One Life Saved, Leads To More Lives Given
After receiving a second chance in life, successful musician prefers to pay it forward By Pacifique Mahirwe Emile Morane, immaculately dressed, opens the gate to his home in a suburb of Kigali, Rwanda. Behind him are the distinct sounds of a band practicing. “Once you are inside here, there are no visitors, only family,” he […]
Paradise Sound System x ARMC Build Bridges With German Artist Blindsmyth & South African Star Vocalist Toshi
Paradise Sound System, Africa Rising Music Conference, and Flame Studios collaborated on a release, ‘Izinto’ alongside German artist, Blindsmyth and South African vocalist and Black Coffee collaborator, Toshi, aiming to highlight the spirit of connecting, and cooperation within the afro music ecosystem and throughout the world. At FLAME STUDIOS, Paradise Sound System collaborated with the […]
New Study Spotlights Africa Cities’ Natural Ability To Absorb Heavy Rainfall
A new study published today by Arup has revealed the “sponginess”, or natural ability to absorb rainwater, of five cities’ urban centres across Africa. This comes as leaders at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh turn their attention to Water Day. Arup’s first-of-its-kind Africa Sponge Cities Snapshot studies a sample area of approximately 150 square kilometres in the urban […]
Entrepreneurs Take Centre Stage At SA’s Leading Manufacturing, Automation And Technology Shows
RX Africa builds solid foundations for future entrepreneurial expansion As the fourth largest sector by percentage of GDP, South Africa’s manufacturing industry is thriving. Propelled by new technological innovation, such as automation and machine learning, new research identifies the sector’s potential to boost the country’s economic development, while highlighting the importance of linking small businesses into […]
How Is LNG Good for the Green Transition?
The world has overused fossil fuels for far too long to drive its transportation sector, industrialization, and comfort in households. The negative effects of over-reliance on these fuels are now here with us, the biggest of them all being adverse climate change across the planet. Pollution is now dangerously high to the extent of causing […]
The ‘New Informal’: The Role Of Technology In Africa
Around the developing world, informal retail continues to be a powerful social force, employing millions of people who might otherwise not have jobs, driving economic activity in spaces that formal business has not penetrated, and providing essential goods and services for the under-served. Giving this sector a deep knowledge of their market – enabling them […]
Climate Change – The Real Threat To Farming Profitably
Written by Felix Kagura Head of Insurance for South & Central Africa Earlier this year, Standard Bank’s Rapid Evolution of Insurance Africa Report revealed how the Agriculture sector had been heavily affected by climate change in the recent years, with rising temperatures, soil erosion, deforestation and the destruction of grazing lands threatening production. Over the […]
