10 Cocktails With The Most Exotic Ingredients
Want to feel like you’re steps away from white sand and enjoying an island paradise, even if you can’t really afford to? Blend up these drinks and sip them out of a coconut – they’ll take you there.The...
View ArticleBrazilian Hair Business Picks Up in Namibia
From DaijiworldBusiness is on the rise for Brazilian hair traders in Namibia, in southern Africa, as more women seek virgin Brazilian hair to supplement their own hair and attain a glorious look.Toini...
View ArticleU.K. To Africa: We Want Your Entrepreneurs To Boost Our Economy
A U.K. government-backed startup accelerator program is offering to relocate young entrepreneurs from Africa to the U.K. – provided they bring along their great ideas for new businesses, according to a...
View ArticleState Of African Agriculture Report Reflects Inequities, Knowledge Gaps
Although agriculture represents as much as 40 percent of gross domestic product in some African countries, only a quarter of 1 percent of bank lending goes to smallholder farmers, according to a report...
View ArticleAngola, Portugal Partnering to Attract Investors
From All AfricaThe Angolan Foreign minister, Georges Rebelo Chikoti, said Tuesday in Lisbon he wishes for Angolan investments in Portugal, alike the Portuguese investors do in the country, adding this...
View ArticleReport: Africa’s Luxury Goods Markets Are Booming
Africa’s emerging middle class and burgeoning ranks of millionaires are attracting companies eager to tap the continent’s growing appetite for luxury goods, according to a report in...
View ArticleRenewable, Solar Energy Program to Provide Power for 25,000 in Ethiopia
From Think ProgressA program in Ethiopia has brought distributed solar to 13,200 people, and aims to reach roughly another 11,800 by the end of this November. Roughly one third of the East African...
View Article‘State-of-the-Art’ Crude Oil Terminal to be Built in South Africa
From All AfricaGerman company Oiltanking GmbH has entered a joint venture with a number of local companies to build a commercial crude oil storage and blending terminal at the port of Saldanha on South...
View ArticleMorocco to Adopt New Gasoline Pricing Model
With the intent to cut down the country’s subsidies bill, Morocco will now base their gasoline and diesel prices on the price of oil within world markets, the Associate Press reported. Subsidies that...
View ArticleNigeria Wealth Fund Stocks Too Pricey?
From BloombergUche Orji, the Harvard-trained head of Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund, said he’s worried about rising stock prices as he prepares to hand over the next tranche of the fund’s $1 billion...
View ArticleSurprising Hobbies of World Leaders
We often forget that world leaders were human before they took office and politics overrode their mortal souls. But it’s sometimes fun to remember the softer side of presidents, prime ministers and...
View ArticleAfkInsider Forex Africa Report: Rand Rises, Naira Slides, Shilling Stable
With the U.S. Federal Reserve’s tapering decision still roiling confidence in emerging markets, the currencies of Africa’s three largest economies – South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya – have all reacted...
View ArticleMicrosoft, South Africa Partner To Create 600 Tech Startups
Microsoft, one of Africa’s largest investors, has partnered with the South African government’s Jobs Fund to help create up to 600 technology start-ups over the next three years, and in the process,...
View ArticleTechnology Makes Music Piracy Easier In Nigeria
The shift in Nigeria toward digital platforms like iPods and smartphones for music consumption has done little to ease widespread copyright infringement and piracy in Africa’s most populous nation,...
View ArticleNigeria, Cote d’Ivoire to Tackle West African Coastline Piracy
From This Day LiveMinister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has expressed the federal government’s readiness to collaborate with the Government of Cote d’Ivoire in combating piracy in West Africa...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Selling White Rhinos To Save Them?
Poachers kill two rhinos a day in South Africa. The country is on track to lose 1,000 rhinos this year so it’s trying a different approach: selling them.The Kruger National Park sold 170 white rhinos...
View ArticleUganda to Host Business, ICT Conference
From PC Tech MagazineThe National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) in partnership with the Uganda Business Process Outsourcing Association (UBPOA) are organizing a 3-day regional BPO...
View ArticleSouth African Bank Investing $59M In Kenyan Malls
Hoping for a high return on investment in other emerging African markets, South Africa’s largest bank plans to spend $59 million building two malls in Kenya, according to a report in...
View ArticleOffshore Havens Ink Investment Deals in Africa
The Financial Times reported last month that three major international offshore financial centers – Mauritius, Singapore, and Luxembourg – are taking steps to protect investors seeking wider exposure...
View ArticleReport: Nigeria in Running for Africa’s Most Attractive Investment Destination
From Business Day LiveWhile South Africa remains the most attractive corporate investment destination in Africa, Nigeria is nipping at its heels and may overtake it as soon as next year, according to a...
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