Zimbabwean startup launches SMS-driven funeral coordination platform
By Tom Jackson Zimbabwean streamlined funeral coordination platform Funeral.ly has launched in a bid to leverage SM and…
Opinion: African Governments Don’t Want To Enforce African Intellectual Property Rights
By Dana Sanchez From TheAfricaReport. Story by Petina Gappah, a Zimbabwean intellectual property lawyer and novelist. In Europe,…
South Africa: Prasa’s Official Statement On CEO Dismissal
[News24Wire] Below is the official press statement by the Board of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa…
Liberia: Arcelormittal Gets New CEO
[New Dawn] ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel and mining company has announced Mr. Simon Wandke as its new…
CEO Weekends: Transfast Launches in Africa With Direct Bank Deposit Network
By Sam Wakoba Online cross-border p2p payments firm Transfast has launched in Africa to enable the Africa Diaspora…
Market Atlas Review: Egypt, DRC, Burundi, Senegal and Lesotho — Oil, Currency Controls and Possible Coups
By Akin Sawyer Egypt: Tightening of currency controls further dampens investment climate Protestor with Egyptian Flag The primary…
Conflicting Reports In US Drone Strike Targeting al Shabaab
By Dana Sanchez There are conflicting reports about who exactly died, and how many, in a U.S. drone…
CEO Weekends: Afrostream.tv Gets into YCombinator to Become Africa’s Netflix
By Sam Wakoba Africa has iROKO.tv, Buni.tv, Wabona.com and several other ‘Netflix’ services but seems they are not…
UK authorities stop girls from being taken to Africa for fear of female genital mutilation
By Onyedimmakachukwu Police authorities in the United Kingdom have stopped two young girls, thought to be at risk…
Nigeria: Nigeria-France Trade Volume Hits Nearly €5 Billion
[This Day] The trade volume between Nigeria and France has reached N1.1 trillion, the French Ambassador to Nigeria,…