Money & MarketsFrance has sentenced the playboy son of Africa’s longest serving president to three years in jailUpdated July 20, 2022
Business NewsTo get more out of aid and investment, developing countries need to focus on data collectionUpdated July 20, 2022
Tech & InnovationEven Africa’s poorest countries are too expensive to be the world’s next manufacturing hubUpdated July 20, 2022
Tech & InnovationAs satellites get smaller and cheaper, space programs in developing countries are getting biggerUpdated July 20, 2022
Money & MarketsAfrica’s demographic dividend will turn to a liability if we don’t prepare for itUpdated July 20, 2022
Tech & InnovationAfrican startups need to solve big problems, not chase unicorn statusUpdated July 20, 2022
Tech & InnovationOnline video is driving the demand for faster internet in AfricaUpdated July 20, 2022
Money & MarketsDeveloping countries should invest in schools before roads—at least for nowUpdated July 20, 2022
Tech & InnovationLeapfrogging is overrated, says a Harvard development professorUpdated July 20, 2022
Tech & InnovationWhatsApp is hurting mobile revenue growth in Africa—and telcos want to fight backUpdated July 20, 2022
Business NewsIt may be difficult to call out the mistakes of Africa’s fledgling tech ecosystem, but we mustUpdated July 20, 2022
Money & MarketsThe future for Africa’s refugees is as economic partners, not dependentsUpdated July 20, 2022
Money & MarketsAfrican startups are betting on the continent’s untapped trove of consumer dataUpdated July 20, 2022
Tech & InnovationAfrica’s early mobile money success is finally set to go globalUpdated July 20, 2022
Money & MarketsCoup rumors, an absent president, and a stagnant economy are putting Nigeria on edgeUpdated July 20, 2022
Tech & InnovationWHO has elected a former Ethiopian health minister as its first African director-generalUpdated July 20, 2022
Money & MarketsThere’s a way to stop African governments shutting off the internet for their citizensUpdated July 20, 2022
Business NewsIn Africa, the opportunism of private-equity investors aligns nicely with improving social welfareUpdated July 20, 2022
Tech & InnovationAfrica’s teeming unemployed youth are making risky bets on their futureUpdated July 20, 2022
Business NewsAfrica’s private-equity investors made big bets last year, but 2017 looks less certainUpdated July 20, 2022
Money & MarketsAfrica’s biggest phone company can’t get past its Nigeria problemUpdated July 20, 2022