Tag: africa

• 14 tech trends to watch in 2021

  December 12, 2020

  As tech ecosystems mature around the world, they’re not always following the path laid down by Silicon Valley. 2020 was a more eventful year than anyone could have imagined. What… more ›

• Africa’s phone phenom: Your guide to Transsion

  December 2, 2020

  After spending the early 2000s globe-trotting for the overseas business arm of Chinese mobile phone maker Ningbo Bird, Transsion founder Zhu Zhaojiang broke out on his own. He opened Transsion’s… more ›

• The “Amazon of Africa” is trying to enable third-party e-commerce rather than sell more stuff

  November 29, 2020

  Back in 2012 when it first launched, Jumia’s long-term goal was to become the leading e-commerce player on the continent. It set about that objective like typical e-commerce platforms do:… more ›

• The corporatization of food in South Africa

  November 15, 2020

  When our priority is growing food for profit, people will go hungry. It is simply more profitable to grow food for retail and export than it is to feed people… more ›

• Tom Burgis: ‘The rise of kleptocrats fueled by destablising the truth on social media

  September 20, 2020

  How can African nations stop the looting of their natural wealth by rogue politicians and an international band of financial predators? How do you join the dots between illegal gold-mining… more ›

• USA’s DFC approves transactions to Mozambique totalling $1.7 billion

  September 20, 2020

  The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Donald Trump’s secret weapon to counter Chinese influence in Africa, has devoted almost half of its new investment funding to natural gas projects… more ›

• Death of DRC’s Lumumba: ‘The Belgians weren’t the only bad guys’, says daughter Juliana

  September 20, 2020

  A Belgian court announced that it would return Patrice Émery Lumumba’s tooth to his family. Juliana Lumumba, daughter of the hero of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s independence, spoke… more ›

• Da Roménia para Bissau, por amor

  September 13, 2020

  Durante a Guerra Fria, estudantes guineenses levaram a sua cultura aos países do bloco de leste. Desse encontro nasceram relações que enfrentaram regimes e preconceitos. Não se sabe ao certo… more ›

• Undressing for redress: the significance of Nigerian women’s naked protests

  September 9, 2020

  Social media went abuzz on July 23, 2020, when hundreds of women – mostly naked – staged a protest in the northwestern state of Kaduna, Nigeria. Wailing and rolling on… more ›

• Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around The World

  September 6, 2020

  It’s the latest example of how cheap Chinese smartphones take advantage of the world’s poorest people. Current security concerns about Chinese apps and hardware have largely focused on potential back… more ›