Hybrid Africa Business Tourism MICE Masterclass 24-25 March 2021
Theme: Re-Imagining & Creating New Pathways For Africa MICE Industry for Covid-19 Era Designed as the first hybrid Africa MICE Masterclass since inception in 2018, this 2021 Masterclass will host a limited number of in-person attendees and virtual delegates given the interactive nature of the programme in compliance with South Africa COVID-19 protocols. Most of […]
PROTEC’s 2020 Matrics Achieve 100% Pass Rate And 83% Bachelor Pass Rate
Against almost impossible odds, PROTEC’s 2020 matriculants are celebrating a 100% pass rate because the non-profit organisation, which develops maths and science competence in under-resourced high schools around South Africa, pulled out the stops to adapt to the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions – and delivered support, resources and tuition to all its learners throughout 2020. The […]
Investing in South Africa: Why Private Equity Is Still Booming
Roughly 1 percent of private equity capital was invested in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012, with South Africa attracting the greatest volume of that capital. There is, however, a growing trend toward the newly emerging countries, including Mozambique and Tanzania. While these economies are not as diversified as South Africa, or Mauritius and Egypt, their growth […]
Lockdown Inspires Rwandan Artist to Create
At a time when ownership of vehicles is rising in Rwanda, the Kamana Workshop in Kigali has found a practical way of recycling the increasing numbers of tyres. Jean de Dieu Kamana is the founder and owner of the workshop, “I thought about starting this after people used to come to my place and use […]
Libya Gets its First Female Foreign Minister
Najla el-Mangoush, will be sworn in next week as part of a new unity government, a rare female voice at the top table whose appointment many Libyan women welcomed on Thursday. Mangoush, a lawyer who had a role in the transitional council that briefly governed Libya after its 2011 uprising, will be joined by four […]
Nigerians are Now Spending More on Food as Inflation Creeps In
The country’s inflation hit a four-year peak in February as food prices jumped more than 20 percent, heaping financial pressure on households already faced with a shrinking labour market and a stagnant economy at a time of mounting insecurity. Inflation, in double digits since 2016, reached 17.33 percent, driven by the impact of a coronavirus […]
Conditions Around Pregnancy Cause a Divide in DRC
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), restrictive abortion laws, limited medical resources, and high costs – all heightened by two decades of conflict – have led to barriers in access to safe abortion. Despite the legal restrictions, abortion is common in the DRC although national data are lacking. One study in Kinshasa estimated […]
Kenya Won’t Be Paying its Loans by Using its Infrastructure
Finance Minister Ukur Yatani has denied reports that the country risks losing its main port to China should it fail to pay huge loans advanced for the construction of a new railway line. The new 472km (293 mile) railway cost close to three times the international standard and four times the original estimate. A local […]
Zimbabwe’s Youth Watch their Future go Up in Smoke
Many youths in Harare have ventured into illicit and dangerous drugs such as mutoriro, with the numbers rising as the lockdown cut them off from jobs and their usual social lives. Known scientifically as methamphetamine, crystal meth is a highly addictive stimulant used for its powerful euphoric effects. Although the drug has been used in […]
Uganda’s Industrialization Plans and Vision 2040
With the shift of the automotive industry towards climate-friendly solutions, electric vehicles have been taking center stage and Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC), a state enterprise for automotive manufacturing, was spawned by an extra-curricular activity endorsed by the Makerere University Faculty of Technology to focus on this demand. In 2011, KMC made history to global renown […]
