Bird Stories

Ride-hailing services are finding success in Africa thanks to rapid smartphone adoption, reliable internet connection, mobile payments services and a drastic shift in consumer needs on the continent that values convenience.

In 2008, Sandras Phiri and his wife decided to up sticks and move overseas to take advantage of larger economies and more opportunities than they had at home. At first, they looked at Europe.

Kenya’s tech startup ecosystem — among the hottest on the continent — is looking to attract even more overseas interest as the country launches an International Financial Centre and giant tech firms renew their interest in East Africa’s “Silicon Savannah”.

Trade deals under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement are getting underway after a false start due to the economic fallout from Covid-19 – which also highlighted its importance to the continent.

South Sudan is looking to increase its share of agriculture exports with its latest Fruits and Vegetables Sector Strategy, designed to replenish its food basket and create jobs.

Africa’s VC scene remained resilient in spite of major geopolitical and financial headwinds that are precipitating falling startup valuations and sell-offs across the world.

Africa’s two wealthiest cities are in South Africa. Johannesburg is the wealthiest, with a total private wealth of US$239 billion, while Cape Town in second place has a total private wealth of US$131 billion

Small African countries grow faster than their larger counterparts when it comes to being more economically free, according to a new report.

In Nigeria’s Rivers State, engineering company Egoras is refurbishing e-waste into affordable appliances, creating a new market for recycled and upcycled products.

Christine Wangari is determined to show that grassroots efforts can influence government policy. By mobilising communities across Kenya to plant trees and sequester carbon, her efforts are drawing comparisons to Wangari Maathai

Kenya’s Oscars selection committee has submitted the animated work, Terastorm, as the country’s pick for International Film Category at the 95th academy awards.

Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala, the recently crowned commonwealth 100metres champ, has reopened the country’s sprints chapter with refreshing vigor.

African creatives are finding a new audience among the youth, who according to the latest Africa No Filter report have grown their proclivity for local content.

THREE African countries recorded some of their biggest improvements in freeing up their economies for the citizenry just as COVID-19 hit global economies hard.

Senior executives in Africa forecast the strongest growth in the telcos sector as internet connectivity improves, a new study by the network operator, World Mobile shows

At the far end of the University of Yaoundé campus in Ngoa Ekelle, on the road to Melen, is the complex of the Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique de Yaoundé.

Senior executives in Africa forecast the strongest growth in the telcos sector as internet connectivity improves, a new study by the network operator, World Mobile shows

Not so long ago, 40-year-old David Ngwerume was running his law firm ‘Ngwerume Attorney and Law’ and defending clients fearlessly in the courts of Harare. But then COVID-19 struck. Now he uses his free time and a childhood hobby to chisel away in the fight against COVID.

Trends show software programming is becoming an essential ingredient in African education, as the continent leapfrogs into the digital economy.

Ivorian entrepreneur Olivia Akouba Angola sets a trend with a food chain start-up offering West African culinary delights

THE Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is to partner with Nyanza Light Metals (Nyanza) in the development of the latter’s US$550 million titanium dioxide plant in South Africa, according to the AFC, which published the news on its website on August 22.