Sendsprint Launches In The UK To Provide Money Transfer And Gifting Services To The African Diaspora
Sendsprint is launching with a money transfer service and Sprint Connect, the company’s unique gifting product Incorporated in Nigeria, the US & UK, Sendsprint is looking to connect 700,000 African customers to their home countries in the first 18 months Funded and co-founded by CEO, Damisi Busari, Sendsprint’s services aim to serve the African Diaspora […]
South Africa’s Largest Student Housing Start-Up Secures Investment To Spearhead International Growth
DigsConnect.com has secured backing from Launch Africa, Goodwater Capital, Five35 Ventures and Delta Ventures in its pre-Series A seed extension funding round DigsConnect.com, South Africa’s largest digital student accommodation platform, has announced the closure of its Pre-Series A seed extension round after securing undisclosed multi-million rand investment from Launch Africa, Goodwater Capital, Five35 Ventures and Delta […]
Saving Costs While Moving To The Cloud At The Same Time Is Possible
Businesses scrutinising budgets are looking to the cloud to boost the bottom line A perennial hot topic, even more so currently, is budget. Everyone wants to cut costs, save money and make smart investments. Transitioning to the cloud is one of the ways many companies are attempting to do so. But moving absolutely everything to […]
Afri-Plastics Challenge Awards £750,000 To Innovations Tackling Behaviour Change To Plastic Usage
Fifteen (15) finalists of the third Afri-Plastic Challenge strand – ‘Promoting Change’ – have been named. Finalists were drawn from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda. Three winning projects will be awarded £250 000 each in March 2023. Gamification, storytelling, and incentives-based solutions are among the key innovations. […]
Tap Into Indigenous Knowledge To Preserve Our Forests
By Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue A few years ago, I found myself in the Baka indigenous sacred forest in Assok, in Cameroon in the course of my work in supporting them to preserve their forest against land grabbers. We were building a forest hut using only leaves and the knowledge of our indigenous partners. I was skeptical […]
Egypt’s Historical Tenants Removed from Famous Waterfront
With verdant gardens on one side and water on the other, they were an anomaly in a city bordered on three sides by desert. For decades, Cairo’s houseboats occupied prime waterfront real estate, offering residents a front-row seat to the passing Nile River, with its water taxis, anglers, sport rowers and occasional family of ducks. […]
Is the G7 the Right Investment Partner for Africa?
The G7 summit offered the most recent insights for Africa into how the western advanced nations are considering their stakes in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the impact that could have on developing nations. As African governments assess the significance of the G7’s promises of support in areas of vital concern to Africans, some key […]
In Zimbabwe, Remittances are a Lifeline
The scramble is on for Zimbabwe’s billion dollar remittance industry with local and international fintech institutions vying for a share of the pie against legacy banks and traditional money transfer agencies. Diaspora remittances to Zimbabwe surged from $1 billion in 2020 to $1.4 billion last year. This mirrors the continent-wide significance of contributions by diaspora […]
IPPs in Africa are Growing in Size and Scale Thanks to their Ability to Attract a Diverse Array of Financing
Over time, independent power projects (IPPs) have emerged as Africa’s fastest growing energy sector structures, spreading in popularity across borders and meeting with a surfeit of investment as private sector backers gain comfort with the continent’s liberalising power markets. Though up to now the IPP model has focused on a clutch of major markets – […]
A Sit Down with the Winner of the African Business Leader of the Year Award
Changing the continent’s narrative will entail solving old problems while also harnessing the power of new technologies, says Akintoye Akindele, a serial entrepreneur and investor from Nigeria. With more exposure and through encouraging creativity by giving innovators permission to fail, Africa can take its tech sector global, repeating the success of its Afrobeats music industry, […]
