editorial

Starting out

Even though half of Africa’s tech hubs are concentrated across five countries, nearly each of the other 49 countries on the... Read more
4 Jul, 2017

Check-in process

Overall, hotel room revenue across African countries, including Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania, rose more than 12%... Read more
4 Jul, 2017

Full roast

As much as 60% of Ethiopia’s coffee-growing areas could be rendered useless by the end of the century owing... Read more
4 Jul, 2017

Within reach

Despite Angola’s access to internet remaining relatively low, with only 23% of its population being internet users, the country’s... Read more
20 Jun, 2017

Status update

As part of a three-phase policy reform to make Ghana’s ports competitive in Africa, the clearance of goods will... Read more
20 Jun, 2017

Ray of light

Kenya’s energy industry is set to gain a boost in investment thanks to a first-ever memorandum of understanding with... Read more
20 Jun, 2017

Setting the pace

Kenya’s average data connection speed amounted to nearly 14 megabits per second (Mbps) in the first quarter of 2017... Read more
13 Jun, 2017

In the works

Uganda and Tanzania have signed a deal to build the world’s longest electrically-heated crude oil pipeline. The proposed US$3.55... Read more
13 Jun, 2017

Pricey pods

Despite tropical storm Enawo wreaking havoc in Madagascar, damaging around 30% of its vanilla crop, the island is still... Read more
13 Jun, 2017

Meet and greet

Cape Town has once again been named the continent’s best business tourism destination for the fourth consecutive year. In... Read more
30 May, 2017