Damning Allegations Levelled against British American Tobacco South Africa
The National Council Against Smoking wants the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) and the Special Investigating Unit to probe Batsa for allegedly bribing the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe with between $300 000 and $500 000 to secure the release of three directors of a security company implicated in robbery conspiracies. The council said it had sourced the bribery allegations from […]
Benin is the Fastest Place in the World to Start a Company
Benin set up a service early in the COVID-19 pandemic to allow people to register their business online, and now the West African country is the world’s fastest place to start a business, according to a U.N. agency. Sandra Idossou, owner of a store selling art in Cotonou, Benin, submitted her business application online and […]
The Number of Children Working Across Mines in Africa is Rising
Edward baka, the headmaster of a school in Kono district next to Sierra Leone’s biggest gold mine, recalls how once he had to sell the school’s books to pay for a roof. Of the 700 children aged 4-13 under his care, 80% are in work, too, he reckons. Most toil in mines or on farms. […]
A Startup that Will Cut the Cost it Takes to Produce Palm Oil
Besides being a key ingredient for cooking jollof rice, vegetable oil is used industrially in paints, soaps, biofuels, and lubricants. But getting the oil from palm nuts can be a hassle for manufacturers if they have to engage smallholder farmers directly. In most cases, the Nigerian farmer cracks palm nuts with large stones, an inefficient […]
Africa to Pull Out All the Stops at Dubai’s World Expo
2020 will be a global forum where Africa can share its plans and achievements, seek investments and solutions to its challenges, forge new relationships across the continent and across the globe, and continue its shift from donor-dependency to productive partnerships. For the first time in the 170-year history of World Expos, every African nation will […]
Somalia is on the Cusp of Becoming the World’s First Cashless Society
The Somali Central Bank introduced a central payments system in August which connects the nation’s 13 lenders, and formalises digital payments, making payments easier for people across the country. With more than two-thirds of all payments in Somalia made via mobile money platforms, the untapped market for new infrastructure, apps, payment systems and fintech is […]
Luxury Is Home-Grown This Heritage Month
September is a month of celebration in South Africa. We return to roots, we gather, and we celebrate that which makes us quintessentially South African. South Africa’s heritage is deeply rooted in its distinctiveness. While it is rare for a country to have both a diverse cultural and natural heritage, we find ourselves blessed with […]
“MEDIA INTERVIEW: Interview With Tapfuma Musewe, Founder Of Afrifursa”
Who is Tapfuma Musewe? I am an international trade and investment professional who is very passionate about Africa’s socio-economic development. I am currently based in Toronto, Canada, where I was raised, but most of my working life has been on the continent – mainly in South Africa and Ghana. While there, I worked in community […]
ARM-Harith Launches Urban Climate Infrastructure Fund For West Africa
ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investments Limited, a Mauritius-regulated infrastructure fund manager and parent company of ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment Limited Nigeria, is to launch the ARM-Harith Cities and Climate Transition Fund (“The ACT Fund”), a pillar of ARM-Harith’s sustainable infrastructure investment platform anchored on climate action. The ACT Fund is part of ARM-Harith’s broader climate finance platform and […]
A Mission to Rehabilitate Nigeria’s Waterways One Beach at a Time
When she was a child, Doyinsola Ogunye’s father hoped she’d become a lawyer. He even dreamed of her becoming a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. And that’s what might have happened until Ogunye relocated to another part of Lagos State. “It was very dirty,” she remembers. “I wasn’t used to that amount of filth and that […]
