Focusing On Africa’s Growth And The Potential Of The Blue Economy
Africa is a complex continent. She is an eclectic mix of authoritarian regimes — where leaders have been in power for many decades; countries that are attempting to make their way towards democracy — even if progress is incremental and slow; and others that have had a stronger semblance of democracy for many years — […]
Mdantsane Matriculants Excel In Maths And Physical Science Against All The Odds
Covid-19 proved no match for the Kutlwanong Centre for Maths, Science and Technology’s Promaths after-school tuition programme which has again delivered incredible results Despite the enormous challenges faced by the matric class of 2020, learners benefitting from the Promaths programme in the East London township of Mdantsane rose to the occasion to record remarkable performances […]
KFC Turns 50 In South Africa – Sends Fans On A Gold Rush
Opportunity to win Gold (South Africa’s most valuable resource) worth over $3.3 Million Fast food chain KFC will be celebrating 50 years of sharing its famous Original Recipe™ in South Africa and to celebrate its golden anniversary not only did it turn its first ever restaurant GOLD overnight but has South African fans hunting for up to R50 million (over $3.3 million) in real gold tokens. And its Gold Rush with a […]
Moshesh Partners Closes Funding For First R2bn Renewable Energy And Clean Infrastructure Fund
Black alternative asset manager to target private equity returns in the renewable energy sector Moshesh Partners, a mid-market black alternative asset manager, has reached a first close for its first Renewable Energy and Clean Infrastructure Fund, and is targeting R2billion in assets under management in the next 18 months. This is in addition to the […]
PSG’s Think Big Series To Feature Judge Dennis Davis And Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde, Among More Top Speakers
PSG has added to its impressive line-up of bigger picture thinkers, taking part in its 2021 Think Big webinar series. On 13 April, Judge Dennis Davis will gear his gavel towards tax consequences in our country, as South Africa’s shrinking tax base remains a source of concern. The challenges are huge but finding sustainable tax solutions will […]
A Fall from Grace
Suleiman Wanjau Bilali, one of Kenya’s finest boxers with international wins behind him, has been in and out of rehabilitation centres three times because of his alcohol addiction and depression since he was sacked from his job in 2012. His situation is widely documented. Many Kenyans have been protesting on social media and local media […]
The Discovery Egypt Needed to Attract New Travellers
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 3,000-year-old “lost city” buried under the sands in Luxor, home to the Nile Valley’s famed Valley of the Kings, and the latest pharaonic-era wonder to be unearthed as the country seeks to revive its tourism industry. The city, known as the “The Rise of Aten,” dates to the reign […]
Nigeria’s Biggest Solar Power Programme
Nigeria’s largest investment in solar power is part of the country’s Covid economic recovery plan. The project, Solar Power Naija, is also a step towards solving one of Nigeria’s biggest problems: a lack of reliable electricity. Under the Paris Climate Agreement, Nigeria has pledged to cut carbon emissions 20% by 2030. To get there, it […]
Hackathon for African Students a Success
UmojaHack Africa 2021 was an unprecedented success, bringing more than 1000 students from 126 universities across Africa to compete on Zindi (www.Zindi.africa) in a virtual machine learning hackathon on the weekend of 27-28 March. More than $10 000 USD in prizes were awarded to data science students from 9 African countries, and more than 8500 […]
Self Learning Platform Calls for new East African Intake
The Yunus Environment Hub has opened applications for the second cohort of StartNow, an online course for social business plan creation, to entrepreneurs in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. StartNow is a self-learning platform in which potential and early-stage entrepreneurs can interact to develop a social business plan step-by-step in eight weeks. It […]
