Gender-lens Investing And The Post- Covid 19 Economic Recovery In Africa
Lindeka Dzedze, Standard Bank Group Executive Head of Institutional Clients and Global Markets The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and intensified the already deep inequalities across Africa as unemployment has risen. According to research conducted by McKinsey, women in Africa currently account for more than half of the population, but only generate a third of the […]
The Right Infrastructure Is Essential To Leveraging The Benefits Of BaaS
By Lourens Sanders, Solution Architect at Infinidat Data is a strategic business asset, and it needs to be protected from a multitude of threats. This includes ransomware and cybercrime activities as well as natural disaster, human error and, in South Africa’s case, frequent load shedding. Backup as a Service (BaaS) offers a wide range of […]
#SofnfreeSpotlight Winner Announced
Yolanda Buthelezi comes out tops in the #SofnfreeSpotlight competition As part of its aim to grow and nurture young talent, Sofnfree announced an exciting Youth Month initiative where one talented and aspiring TV presenter, videographer and journalist could bag a backstage pass to the South African Music Awards (SAMAs). Sofnfree is also this year’s sponsor […]
Slow Vaccine Rollout Threatens Economic Recovery Of Domestic Worker Sector
By Luke Kannemeyer, Chief Operating Officer of SweepSouth The slow vaccine rollout in Africa threatens the prospect of an economic bounce-back benefitting domestic workers, who are among the worst affected by the economic fallout of the pandemic. This is particularly relevant considering their reliance on the income of their employer, and their frequent exploitation. This […]
Norval Foundation And The Sovereign Art Foundation Launch Prestigious Prize For Artists From Africa And Its Diaspora
Norval Foundation and The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) today announced the launch of an annual award for contemporary artists from Africa and its diaspora. The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize (NSAAP) celebrates the practices of leading contemporary artists and aims to benefit them by increasing their international exposure. Fifty-three independent art professionals working across 20 […]
Digicloud Africa Named 2020 Google Cloud Expansion Partner Of The Year – Europe, Middle East, And Africa
Digicloud Africa, a Google Cloud reseller enablement partner in Africa, has been named the 2020 Google Cloud Expansion Partner of the Year – Europe, Middle East, and Africa. The annual award recognises one partner in the region that has shown outstanding success in helping a large number of customers achieve better results through Google Cloud’s […]
Amplifying New Voices from the Continent
Lolwe, is an online literary magazine launched by Troy Onyango in 2020 with the aim of publishing Black people in Africa and around the world. Lolwe — which draws its name from the Luo name for Lake Victoria, whose waters hug this city in western Kenya, and means “endless lake or water body” — has […]
A Kenyan Living in the US on the Two Sides of the Vaccine Coin
Of the 3.5 billion people already vaccinated worldwide, only 1.6% are in African countries. New cases have been surging for eight straight weeks on the continent, leading to a fresh wave of lockdowns, overwhelmed healthcare systems, lost livelihoods and — worst of all — a large death toll. In the past week alone, fatalities were […]
Pandemic Shows Cracks in Tunisia’s Governance
Tunisia’s government stumbled deeper into crisis on Wednesday over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, after Premier Hichem Mechichi fired the health minister amid skyrocketing cases in the North African country. Mechichi, whose office had announced Faouzi Mehdi’s sacking in a brief statement on Tuesday evening, slammed the minister’s performance, pinpointing a critical lack of […]
The Darfuri have Not had the Peace they Hoped For
Two years after the Sudanese revolution, hundreds of thousands of people have been internally displaced as violence in Darfur continues. Many hoped a hard-earned peace agreement would put an end to the decades-old conflict, but the region’s bloody legacy continues. The absence of joint UN-African Union (Unamid) peacekeepers is being felt by many in West […]
