Leading the way
Across Africa, nearly 30% of mining companies that haven’t yet invested in next-generation technology plan to feed capital into... Read more
29 Mar, 2016
In for a penny
Mobile-money payments have taken off and found success in many parts of Africa. However, another cashless system making its... Read more
22 Mar, 2016
Striking it rich
If you are a young African with non-traditional ways of growing – and keeping – your money, the future... Read more
22 Mar, 2016
A slippery slope
Bananas. They’re high in potassium and Vitamin C, not to mention a bunch of other minerals. Around 100 million people... Read more
22 Mar, 2016
The write stuff
A Statistics South Africa survey has found that more than 90% of South Africans over the age of 15 can... Read more
15 Mar, 2016
Revved up for progress
Throughout the last decade, Nigeria’s Lady Mechanic Initiative has trained more than 700 women in mechanical skills, enabling them... Read more
15 Mar, 2016
Waste not, want not
Forty percent – that’s how much of Nigeria’s agricultural produce is lost post-harvest as a result of insufficient marketing... Read more
15 Mar, 2016
Fighting chance
Angola is punctuated by armoured-vehicle wrecks and weaponry that is no longer used, even though its civil war ended more than 10... Read more
7 Mar, 2016
Special insight
Approximately 21 000 school children in Kenya’s Trans-Nzoia county have been screened for visual impairment, with the help of a smartphone... Read more
7 Mar, 2016
Hit after hit
Africa’s first legal, home-grown music-downloads platform was recently launched in Senegal. Its mission: to promote the continent’s artists and... Read more
7 Mar, 2016
