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By Lukas van der Merwe, Specialist Sales Executive: Security, T-Systems South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa, April 28, 2020 However, there is a risk that many organisations may be left behind in a caterpillar-like approach, while others could remain in the pupal state, overwhelmed by the complexity of the challenge. Those that emerge from chrysalis and […]
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Opportunities for equipment suppliers as SSA looks to step up manufacturing capacity Countries across sub-Saharan Africa are actively seeking to reduce their dependence on food imports and grow local manufacturing, pointing to future demand for food and beverage processing machinery and equipment across the continent. The need to step up local production has become more […]
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To feed the world in a new era of awareness and to sustain their own future, manufacturers need to change their mindsets, adopt next generation processing equipment and methods that will enhance nutrition, boost health – for all – be kinder to the planet, and be consciously capitalistic, observes Roy Henderson, CEO of Green Cell Technologies. The […]
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Dakar has taken its place as a global trailblazer in the quest to invent a rapid testing kit for Covid-19. The west African nation has developed such a kit will not only take under 10 minutes to do a test but also sell at a cost price of one US Dollar. Researchers have already commenced […]
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The coronavirus crisis has forced schools in Kenya to close, but Wawira Njiru believes this is no reason for children to go hungry. In 2012, the 29-year-old nutritionist founded non-profit Food for Education in her hometown, Ruiru, on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Her mission is to provide cheap and nourishing lunches to […]
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Twelve rangers were among 17 people killed in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said, in one of the worst massacres in the park’s recent history. The park blamed members of a Rwandan rebel group for the attack. The rangers were on their way back to the park, the oldest in […]
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Over the weekend, the queue on the Kenyan side was up to 30km (19 miles) long, according to local station Citizen TV. The East African neighbours are each other’s biggest trading partners. The border towns of Malaba and Busia, where the congestion has been centred, are crucial routes for the transport of goods. Kenya’s government […]
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The World Bank expects sub-Saharan Africa to see a significant drop in migrant remittance inflows in 2020, much more than last year’s slight decline of 0.5 percent, due to the coronavirus pandemic. From $48 billion in 2019, remittance flows to the region are forecast to decline by 23.1 percent to reach $37 billion this year, while […]
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RwandAir has resumed cargo flights to Guangzhou, China, as the airline embarks on a recovery path following suspension of passenger flights in March to stop the spread of Covid-19. The airline has been operating cargo flights only to Brussels and London at least once a week using its A330 jets, and had suspended cargo flights […]
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The Covid-19 epidemic could lead to a surge in wildlife poaching as the tourism industry that has long sustained conservation programmes across Africa collapses, conservationists have warned. Restrictions on international travel have already fuelled a jump in illegal hunting for bush meat as a catastrophic fall in revenue forces government wildlife agencies and NGOs to […]
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In March, Kenyan telecom operator Safaricom announced a move that on the surface appeared counterintuitive. For a 90-day period, it made free all person-to-person (P2P) transactions under $9 on the popular mobile money service M-Pesa, which revolutionized mobile payments globally. Daily transaction limits on the platform have also been increased from $660 to $1,415 for […]
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After a slow start, a sudden rise of more than 40% in the number of Covid-19 cases on the continent in the last 10 days – to 28,000 – and a similar increase in the number of deaths – to 1,300 – has worried specialists. Though some of the worst effects of infection may be […]
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