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Kenyan co-working company Nairobi Garage and entrepreneurial club METTĀ have announced they are combining their services to create a new innovation community, offering flexible access… Read More »Revolutionising the Kenyan Working Space
The cost of some staple foods like bread and sugar has increased by 50% over the past few weeks, driving inflation to a record high… Read More »Millions of People in Sudan are Facing Economic Hardship
Somali money transfer companies moved more than $3.7 million in cash between suspected weapons traffickers in recent years, including to a Yemeni under U.S. sanctions… Read More »The Somali Businesses Financing Terrorism
The Bank’s Next Generation Africa Climate Business Plan aims to train 10 million farmers in climate-smart agriculture, expand landscape management over 60m hectares in 20… Read More »World Bank Launches Multi-billion Dollar Africa Climate Change Strategy
Fifty years after guitar legend Jimi Hendrix’s death, a village on Morocco’s Atlantic coast pulsates with his memory. Some there claim to have seen him,… Read More »This Moroccan Town has Preserved Jimi Hendrix’s Legacy
The detonation operation this time, is being carried out with the use of a bomb disposal robot to ensure that the mines get cleared both… Read More »Thundering Explosions Boom across Libyan Landscapes
Lamine Diack, the ex-head of athletics’ governing body, has been jailed after being found guilty of corruption. The Senegalese, 87, faced corruption and money-laundering charges… Read More »Ex Athletics Boss Jailed for Taking Doping Bribes
Kenya’s 47 country governments will shut down some of their services and close hospitals to new patients after their representatives in the Senate failed to… Read More »Nairobi’s Medical Crisis
Analysts say a peace deal reached between Eritrea and Ethiopia in July 2018 has brought few tangible benefits, with trade routes still blocked and tension… Read More »A Year After Ethiopia and Eritrea Buried the Hatchet
DusuPay, which provides infrastructure that allows global businesses to make and accept mobile payments across Africa, averages US$150,000 in monthly revenue. The startup, which took… Read More »Two Entrepreneurs Fill Africa’s Gap in Enterprise Software