Africa's favorite smartphone maker is now worth $4 billion
By Laura He, CNN BusinessHong Kong (CNN Business)Chinese smartphone maker Transsion, which is dominating Africa with its Tecno brand, has raised nearly $400 million in an IPO on Chi…...
Read More British Company Makes Significant Gas Discovery in Morocco
By Kawtar Ennaji - Rabat – Chariot Oil & Gas has made new gas discoveries in its ‘Lixus’ Offshore License in the Mohammedia-Kenitra region. In the Competent Persons Report o…...
Read More Kenya ranked top in use of tech to boost farming
Smart phones penetration and high rate of digital innovations have seen Kenya ranked the leading country in the use of technology in agriculture across the continent.A report releas…...
Read More Technology will transform face of enterprise in Africa
Often the pursuit of an economic activity has one agenda in mind, which is getting a return, hopefully, one that exceeds the costs of production or creation.Those who figure out thi…...
Read More Food imports may be better for environment than buying local
RomeBritish shoppers looking to go green may be better off buying imported South American apples or Kenyan vegetables rather than locally produced foods that rely too heavily on fos…...
Read More 3000 African startups to get funding under Tony Elumelu Foundation
By ADONIJAH OCHIENG The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum 2019 announced last week that 3000 startups from across 54 African countries will receive $5000 (Sh500,000) in…...
Read MoreMilk bank saving tiny lives in Kenya
When Roseline Kwamboka gave birth to a baby girl seven years ago, ill health affected the flow of her breast milk and this left her baby starved and crying incessantly. It took anot…...
Read More Sudan urges foreign oil firms to step up investment
By MOHAMMED ALAMIN AND SALMA EL WARDANY NAIROBI (Bloomberg) - Sudan’s newly appointed oil minister urged international energy companies to speed up efforts to find and develop dep…...
Read More DHL expands Africa eShop online retail app to 34 countries
DHL has expanded its DHL Africa eShop business to 13 additional markets, upping the presence of the global shipping company’s e-commerce platform to 34 African countries.DHL went …...
Read More 'A crazy amount of talent': contemporary art thrives in Harare
An unexpected post-Mugabe boom has caught the attention of international art collectors In a makeshift studio, in an empty house on a ridge with a spectacular view of trees and blue…...
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