Pura Soda To Give Away Shares In The Company
Better-for-you soft drink has set its sights on being next US $1 billion business Pura Soda, the better-for-you soft drink, has announced that it is giving away the chance to own shares in the company. Anyone buying a PURA Soda over summer season will be entered into a draw to win shares worth 0.01% of […]
World AIDS Day: How South Africa Is Fighting Back
The world’s attention in the past year has been focused overwhelmingly on COVID-19, but as we commemorate World AIDS Day on 1 December, it’s a stark reminder that there are other pandemics affecting millions of people around the world. HIV statistics from UNAIDS reveal that 38 million people globally were living with HIV at the […]
Redesigning Urban Markets Post-Covid
Across Africa, even in cities with relatively modern infrastructure, many shoppers prefer the informal markets. In our case, both our mothers preferred the fresh produce sold at informal markets by women from the rural areas. Thus, in cities as far apart as Nairobi and Abidjan, our mothers took us to buy fruits and vegetables sold […]
An Economy On The Edge
Three years ago, the World Bank placed Ethiopia as the second-fastest developing economy. Socio-economic progress is making a positive push, from an inward-focused country advertising a ‘not open for business’ mindset, to centre-stage. Infrastructure development plans are in place and gradual change coming with a few multi-nationals already managing to invest and a largely un-skilled […]
AIMS To Host Its First Online Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) will host the first-ever virtual edition of the Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering (NEF-GG), Africa’s largest scientific gathering from 8-10 December 2020. Organized against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, under the theme “Building Africa’s resilience through education, research and innovation”, this year’s event will take place through the Airmeet video conferencing platform. […]
SAP Becomes The Perfect Medicine For Kiara Health’s Complexities And Cost Challenges
Companies wishing to transform their operations through digital technologies often face a hard choice: stay with a legacy system and make the best of a legacy investment, or transition to a new digital platform but risk causing disruption in the lives of customers, partners and employees. For one African pharmaceutical company, neither option was suitable, […]
Media Advisory: AIMS To Host Online Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering: 8-10 December 2020
On behalf of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), we would like to invite you to participate in the first-ever virtual edition of the Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering (NEF-GG), Africa’s largest scientific gathering from 8-10 December 2020. Organized against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s event is themed “Building Africa’s resilience through education, […]
Crowdfunding in Africa to Reach R415.8 million in 2025
The Afrikstart Crowdfunding in Africa Report, named South Africa as the leading rewards-based crowdfunding hub in Africa in 2016. The report estimated that its value in the region will rise to that of R415.8m in 2025. The concept, which began as a Silicon Valley social experiment is now fast becoming a viable solution for entrepreneurs […]
The Nollywood Movie Stirring Controversy
Even in Africa’s most vibrant cinematic market, Ife stands out. The tale of love between two Nigerian women is so controversial the filmmakers scrapped plans to release it locally. Producer Pamela Adie and director Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim said the aim of the film was to show an accurate picture of lesbian and bisexual women in Nigerian […]
How to Create a Sustainable Fuelwood Supply in Africa
In Zimbabwe, fuelwood provides 61% of the total energy supply required. It’s estimated that six million tonnes of fuelwood are consumed every year. So far government and development agencies have focused on the physical availability of fuelwood in their approach to energy and conservation. Based on this approach, diagnoses of problems and the designs for […]
