Smart Satellite Service Connectivity Alternatives
Emerging satellite technologies are opening new and attractive alternative options for connecting consumers, schools and businesses across Africa. The intrinsic advantages of satellite services, combined with the new performance and cost metrics of Smart Satellite Services, can now deliver scale and feasibility to connect the previously unconnected. Why are alternatives needed? 4G mobile networks continue […]
Reviewing Your Short-term Insurance – Ways To Stay Covered On A Tight Budget
The combination of Covid-19 and tough economic times have dealt the finances of ordinary South African a body-blow. Nearly two-thirds of consumers have seen their household income fall during the pandemic, and less than half think they will fully recover in the next 12 months, according to TransUnion research. Four in 10 are battling to […]
Infobip Introduces Environmental, Social And Governance Arm For A Sustainable Future In Tech
Global communications company Infobip has unveiled a sustainability business unit – Infobip.org – following the company-wide mandate to make it easier for the business not only to accurately track and report on environmental and social targets but also to operationalise its social giving initiatives. In line with Infobip’s mission to simplify how brands connect with, […]
Kenyan Domestic Workers’ Doomed Voyages To The Gulf
By Joyce Chimbi Distress calls from vulnerable Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia experiencing mistreatment and torture at the hands of their employers went from 88 in 2019/2020 to 1,025 just one year later. And this fear is all too familiar for 28-year-old Wanjiku Njoki. The young woman’s whose search for greener pastures in the Gulf landed […]
African Bananas And The Panama Wilt
The future of African bananas is of great concern compared to the rumors circulating that imported bananas from Somalia can cause death because of the presence of worms. What is worrying is the new strain of Panama disease or tropical race 4 (TR4) that’s threatening the existence of the world’s most beloved fruit. Scientists are racing to fight the […]
The EU Lifts Air Travel Bans on Southern African States
Following in the footsteps of the UK, US and others in reducing measures they had adopted to curb the spread of covid-19’s omicron variant. In a tweet, France said EU member states agreed on Jan. 10 to lift the restriction to allow air travel to resume with the African countries. Travelers from southern African, it […]
Harlem and London Are Getting a Brand New African Food Hall
Following on its success at Expo 2020 Dubai, Albekulan, an African food hall, will become permanent in Dubai and will open two new outposts – one in London and one in Harlem. Created by American chef Alexander Small, the gastronomic venture presents an enormous variety of African cuisines, many of which will be unfamiliar to […]
In Ghana, Fashion Takes the Spotlight at Afrochella 2021
Now in its fifth year, Afrochella is much more than a Ghanaian music festival, celebrating African culture across numerous creative fields. One that particularly stood out was fashion, with a host of attendees bringing their fashion A-game to the event and demonstrating that Ghana’s fashion scene is here to stay. Under the twin themes of […]
In ‘African Origin’ Show at Met, New Points of Light Across Cultures
A new exhibit at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, ‘The African Origin of Civilization,’ presents a dazzling array of work spanning centuries and cultures. Never previously assembled and displayed in this fashion, it presents new ways of thinking about the history of this art, but also fails to answer many troubling questions. SOURCE: THE […]
Netflix Celebrates African Talent in New Documentary Series
In a new documentary series, Made by Design, Netflix explores the ins and outs of African design with an initial focus on Nigeria. Providing an immersive look at the lives of 13 prominent designers, it aims to enlighten viewers about the diversity and complexity of African design. For the uninitiated, each episode touches upon the […]
