Analyst: Africa, A Great Place To Invest But is It Fair?
It’s fine to celebrate high growth rates in Africa, but to look at them in isolation is to distort the real picture, says Diana Games, CEO of South Africa-based research company Africa@Work in a report...
View ArticleAfrican Consumers Among World’s Most Loyal, Consultant Says
African consumers value American products highly and are among the most brand-loyal customers in the world – if you win them over today, they might stay with you for life, says San Francisco-based...
View ArticleOrange Money, Total Gas Stations Partner In 12 African Countries
Orange Money, an African mobile money transfer service, has partnered with Total, an African gas station chain, to provide money transfer access in at least 1,300 locations in 13 African countries...
View ArticleCan You Hear Us Now? Technology Aiding Democracy In Africa
Technology is helping Africans, via their burgeoning cell phone use, become increasingly connected to and critical of their governments, according to a CNN opinion piece. Mobile phones are amplifying...
View ArticleZambia, China Sign Competitive Products Export Deal
From Zambia Daily Mail Zambia has signed three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) for purchase contracts with Chinese firms amounting to US$700 in various sectors to promote export of competitive...
View ArticleING Drones Headed to East Africa For Surveillance
Canada-based ING Robotic Aviation sold two drones to Keymerging Technologies, a Mombasa, Kenya-based high-tech security company, according to a press release at MarketWatch. They will be used for...
View ArticleLocal Economy, Foreign Investment Bustling in Cameroon
From How We Made it in Africa Following independence, many sub-Saharan African countries adopted the language of their colonisers as the official national language. English, French and Portuguese are...
View ArticleHow To Tell A Company Isn’t Being Honest Through Its Website
As soon as the concept of bringing businesses online went viral, thousands of fakers — who had otherwise been flopping and were on the verge of bankruptcy in real life — flocked to the online scene,....
View ArticleAfrica’s Business Landscape Never Riper, Says Kenyan Marketing Manager
Determination and a high desire to achieve greatness are Ann Mugure’s recipes for success. At 24, she beat the odds to become a regional marketing manager for Nairobi-based House of Decker, sole...
View ArticleS. Africa Overtakes China As Zimbabwe’s No. 1 Tobacco Customer
South Africa has huge internal demand for tobacco to be manufactured into cigarettes and has bypassed China as the biggest buyer of Zimbabwe’s golden leaf tobacco, according to a report in TheStandard....
View ArticleDozens Dead After Egyptian Security Forces Raid Morsi Protest Camps
From Fox News Egyptian security forces in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers to clear two protest camps in Cairo Wednesday, igniting clashes with pro-Morsi supporters as violence...
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Airlines Voted Best In The World
VirginAmerica.com Between the high fares, surprise fees, and constant budget cuts that make basic amenities non-existent, flying economy can be a nightmare today. Check out these airlines, said to...
View ArticlePoachers Threaten Kenya’s Rhinos, Elephants And Tourism Revenue
John Nyamu has walked 932 miles this year, crisscrossing most of Kenya to help save elephants from extinction. In February, he trekked 310 miles from the coastal city of Mombasa to Nairobi. He...
View ArticleCedi Value Decreases, Inflation Hits 11.8% in Ghana
From Bloomberg Businessweek Inflation in Ghana, West Africa’s second-biggest economy, accelerated for a sixth month in July as the local currency weakened against the dollar, driving up costs in the...
View ArticleSamsung Ventures Into Africa’s Healthcare Industry
South Korean electronics giant Samsung has entered the East African healthcare industry with a new line of health and medical equipment it says is suitable for urban and rural health centers,...
View ArticleGame Changer? New Non-Blasting Technology Could Automate Mining, CEO Says
New South African mining technology has the potential to automate the gold mining industry and save money on labor costs, said Harmony Gold CEO Graham Briggs in a report in MiningWeekly.com. The...
View ArticleS. African Company Recognized For Online Banking Security Technology
Entersekt, a South African company that develops transaction authentication technology, landed a technology leadership award for its work in the area of online banking fraud solutions. Entersekt’s app,...
View ArticleAfter The Fire: Longtime Kenyan Tour Operator Talks Travel
Some aspects of African tourism are more predictable than others, said Richard Corcoran, a Kenyan tour operator of more than 30 years who has weathered many storms – most recently, the fire at Jomo...
View ArticlePower Share: Ghana May Export Excess Electricity To Burkina Faso, Mali
From Ghana Business News President John Dramani Mahama on hinted that Ghana would soon transmit excess electricity to Burkina Faso and Mali as soon as work on the West Africa Gas Pipeline and Power...
View ArticleNothing Brewing: Burundi Sees 14% Drop In Tea Earnings
From Business Recorder Burundi’s tea export earnings fell 14.3 percent in the six months to June from the same period in 2012, partly due to higher output in rival exporter Kenya and political turmoil...
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