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Africa’s Creative Digital Economy

Eric Osiakwan On 12th January 2022, Warner Music Group (WMG) announced their majority acquisition of Africori – the first major acquisition of the year in the entertainment industry. Momentum has been building toward this as WMG first invested in Africori in April 2020 at the height of the pandemic, followed in December 2020, with Africori […]

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10 African Startups to Watch

The 2016 World Economic Forum on Africa has come and gone, but the lessons learnt at the fruitful summit held in Rwanda remains relevant. Among other topics discussed at the three-day event was the digital economy and how it can fuel growth in Africa. Inspired by this theme, we take a look at some of the […]

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Transitioning To The Digital Economy

Rod Poole, Group Head of Change and Business Transformation at Standard Bank Now is the time that corporates can make a positive contribution to society beyond economic gains because of the fourth industrial revolution and the Covid-19 pandemic. As they shoulder more responsibility for human progress, companies have a crucial obligation to map the way […]

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COVID-19 is SPEEDING Up the Digital Economy in Africa

COVID-19 is SPEEDING up the digital economy in Africa By Eric M.K Osiakwan; MP, Chanzo Capital Introduction When I postulated the digital economy in Africa in 2013 as a precursor to becoming a fulltime angel investor and subsequently writing about its KINGS in 2016, it never crossed my mind that in 2020 COVID-19 would be […]

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