How WhatsApp Can Enhance Business Communication
By Orediretse Molebaloa, Enterprise Presales Manager at Infobip South Africa With a user base of more than 2.5 billion active subscribers across the globe, and a status as the leading person-to-person communication channel in most parts of the world, WhatsApp has revolutionised the way we communicate. In South Africa, as well as in the East and West […]
Jiji Kenya Now Improves The Property Category To Cater To The Needs Of The Real Estate Buyers And Sellers
Jiji Kenya, heralded as the largest online marketplace in Kenya, has now created a seamless online experience to ensure safety for all property buyers and drive incremental traffic and sales for property sellers in their platform. In the wake of a surge in online transactions triggered by the high demand for land and properties in […]
Shell Ordered to Compensate Nigerian Village it Drenched in Oil
Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay around $111.6m to communities in southern Nigeria over crude oil spills in 1970, lawyers involved in the case have said. The decision is the latest involving Opec-member Nigeria’s oil-producing south where communities have long fought legal battles over oil spills and environmental damage. “They ran out of tricks […]
Kenyan Airways Looks for Greener Methods of Operating
Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA said its flying taxi unit Eve has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Kenya Airways to develop operating models in its key markets. The agreement with Fahari Aviation, the unmanned aircraft division of Kenya Airways, aims to design a network for the safe operation of Electric Vertical Aircraft (EVA). Investment […]
South Africans are Investing in Second Citizenship to Diversify Wealth
Acquiring dual citizenship is recognised as providing an insurance policy against unpredictability. In recent years, St Kitts and Nevis has become a popular destination among Africans looking for a safe and secure route to a second citizenship. Since 1984, the dual-island nation has welcomed foreign investors and their families to become citizens once contributing to its […]
Positioning South Sudan as the Top Frontier Market for African Exploration
Representing one of the fastest growing frontier markets in Africa, South Sudan holds significant opportunities for both regional and international investors. The country has the third-largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa – measured at 3.5 billion barrels produced annually – and yet, 90% of reserves remain untapped. With a renewed peace agreement opening the country […]
Covid-19 has had a Huge Impact on the African Agribusiness Sector
The pandemic and associated lockdowns have greatly disrupted supply chains, while the economic downturn saw short-term falls in investment and trade volumes. Yet for better or worse, the pandemic could also speed up many ongoing processes, such as the adoption of new crop strains and land use diversification, particularly into renewables. There is no doubt […]
Adapting the Higher Purchase Model for Africa’s Ride-hailing Sector
Buying a new car in many African countries requires buyers to pay the full cost at once—not a feasible option for people in low and middle income brackets—or make do with highly unfavorable car loan terms from banks in the few instances where such loans are accessible. Car ownership is therefore an elusive dream for […]
Orange Money’s Dominant Position in Africa is Not Secure
While presenting its figures for mid-2021, the operator – which recorded a turnover of more than $4bn over the period, in a region that now accounts for 13% of its revenues – took the opportunity to reaffirm pillars of the strategy it intends to implement in Africa until 2023. The multinational company has many reasons […]
300+ African Tech Startups have Raised more than US$1.1 bn Combined in 2021
The first time the sector has broken the US$1 billion mark – and with four-and-a-half months of the year still to come. Up to and including August 11, 2021, a total of 303 African tech startups have raised a combined US$1,184,220,000, up 69 per cent on the US$701,460,565 banked over the entirety of 2020. This […]
