Ciku Kimeria

Health tech startups on the continent are setting the example for disrupting traditional retail pharmacy

Plus: Quartz Africa Weekly Brief says goodbye

While the "big four" African startup markets are dominated by English-speaking countries, in the recent past Francophone Africa has made strides

Plus: South Africa will lose $13 billion this year to load shedding

A growing number of African nations are looking to attract high-net-worth individuals by offering residence and citizenship through investment programs

Plus: M-Pesa has global ambitions

This year’s general election has seen the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and Election Result Viewing Portal (IReV)

H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and ACET founder and president Dr. K.Y. Amoako speak on the lack of female representation in Nigerian and African politics

Nigeria's 2023 presidential elections are coming at a point when the country is experiencing economic turmoil. An uphill task awaits the new president

M-Pesa is looking to replicate its African success in new markets as the global demand for seamless, fast and affordable remittance services heats up

Plus: Netflix releases a new docuseries on African Queens

Global, regional and local players are in a race for eyeballs that requires them to customize content and user experience for a mobile-first market

The docuseries, produced and narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith, has so far been picked up for two seasons and will cover the stories of Queen Njinga and Cleopatra

In 2022, seven African countries moved up by more than five positions in the Speedtest Global Index of median mobile internet download speeds by Ookla

When the war in Ukraine disrupted wheat exports, University of Kisangani students set out to manufacture pasta with homegrown cassava

The continent will be responsible for over 11% of all gas supplies by 2050, a study finds

Plus: Egypt’s MNT-Halan is Africa’s newest unicorn

Known for its 'teranga' (hospitality), Senegal is making news globally and regionally for its dynamic sports, arts, and culture scenes

Nigeria’s Tems and South Africa’s Zakes Bantwini, Nomcebo Zikode and Wouter Kellerman won big at the world’s most prestigious music awards

Egyptian payments solutions firm, MNT-Halan has breached the billion-dollar valuation mark, becoming Africa’s first unicorn in almost two years

Plus: YouTube has become the world’s nanny

Some African countries have surpassed pre-covid arrival numbers and revenue levels

With African mobile gamers growing from an estimated 77 million in 2015 to 186 million in 2022, gaming startups are pulling in multimillion-dollar investments

African clubs and associations have made significant strides in the global football transfer market, according to a new FIFA report