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Business

Why We Have To Empower African Women In Business

Empowerment of women can be understood as the process of supporting women in gaining control over their lives and their ability to make independent choices. In its true essence, it means that they have complete and absolute ownership of all...

What Recruiters Need To Know About Hiring In Africa

If Africa keeps pace with its current demographic transition, it is likely that the continent’s under-18 population will reach 750 million by 2030. This would make Africa the youngest continent with the largest workforce, surpassing India and China. The current...

Risks And Misconceptions Of Doing Business In Africa

The common misconceptions about Africa label the continent as huge homogenous island dominated by corruption, poverty, and conflict. This representation of Africa is not only stereotypical but also factually incorrect. The African continent is diverse in its social, political, and...

FINANCE

Africa’s $15 Billion Fashion Industry

The African fashion industry has been evolving significantly over the last years. Many African designers...

What You Need To Know About The Africa Continental Free Trade Area

Africa’s Ongoing Infrastructure Challenge

Foreign Investors Show Increased Interest in the Moroccan Market

The Future of Africa’s Telecom Market

Podcast

Rebranding Africa

Africa is not limited to the stereotypes defined by the media, which tend to exclusively focus on negative attributes and misleading generalizations when covering African topics. This creates a widely accepted perspective of the continent as being in a constant state of crisis. In doing so, they discount the fact...

Technology

How Nigeria Became The Hottest Startup Location

Unicorns are no longer elusive to the African continent, as evident by the three privately owned startups valued at over $1 billion, and the number of companies with the potential of turning into unicorns in the future. Jumia, formerly known...

How Ethiopia Turned Into East Africa’s Digital Leader

Africa’s rising entrepreneurial community is a clear indicator of the continent’s improving economic health. It is not the start-up culture alone which is driving this economic growth, but also policy changes and a general awareness amongst the working youth, that...

The Inspiring Success Of Nairobi’s iHub

Nairobi’s iHub (Innovation Hub) is an open space created for web designers, mobile application developers and programmers from Kenya’s capital city area. The open co-working space also serves as an incubator for students, tech professionals, young entrepreneurs as well as...

BOOKS

The Lion Awakes: Adventures in Africa’s Economic Miracle

The Lion Awakes: Adventures in Africa’s Economic Miracle Three little known facts: Africa is now the world’s fastest growing continent,...

Lifestyle

Mukimo with Beef Stew

Mukimo (Moh-Kee-Moh) which is also known as irio is a famous Kenyan dish originating from the Kikuyu tribe. Mukimo means mashed and the dish is basically the African answer to mashed potatoes. It can be found across the entire country,...

The Unlocked Potential of Africa’s Music Streaming Market

There is no denying that Africa has an indelible impact on the direction that global music has taken over the last decades. The melodic persuasion that resonates through the mosh pits at American rock concerts or on the holiday islands...

The Power Of The African Diaspora

The African diaspora plays an essential role in promoting the continent’s development, whether in form of tourism, sharing of knowledge, or transfer of remittances. Many African countries are actively investing in initiatives that aim at harnessing the vast potential of...