Sister Duo Making Statement for Egyptian Artisanship
‘Okhtein’ is making a statement on the catwalk and in Egypt Watch.
Read more "Sister Duo Making Statement for Egyptian Artisanship"‘Okhtein’ is making a statement on the catwalk and in Egypt Watch.
Read more "Sister Duo Making Statement for Egyptian Artisanship"Uber has launched in Mombasa, which brings the company’s growing global network to 399 cities. With the launch of Uber, an innovative technology platform, Mombasa joins the list of smart transportation hubs in Africa. Full Story.
Read more "Uber Launches in Mombasa, Kenya"Despite living in the world’s biggest grower of cocoa beans, Ivory Coast residents have never quite embraced chocolate as part of the national diet. Watch.
Read more "Ivorian Chocolate: Making the World a Darker Place"For the past three weeks, most of the news coming from Africa has been negative. Dramatic images of terrorist attacks in Ivory Coast and Mali played out on TV, as did national elections in Niger, Benin and Congo. Full Story.
Read more "2016 Risks Becoming the Year of all Dangers for Africa"The largest city in South Africa, it has endured appallingly high crime rates for decades. This has been particularly the case for Johannesburg’s inner city area, which from the 1990s onwards was abandoned. Full Story.
Read more "Bringing Central Johannesburg Back To Life"Tourism in East Africa accounted for more than 12 per cent of the region’s GDP in 2014, and generates up to US$979 million annually. Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda have adopted a joint visa to facilitate free movement of tourists and citizens in the region. Watch.
Read more "EAC Adopts Single Tourism Visa"Andrew Longwe co-founded Capital Financial Services, a youth microfinance program in Malawi, with an ambitious goal — to bring about socio-economic empowerment to youth and women in low-income groups through financial services. Full Story.
Read more "Obama Young African Leader Brings Microfinance To Malawi Women and Youth"As Nigerians struggle with a tough economic situation due to slump in global oil price, some government officials in the oil rich nation are encouraging people to patronize locally made products. Watch.
Read more "Nigerians Urged To Patronize Locally Made Goods"The advisory group plans to bring together African business leaders and senior representatives from pan-African economic bodies to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the development of Africa’s capital market infrastructure. Full Story.
Read more "London Stock Exchange Launches Africa Advisory Group"South African gold-mining companies, some of which are being sued for historical incidents of lung disease, formed a working group to pay compensation to affected workers and prevent new cases occurring. Full Story.
Read more "South African Gold Companies Form Working Group on Lung Disease"