A Zimbabwean genius Angela Kumirai, recently got international acclaim when she was selected from 10 000 university students worldwide, as one of the top 25 finalists in the Ozy Genius Awards (OGAs), to implement a social impact idea. Although she could not make into the top 10, Angela acquitted herself very well as her idea […]
What: Roundtable on scaling up financing for youth and innovation in Africa Who: The African Development Bank When: 17 May 2021, 11:00 to 12:00 Paris time / 9:00 to 10:00 GMT Where: Virtual – via Zoom and live streaming On 17 May 2021 the President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, will […]
Lagos, Nigeria – 30 April 2021 — Officially launched today, the new Learn at Home audio e-learning platform will provide free, online, and unlimited learning access to more than 100 million Nigerian youths. This first-of-its-kind audio e-learning platform will offer unlimited access based on the national mobile phone penetration, low-data, and basic featurephone requirements. The […]
The government is stuck in traditional methods of borrowing, even for this fiscal year, although there are innovative ways that could help it create a sustainable debt portfolio. Experts at the International Monetary Fund and other international lenders have called for innovation in fiscal funding instruments, including introducing hybrid instruments. For Namibia, the Bank of […]
ACCRA, Ghana — MEST, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, today announced the top three performing Ghanaian tech startups that recently graduated from its Beta 2020 cohort of the MEST Accelerator program. The program aims to equip early-stage ventures with the skills and resources they require to accelerate their growth. These top performing startups will […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is prioritizing innovation and technology investments in agriculture in order to transform the sector by attracting young people and also scaling up productivity. Osinbajo’s spokesman Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the vice president spoke virtually at the 2021 High-Level Dialogue on Feeding Africa. The […]
NAMIBIAN media experts have called for the financially troubled Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) to find innovative ways of raising revenue to address their workers’ plight. They were speaking at a panel on ethics in media in the advent of digital media. Namibian Sun news editor Mathias Haufiku said while the plight of journalists at NBC […]
Over the last few decades, African governments have removed restrictions on and privatised their mining industries, attracting significant foreign direct investment. As a result, the continent’s mining industry has become dominated by transnational corporations such as Glencore, AngloAmerican and Barrick Gold. Alongside these corporate giants, operating largely beyond the formal reach and control of African […]
The National Institute for Science Technology and Innovation (NISTI) in Seychelles is in the process of testing a solar-powered pesticide sprayer that it has developed for farmers. The prototype took four years to develop. It has been put through various stages of testing by technicians from the institute and is now being used on a […]
As the world moves towards electric vehicles, the Nigerian government is also making investments into building indigenous electric vehicles. As part of the effort, a project team for the development of the Nigerian model of electric vehicle has been inaugurated. The Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zara, inaugurated the project team for the federal […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Flat6Labs Tunis Seed Programme” kicked off its 7th incubation cycle and launched call for applications for the 8th cycle. Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven […]
Government has created opportunities for the participation of young people in climate change processes, as it intensifies efforts to reconstruct the country’s green economy in a sustainable manner by 2030. Globally, there is increasing recognition that young people not only have the right to decide how resources are allocated, but that they also have valuable […]
After a year marked by the launch of its solar computer Jirodesk II, the Malagasy company joins the Seedstar and Shell Foundation’s acceleration program. This is an opportunity for the socially and ecologically committed solar startup to open a fundraising round. Yann Kasay and his team of engineers deliver Jirodesk II @Jirogasy Jirogasy delivers […]
Women in Africa are more likely to be entrepreneurs, than men. They make up 58 percent the continent’s self-employed population and women’s formal ownership of SMEs currently stands at around a third of all registered SMEs in Africa-and we know SMEs are estimated to account for over 90 percent of all firms outside of the […]
The Department of Water and Sanitation in the Northern Cape has reflected on the milestones achieved in the provision of water towards the development of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, located near Carnarvon, a small town in the Northern Cape. This comes as South Africa commemorates National Water Week from 15 – 22 March […]
Kigali, Rwanda — ESPartners (ESP) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation’s Hanga Ahazaza initiative has launched their fourth call for applications for innovative start-ups to join its Tourism Inc program, an incubator for start-ups in the Tourism and Hospitality sector in Rwanda. Having graduated two cohorts already, with a third gearing up to join the […]
Africa recorded remarkable economic growth in the first 15 years of the 21st century, largely because of positive trends in the export of primary commodities, among other factors. However, this narrative of “Africa Rising” was skewed from the onset, as it focused mostly on economic growth based on gross domestic product (GDP), which is overly […]
The adverse effects of the climate emergency mean that it is critical for the world to accelerate the transition to low carbon technologies to reduce emissions. The transport sector is estimated to contribute an average of 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Member states, […]