The Great Digital Transformation in Africa
This year has welcomed AfCFTA, the pan-African free trade agreement. As of 1st January 2021, AfCFTA has brought in new business standards for 41 countries and 1.2 billion people to increase economic growth across the continent. Alongside that has been an acceleration of digital transformation in the region, heralding a new era of technological advancement. […]
HUAWEI Launches 2021 HMS App Innovation Contest, Apps UP!
Huawei announces much-awaited 2021 App development competition: Huawei HMS App Innovation Contest (Apps UP) – Large prize pool includes up to US$200K for developers in MEA – Unique opportunity for developers in Africa to showcase talent and relevance Not all superheroes wear capes. Some sit behind a desk conjuring up ways in which they can use […]
Debunking The Myths, Stereotypes, And The Status Quo By Curating New African Narratives
For decades, the mass media in the world has packaged and depicted a disturbing pattern on African life. This pattern always highlights poverty, corruption, conflict, and disease as the defining factors of life on this vast continent. Information that does not get highlighted very much is the fact that the region is so vast and […]
DP World Maputo Launches First Dedicated Logistics Rail Service Between Maputo And Harare
First dedicated logistics rail service between Maputo and Harare launched from DP World Maputo The rail service’s operations will be expanded in coming months, and is key to DP World’s vision in connecting Maputo with Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland by rail The landmark service will reduce transit times for customers in Zimbabwe DP World […]
N40 Million Deliveries In Pilot Phase Of DeliverASAP.NG
Deliverasap.ng, providers of lastmile fulfillment for importers in Nigeria celebrated the milestone of fulfilling over 450 orders, worth over N40 million, weighing over 1,700kg all within the pilot year. The company which was launched during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020 has joined the list of businesses birthed during the pandemic. Serial Entrepreneur, Engr Oyedayo Oyeniran […]
West Africa Positioned As Major Cashew Nut Exporter Through U.S. Government Investments
Red River Foods/Trade Hub partnership to create long-term, sustainable incomes throughout the cashew value chain West Africa is poised to be the next largest exporter of cashew kernels to the U.S. market through a $3 million co-investment partnership between the USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub) and Red River Foods (RRF), a leading […]
Women Leading Somalia’s Health System
Somalia is one of the most complex regions of the world, with threats and political instability, extreme weather conditions, movement of internally displaced people (IDPs), decades of conflict, poverty-related deprivation, poor health and communicable diseases that are killing people. There is a constant risk of gender violence making women, children and members of minority groups […]
