A Step Towards Realizing the Full Potential of Electric Mobility in Nigeria
In a groundbreaking move towards sustainability and eco-friendly transportation, Possible EVS, Nigeria’s pioneering innovation and sustainable mobility company, announces the launch of the country’s first-ever electric vehicle taxi service, EV Taxi. With an initial fleet of 30 units, the company has plans to expand to at least 20,000 electric taxis across major Nigerian cities by […]
South Africa’s Football Female Team Settle Pay Dispute
A foundation set up by African soccer president and billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe stepped in Wednesday to resolve a pay dispute between South Africa’s Women’s World Cup players and their national association, ensuring they will get on a plane and head to the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The dispute caused the entire squad […]
Africa’s Linguistic Diversity goes Largely Unnoticed in Research on Multilingualism
The problem is that much of the published research about multilingualism is not conducted in the world’s most multilingual societies. For example, the African continent is home to some of the most multilingual countries in the world. Cameroon has a population of around 27 million people; over 250 different languages are spoken as first languages, […]
Sudan’s Cultural Sites being Wiped Out by Conflict
A new report by Heritage for Peace, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving cultural artifacts in times of war, has detailed the destruction and looting of museums and cultural sites during Sudan’s civil war. The cultural heritage NGO has been in touch with local researchers and archaeologists and says at least 28 cultural and archaeological sites […]
A Spend Management Solution for Businesses in Africa
Nigeria’s Flex Finance is in Africa, helping companies get visibility and control of their spending, and streamlining financial processes like approval workflows, expense tracking, employee reimbursements, and vendor payments. Flex was born out of the Company Builder initiative launched by Accion Venture Lab, which is aimed at building inclusive fintech startups from scratch to reach […]
SA Guards Caught on Camera
South African police say four officers attached to Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s protection team, face multiple charges, including assault, after they were seen on video stomping on two unarmed men on the side of a highway in Johannesburg last week. The viral footage, which has left many South Africans outraged, showed Mashatile’s armed security detail […]
The African Photographers Rewriting the Rules
At first glance, Congolese photographer Kiripi Katembo’s images look like playful sci-fi montages: shaky Kinshasa streetscapes in which giant rocks seem to be falling out of the sky, like a lo-fi apocalypse. On closer inspection there are no special effects: the images are actually reflections in puddles, turned upside down, each capturing a fleeting moment […]
