Africa’s Booming Tech Landscape
Africa’s booming technology scene now counts more than 400 tech hubs that range from software engineering to mobile money to blockchain technology, with at...
Powering Africa’s Transformation
Africa has a bright future ahead of it. Productivity and growth will improve as African economies continue to place more emphasis on services and...
Investment Surges In Digital Startups
In 2015, German pharma Merck KGaA launched a digital health accelerator in Nairobi, Kenya, its first such accelerator outside Germany.
“Africa is one of the...
Driving Tourism in Africa
Every year, the business of tourism in Africa takes center stage at New York University Africa House’s Presidential Forum On Africa Tourism. The forum's...
Africa’s Enticing Real Estate Market
Stakeholders in Africa’s exploding real estate market will gather this month in Johannesburg, South Africa, to discuss critical issues related to investing, view project...
Encouragement For Renewable Energy Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
Renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa received welcome encouragement during this year’s Africa Energy Forum in London, when projects from Nigeria, Madagascar and Sierra...
Kenya, South Africa, and Global Biopharma R&D
Kenya and South Africa are the only African nations among the 56 ranked by the International Technology and Innovation Foundation in its report on...
The BRVM, SMEs, Local Investors & Foreign Holdings
Africa’s top-performing securities exchange, the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières, wants to create a mini bond exchange where small and medium-size enterprises can raise...
Uber Expands in Africa With Robust Competition
Uber is celebrating its impending launch in Accra, Ghana, by providing free rides from June 9 at 12:00 to midnight, June 12. Ghanaians can...
Accelerating Local Pharmaceutical Production
Ethiopia is offering tax-free loans for up to five years, along with 100 percent exemption on customs duty for imports on capital goods, to...