Everything You Need To Know About Property Co-Ownership
Many people want to invest in property, but not everyone can afford to purchase a house, apartment or piece of land. Co-ownership for investment purposes is a good way to get onto the property ownership ladder, but it’s not something to jump into blindly. Owning property with a friend, sibling or other close family friends […]
Application Opens For BeyGOOD-Powered Global Citizen Fellowship Program For Young African Changemakers
Opportunity For A Year-Long, Full-Time, Paid Placement for 15 Young People from Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya International advocacy organisation Global Citizen, today, announced that application for the 2022/23 Global Citizen Fellowship Program powered by BeyGOOD is now open until 29th April 2022. Fifteen young African changemakers: five from Nigeria, five from Kenya and five […]
Launch Africa Ventures Invests In Africa’s First On-Demand Expertise Platform
Africa’s leading VC firm, Launch Africa, have invested in Homecoming Revolution’s new on-demand expertise platform, Insights by Experts. Comments Janade du Plessis, Fund Manager at Launch Africa, “Over the past two decades, Homecoming Revolution have built deep relationships across the continent with some of the leading corporates and sector specialists, and are now bringing it […]
How Storytelling Can Accelerate Africa’s Growth
By Momo Bertrand Picture this. You’ve just been appointed to an executive position within a global organization. In this new role, you will lead teams in multiple African countries. You are excited. One week into your tenure, you have to make an emergency trip to Cameroon. You’ve never visited the country before. What do you […]
Ten African Startups Selected For Prestigious Acceleration Program
Economic growth depends on the jobs, innovation, new ideas and fresh thinking that entrepreneurs and small businesses bring to their societies. Yet Africa has lagged its peers in innovation-related measures. This makes finding, and scaling, innovation-related new businesses a priority, with accelerator programs filling a crucial gap. Ten start-ups from across the continent have been […]
Why We Need Specialist Problem-Solvers In Banking
Anthony Evens, Head of Special Asset Management, Absa CIB South Africa is globally recognised as having one of the most resilient, well-capitalised and technically competent banking sectors in the world. These skills have been honed through a variety of different economic cycles and allow our teams to work on large deals – but who manages […]
Africa Needs To Move Quickly On Covid Vaccines To Build Long-Term Resilience
By Samira Sadeque Countries on the African continent have a pattern of a six-month break before a new COVID-19 spike happens, researchers at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change have said in a newly released report. Marvin Akuagwuagwu, a data analyst in the Africa COVID-19 Policy unit at the Institute, told IPS that it’s the […]
To Overcome Africa’s Development Crisis, Invest In Strengthening Girls’ Power
International Women’s Day, 2022 By Caroline Ngonze It was on a visit to Lesotho that I first heard the derogatory term Mmutla – nocturnal hare. It is a word used in some southern districts to insult adolescent girls who have been forced into sexual exploitation and transactional sexual relations for survival. That one cruel word summed up the […]
A Hub for Africa’s Diasporic Art World
Morocco has always been a gateway; not only to the African continent but to the Arab world as a whole. Marrakech stands out as one of the more accessible cities, with a pleasing mix of traditional (spice markets, the labyrinthine medina) and modern (luxury hotels, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech). While it is by […]
What You Need to Know about Travel to Tanzania
While Tanzania still has some border rules in place, internal restrictions have been removed or downgraded to ‘recommended’. Mask wearing is only a strong suggestion by the government, but no country-wide mandate exists. Tanzania is a melting pot of African, Asian and European influences, attracting visitors to its historical landmarks, shimmering beaches and national wildlife […]
