Africa’s Largest Healthcare Event Gears Up For A Return To In-Person Business In 2022
With Africa’s economies and health systems beginning to recover from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, the region’s focus must once again return to meeting the healthcare goals and standards set out in the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals. These include improving maternal care, reducing child mortality rates, and achieving continent-wide UHC coverage. Similarly, to achieve the […]
While Africa Does Have Many Entrepreneurs, Are They The Right Kind?
While Africa does have many entrepreneurs, are they the right kind, asks Adam Molai, an African industrialist and founder of TRT Investments which manages a diversified sector portfolio and operations in Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Kenya, and whose latest interests have seen a foray into the US and European markets. Why does Africa, which […]
Standard Bank Boosts Employees’ Efforts To Uplift Communities
Spokesperson: Kirston Greenop, Head: Regulatory Advocacy, Stakeholder Engagement and CSI at Standard Bank Standard Bank is partnering with its employees in realising the bank’s vision of supporting local communities through its Rand4Rand initiative. The bank is matching every rand that employees donate to local charities that help communities in need, strengthening the cohesion within the […]
AWIEF2022: First 30+ Speakers Revealed
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced the first 30+ speakers for their annual conference and awards set to take place as a hybrid event in Cairo, Egypt, on the 26 and 27 September 2022, in partnership with Egypt’s Ministry for International Cooperation and co-organized by the Egyptian Businessmen’s Association (EBA). AWIEF2022 will see some […]
The Convenience Economy
South Africans and the rest of the world have witnessed unexpected hikes in the cost of living, as evidenced by record fuel prices and inflated costs elsewhere. Because many customers are being forced to reconsider their purchasing patterns, businesses must continue to place a strong emphasis on consumer convenience and value. In this piece, we […]
A Mangrove Project is the Star of Kenya’s Gazi Bay
The forest located in the South of the country is a blue carbon ecosystem. Meaning that it captures and stores huge amounts of carbon. Local residents manage two hundred ninety 290 acres of forest to earn a living. Some like Juma belong to the Mikiko Pamoja group. The collective, which means ‘mangrove together’ in Swahili […]
Not Enough Females Operating in the African Venture Capital Space
The African venture capital sector is still very much a “man’s world”, but the quality of its investments and ability to make a greater impact suffer as a result. That is according to Omobola Johnson and Andreata Muforo, who together make up two-fifths of the management team at Africa-focused VC firm TLcom Capital, which is […]
Slavery has a Complex Legacy in Niger
There are still tens of thousands of enslaved people across Niger, according to Anti-Slavery International and Timidria; some estimates put the number as high as 130,000. Most are descendants of people who were enslaved generations ago, living and working on the land of their ancestral “masters”, like serfs in Tsarist Russia. Wahaya is one of […]
Human Trafficking in Tanzania Exposed
A BBC undercover investigation has exposed a human trafficking network smuggling disabled children from Tanzania to Kenya. Many are taken from their parents with the promise of a better life. Instead, the children are forced to beg on the streets – often for years – while their captors take all of the profits. BBC Africa […]
Many African Countries are Also Grappling with a Serious Dollar Shortage Crisis
The forex crises have already dealt a huge blow on many economies on the continent. For instance, foreign airlines operating in Nigeria are finding it difficult to repatriate their earnings due to the country’s inability to raise dollars for them. In the same vein, other businesses in the West African countries are struggling to raise […]
