Investing in African SMEs with Social Impact
Impact investment firm Goodwell Investments has launched a new $60 million fund that will channel capital from private investors, family offices and foundations to fast-growing, scalable small and medium-sized companies. The latest Goodwell Investments fund – Goodwell V – is a new multi-sector private equity fund focused on inclusive growth and sustainable development in Africa, […]
Exposing a Pension Grant Scandal
BBC Africa Eye went undercover to expose an ineffective and corrupt pension system in Nigeria, which leaves some elderly people sick and penniless, yet grants some politicians outrageous retirement packages. Reporter Yemisi Adagoke traveled to Cross River State to meet “Ghost Pensioners” – elderly people whom the state declared dead and deprived of their pensions. […]
Malawi Focuses on its Labour Relations
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has announced reforms his administration will take to create better conditions and rights for workers in his country. Presiding over a commemoration for Internationals Workers Day Saturday at his State House in Blantyre, Chakwera noted that a decent work environment and workers’ rights are compromised in Malawi. In his speech, Chakwera […]
Mozambique is Experiencing an Environmental Renaissance
It’s not every day that a country with a past rife with war and environmental destruction fulfills an ambitious conservation goal. But that’s exactly what happened last year in Mozambique when, after overhauling its environmental code, the country officially designated Chimanimani as a new national park. Located on the Zimbabwe border about 90 miles southwest […]
Mo Ibrahim on What Africa Needs Right Now
Progress, development and peace are the fundamentals for a bright future for the African continent, Dr. Mo Ibrahim told Africanews. “The problem in Africa, we have a lot of old men running the continent. And this is not really helpful. We need to move on from that and build a more progressive, more young, more […]
Africa Must Set and Own its Electric Vehicle Agenda
The future of transportation appears to be electric. More and more people across the globe are opting for electric vehicles and the industry is undeniably on a positive trajectory. The African continent is also part of this growing electric-powered transport wave. Several African countries such as Kenya and Rwanda have adopted tax incentives to encourage […]
Women Bear the Brunt of Attacks Against the Media
A new report published in April by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the United Nations’ agency UNESCO reveals: “Online attacks on women journalists appear to be increasing significantly, as this study demonstrates, particularly in the context of the ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women during COVID-19. The pandemic has changed journalists’ working conditions, […]
