Google and Levi’s new smart jacket can control your devices
By Napier Lopez Google and Levi’s have partnered to release a denim jacket with touch sensitive controls and…
Nigeria: Bank Illegally Funnels Huge Cash to Fund ‘Broke Federal Govt’
[Premium Times] A massive and clearly illegal multi-source funding of the federal government by the Central Bank of…
Sudan: Minister of Animal Resources Stresses Importance of Cooperation With Different Countries
[SNA] Khartoum -Minister of Animal Resources, Bushara Juma Aro stressed the importance of joint cooperation with various countries…
Ethiopia: Sound Tax-to-GDP Ratio – Call of the Day
[Ethiopian Herald] Empirical evidences show that the Ethiopian tax-to-GDP ratio is low. As it has been mentioned in…
Africa: Protests Mount Against CFA Currency
[Deutsche Welle] The CFA franc is facing growing opposition in parts of West and central Africa. Critics say…
Senegal’s In Touch selected for BigBooster China workshop
By Gabriella Mulligan Senegalese mobile payments startup In Touch has been selected to travel to China with international…
Nigeria’s TBCA is connecting startups with Big Four consultants
By Tom Jackson Consultants from the “Big Four” consultancy firms very rarely stoop to assisting startups, given the…
Facebook re-licenses React under MIT license after developer backlash
By Matthew Hughes A major barrier to the adoption of Facebook’s React front-end library has been its license.…
Apple’s Formidable Challenge
By ndubuisi ekekwe Uber lost to Didi Chuxing in China. Facebook’s WhatsApp is a tech generation behind the…
The challenges facing West Africa’s chocolate industry
By Victoria Crandall West Africa, the world’s leading cocoa producer, is grappling with the aftermath of a disastrous…