Uber Expands Partnership With Moove To Empower Drivers In Ghana
Partnership increases access to car ownership with flexible rental and drive-to-own options After successful launches in Nigeria and South Africa, Uber has extended their partnership with Moove, Uber’s preferred fleet partner in Sub-Saharan Africa, to provide potential and current Uber drivers in Ghana with long-term access to vehicles. The largest partnership of its kind, the […]
Delivering Greater Brand Impact By Solving Societal Problems
Consumers have always considered factors such as price and quality when making their purchasing decision, but in today’s hyperconnected world, modern consumers, especially millennials and Gen Y’s, also factor in what kind of a difference a company is making in their community and what the purpose of a brand is. As consumers grow more conscious […]
Riseup, 14 Days Left To Apply For “Africa’s Business Heroes” 2021 Edition Of US$1.5m Prize
The initiative gives African entrepreneurs a unique platform to showcase their startups, and the top 10 finalists win a share of the US$1.5 million grant to grow their business The “Africa’s Business Heroes” (ABH) prize competition, the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program spotlighting and celebrating Africa’s entrepreneurial talent, has opened applications for its third […]
Interview with Elo Umeh, CEO of Terragon Group
Tell us about your journey to Terragon. How would you describe the company now relative to the future you envision for it? Terragon currently isn’t too far off from where we envisioned it to be when it was founded 12 years ago. We started as a digital media Agency in 2009; while pioneering digital media […]
Studying Abroad – Easier And Cheaper Than You Think
Admissions now open! Recent stats have shown that South Africa’s top universities received as many as eight to 14 times more applications than places available for the 2021 intake. How this looks is that, for example, well over 65,000 students who applied to WITs were already rejected at the initial application phase. Whilst some chose […]
Connecting Professional Africans Together
Egypt-based networking app Tays has raised a seven-figure pre-seed investment from several angel investors to kickstart its operations at home and launch into new markets. Co-founded by Sherif Bacheet and Fady Yonathan, Tays offers an end-to-end social networking app that uses a unique machine learning algorithm to help professionals connect with each other based on […]
Introspection Can Solve Zimbabwe’s Electricity Woes
Electricity theft is a global challenge and Zimbabwe hasn’t been spared. The country has lost up to 1,000km of power lines due to cable theft. The official explanation is that this is driven by organised crime with some accomplices coming from government departments. Politicians say theft and the vandalism of electricity infrastructure is politically motivated […]
The Tragedy Burkina Faso Doesn’t Want the World to See
Burkina Faso’s government has effectively banned local and foreign journalists from visiting official sites hosting people displaced by the country’s long-running conflict, Al Jazeera can reveal. It is understood a May 2020 report by Oxfam focusing on the plight of female IDPs and their vulnerability to sexual abuse may also have played a part in […]
The Political Crisis in Mali Deepens
UN chief António Guterres has demanded the immediate release of Mali’s President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane, who have been detained by soldiers. They were driven by soldiers to a military camp near the capital, Bamako. The two men have been leading an interim government which took power after a military coup last August. […]
Intensifying Calls to Release Jailed Ghanaian Activists
Ghana’s LGBTQ community has called for the release of 21 people, who were arrested by security forces last week while attending a conference in the southeastern city of Ho. An online campaign with the hashtag #ReleaseThe21 has gone viral on social media platform Twitter, as people demanded the immediate release of the detainees. At least […]
