US Travelers Dominate African Safari Market
American travelers now account for nearly half of all bookings at Asilia Africa, firmly establishing the US as the largest source market for African safaris. New three-year data (2023/24–2025/26) from the luxury operator shows the UK following at just 9 percent, with the top five markets—US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Germany—collectively representing over two-thirds of […]
Driving Africa’s Economic Transformation Through Inclusivity, Gender Lens Investing, And Strategic Partnerships
Lindeka Dzedze, Executive Head of Strategic Partnerships for Global Markets at Standard Bank Corporate & Investment Banking and Chair of the African Women Impact Fund (AWIF) In her inaugural address as the first woman to chair the African Union Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma issued a powerful call for pan-African unity: “The only way to ensure […]
Hotel & Hospitality Expo Africa 2026 Brings Procurement-Ready Tech To Africa’s Hospitality Sector
Hotels across the world are investing billions in digital infrastructure, and African operators are leading the way. African hotel chains lead global artificial intelligence (AI) adoption at 57% integration, far surpassing the 35% worldwide average (Source: Hotel.Report). Tech experimentation is over. Forward-thinking operators are now prioritizing procurement that delivers immediate return on investment. That shift […]
Gates Foundation Ebola Response Funding Announcement.
We are deeply concerned by the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak affecting communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Our thoughts are with the families who have lost loved ones, the communities facing uncertainty, and the frontline health workers, laboratory teams, responders, and community volunteers working under extremely difficult conditions to protect lives. No single […]
Digital Lifelines: How Telkom Is Connecting South Africa’s Learners To Opportunity
By Judy Vilakazi. Head of Telkom Foundation A computer lab with no connectivity. A screen without a manual. Learning materials with no classroom to teach them in. A satellite without a connection point. Technology, no matter how advanced, means little if it cannot reach the learners it is meant to empower. For learners, connectivity is […]
The Future Is Female Mentorship Program Returns For Its Sixth Edition In 2026
Africa’s Premier PR and Communications Mentorship Initiative for African Female Tech Founders Returns with New Strategic and Exciting ecosystem partnerships to Expand Support for Finalists Allison Worldwide, the global integrated marketing and communications agency operating across 50 markets in the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, today announced the return of […]
Strengthening Policy To Foster More Equitable Responses To Future Health Crises
When a region is hit by health crisis upon health crisis, governments, scientists, researchers and the medical community must work together to manage immediate impacts on people’s health as well as the longer-term collateral damage. In West Africa — where countries have experienced a series of infectious disease outbreaks including cholera, measles, yellow fever and […]
Lagos AI Programme Sets Out To Build The Pipeline African Builders Have Been Missing
The Artificial Future, a multi-week AI initiative from YPIT, launches in Lagos this May with a hackathon for 250 builders, a global webinar series, and a conference bringing together investors, founders, and policymakers on June 13th Young People in Tech (YPIT), a global community founded in Lagos in 2022, has launched The Artificial Future: a […]
