Visa Expands She’s Next Initiative In Africa, Empowering Women Entrepreneurs With Digital Capabilities
New Visa research reveals that 54% of ‘cash only’ merchants have missed business opportunities, with 70% of women-owned businesses expecting eCommerce to expand beyond the pandemic As the rate of women entrepreneurs across Sub-Saharan Africa continues to rise, Visa is expanding its global She’s Next initiative to empower women entrepreneurs on the continent, bringing practical insights […]
Empathy Is Critical For Businesses To Thrive Post-Pandemic
Studies have shown that empathy has far-reaching effects in the workplace. It is therefore increasingly recognised as a crucial leadership quality in the current global market. This is pivotal as it builds a community of trust within a company’s team and has a knock-on effect on its stakeholders and customers, contributing to the longevity and […]
Managing The Supply Chain In Times Of Disruptive Global Events
Clarity between logistic service providers and their customer has never been more important as Covid-19, natural disasters and shipping chaos land heavy blows, says Bidvest International Logistics Ensuring continuity of supply in light of recent global and national events has been an unprecedented challenge for logistic service providers. The upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic […]
The Women Leading Corporate Africa
Africa.com undertook a rigorous research project to identify not just high-profile personalities, but the women who actually run the largest, most complex businesses on the African continent. The result is called The Definitive List of Women CEOs, and we are proud to reveal the list on October 13 at the SUMMIT: Women Leading Corporate Africa. […]
Data Collected from Space could Unlock $2 billion a Year in Benefits for Africa
Since the continent’s first satellite launched more than 20 years ago, 44 have been sent into orbit by 13 African countries, according to consultancy Space in Africa. It says a further 125 are being developed by 23 countries, all expected to launch before 2025. The payoff could be substantial. A 2021 report by the World […]
Shaky Peace Deal Affects Juba’s Ability to Pump Oil
South Sudan’s government warned it may suspend oil output if port protests in neighboring Sudan that have blocked shipments of the landlocked nation’s crude continue. Demonstrators have forced a halt to some port operations on Sudan’s Red Sea coast, with the south’s oil unable to be loaded, South Sudanese Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth told […]
The Value of Green Industrialisation in South African Mines
The South African coal mining industry has a long history, dating back to the late 19th century, and contributes significantly to the economy. The coal sector employs 92,230 people and annual earnings are R27.9 billion (about US$2 billion). But the industry is causing severe environmental challenges. Environmental management has scientific and engineering aspects, of course, […]
Kenyan State Carrier on a Bold Plan to Recovery
Kenya Airways will need to ask its lenders for more deferrals of capital repayments as it waits for parliament to approve its planned nationalisation, CEO Allan Kilavuka tells The Africa Report. The airline has been paying interest only on its loans. “So far lenders have been understanding,” Kilavuka says in Nairobi, adding that he expects […]
Increasing Investment in Africa’s Large Real Estate Projects
Last week, Tanzania’s AICL Group and Edinburgh-based investment company Crowland Management unveiled designs for a skyscraper. Upon completion, the Zanzibar Domino Commercial Tower will be a 70-storey, spiraling skyscraper on a man-made island off the west coast of the country’s Zanzibar archipelago. It will also be the second-tallest building in Africa, after Egypt’s Iconic Tower, […]
Exciting Opportunities are Attracting Investors from across the Globe to Africa’s Fintech Space
Investors from Silicon Valley to China have caught the African fintech bug. Lagos is attracting the lion’s share of investments after stealing Nairobi’s crown as leader of Africa’s tech revolution. Nigeria entices investors with the world’s seventh biggest population. But there are many inefficient processes to improve and 95% of transactions are still in cash, […]
