What Africa Expects of New WTO Chief Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The author is, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Extraordinary to Switzerland and Permanent Representative to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva. When on 15 February the chair of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) General Council, Ambassador David Walker of New Zealand, announced that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala would be the new Director-General, the mood among delegates […]
4 Ways Digital Experience Platforms Empower Manufacturers To Become Retailers
The past year or so has been incredibly challenging for manufacturers. Not only did the initial lockdowns in South Africa and around the world cause local output to drop by nearly 50%, they also faced a squeeze from retailers looking to provide the best possible value to their customers, says Greg Gatherer, Account Manager at […]
The Importance Of IoT In Advancing Fleet Driver Safety
Technology is now a valuable tool for protecting fleets, their cargo, and the lives of drivers, writes Gill Jones, General Manager: Business Segment Sales at Netstar, a subsidiary of Altron The importance of the logistics sector to our economy has become even more clear during the pandemic and the lockdowns, as we become more reliant on […]
Women-led Kenyan Design House Wins Fashionomics Africa Sustainable Design Competition For Turning Fruit Waste Into Eco-friendly Footwear
Pine Kazi, which converts pineapple leaf and recycled rubber into fashionable footwear, won the $2,000 Fashionomics Africa competition cash prize The African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Fashionomics Africa initiative has named a women-led Kenya shoe design house as the winner of its competition to support producers of sustainable fashion. Pine Kazi, which converts pineapple leaf and […]
Business, Govt Must Harness The New Digital Opportunity For SA’s Youth
By Lizelle Strydom, Managing Director, CareerBox With South Africa recording its highest ever unemployment rate of 32.5%, with youth and women especially affected, there needs to be a renewed commitment toward impact sourcing and support of growth industries in order to nurture long-term economic growth and development in the country. Not only did the Business […]
Esteemed Kenyan Authour Makes History
An author who was imprisoned by the Kenyan government is a contender for the 2021 International Booker Prize with a “dazzling” verse novel written in the Bantu language of Gikuyu. The Perfect Nine: The Epic Gikuyu and Mumbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was named on the 13-strong longlist for the £62,000 award, which celebrates the […]
A Critical Wetland in the Heart of Tunis Threatened by Overexpansion
Once set apart from the city, today half of Tunis’ residents live on the banks of the “sebkha”, or mudflat, where more than 100,000 birds of around 100 different species spend winter. The birds’ human neighbours complain of pollution, recurrent flooding and swarms of mosquitos from the lagoon, one of North Africa’s most important wetlands […]
France Missed the Mark in Mali Strike
A French air strike killed 19 civilians and three armed men at a wedding in Mali in January, a UN report says. France’s defence ministry disputed the finding, saying the 3 January strike targeted an “armed terrorist group”. France has 5,100 troops across the Sahel region to fight militants tied to al-Qaeda and the Islamic […]
Africa’s Bee Industry is Abuzz with New Opportunities
After resigning from her job to become a beekeeper at her grandfather’s request in 2012, Mmabatho Morudi soon realised that bees are endangered in South Africa and that the country did not produce enough honey. She also noticed that the farmers in her community could use help improving their harvest and that they struggled to […]
Typo Lands Tanzanian Journos in Hot Water
Staff of a Tanzania state-run publication were suspended after they mistakenly printed an advert mourning the country’s new President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was recently sworn in to replace the late President John Magufuli. The advert, sponsored by Tanzania’s Mining Corporation was intended to congratulate President Samia Suluhu, 61, on her emergence as the country’s 6th […]
