-30% of the COVID-related surge in e-commerce spending to be a permanent feature in share of overall retail spending Young and digitally savvy populations across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) are key to long-term growth outlook, but youth unemployment poses a threat to growth prospects The opportunity for […]
