The state of Nigeria’s lack of accurate data is such that even the president does not know the country’s population size.
After a year of delays, a major Africa-focused telecoms infrastructure company has gone public.
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, with a population of some 200 million people, has long been one of the big hopes for mobile money and financial inclusion evangelists. And yet, until very recently, it seemed its government and regulators were reluctant to listen to the proverbial “good word.”
Gender parity gaps in education, access to work opportunities and capital remain an enduring feature across a majority of African countries as highlighted by a new study from the World Bank which also lays bare the gaps that should push these governments to focus on policies that foster economic gender parity.
After a three-year slowdown, increased fundraising suggests private equity investors are bullish about business prospects in African economies once again.
A full three years before the next elections, Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has been forced to deny reports that he will be seeking a third term in 2023.
Kenyan regulators battle with the country’s top sports betting companies has reached a tipping point.
It seems in the eyes of Nigeria’s police, any young man with a laptop, smartphone and an internet connection is likely a fraudster.
Nigeria’s military has resumed hostilities in the country’s northeast with one of its frequent targets. Not military action against Boko Haram or the Islamic State West Africa but instead verbal warfare with humanitarian and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Nigerian regulators are going after Truecaller, the Sweden-based phone number identification app, for “potential breach of privacy rights of Nigerians.”
In the five years since it was founded, Andela’s business model of training and outsourcing junior developers to global companies around the world saw it become a champion for local computer engineering talent across Africa.
When Andela, the software developer training and outsourcing company, first launched in Lagos five years ago, its business model was simple: train local entry-level developers to be globally competitive, place them on four-year contracts and earn revenue by outsourcing their skills to clients, mainly in the US, in that time frame.
A high-level government scandal in Gabon earlier this year has turned out to be the perfect illustration for just how serious the business of rosewood furniture is across Africa.
What are the chances of getting a study permit approved in Canada? If you’re African, it’s currently 25%.
Naspers, Africa’s most valuable company, has listed its international internet assets on Amsterdam’s stock exchange and, in the process, created the biggest consumer internet company in Europe.
The latest wave of xenophobic violence and attacks in South Africa has resulted in a growing exodus of Nigerians.
Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died aged 95.
Nigeria’s government is responding to reported xenophobic attacks on its citizens in South Africa by boycotting the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) in Cape Town, South Africa and will reportedly recall its ambassador to South Africa.
African innovators have been lauded globally—including here at Quartz Africa—for their ability to create critical solutions amidst tough economic, political, and social realities. Yet more often than not, bad policies rather than bad luck have hindered the potential of these innovations and their ability to help more people.
Population growth across Africa will result in 375 million young people reaching working age by 2030, according to the International Labor Organization. With high unemployment rates and rapidly-shifting skills requirements, applicants will start competing for the same jobs, leaving employers to sort through piles of similar-looking CVs.
It’s taken just a day for the Nigerian government to respond to the Trump administration’s latest visa clampdown measure on Nigerians.
Obtaining a US visa is about to become more expensive for Nigerian applicants.
A series of arrests by the Federal Bureau of Investigations in the US has nabbed one of the “most prolific” rings of Nigerian fraudsters operating in the country.
In the event e-commerce doesn’t pay off for Jumia as losses continue to mount, its management appears to already have a semblance of a strategic pivot in place.
