Despite low voter turnout, Kenya’s electoral commission has declared President Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of a re-run of the country’s presidential election. He won 98% of the vote with turnout at just under 39%. This is less than half that record in August’s vote, according to the election commission. ALSO READ: World’s First Commercial Internet Balloons Gives Rural Kenyans High-Speed Internet Access Mr. Kenyatta was also declared the winner in the August vote, which was annulled because of “irregularities”. The decision from the…
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Most major automakers are pledging to build millions of electric vehicles as the world’s governments crackdown on climate-damaging emissions from traditional-fuel engines. As a result, demand is surging for lithium-ion batteries and the materials needed to make them — including cobalt, a relatively rare substance found mostly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). DRC supplies 63 percent of the world’s cobalt and its market share may jump to 73 percent by 2025 as producers like Glencore Plc expand mines, according to Wood Mackenzie Ltd. By 2030, global demand could be 47 times more than it was last year, Bloomberg New Energy…
In the next ten years, there will be 1.3M software development jobs. However, there are only 400,000 domestic computer science graduates to fill them. Africa is home to the largest untapped talent pool and seven of the 10 fastest growing internet populations in the world. That spells opportunity and right there to leverage this opportunity is Andela. This startup founded in 2014 to build a network of technology leaders on the African continent. The aim is to bridge the divide between the U.S and African tech sectors. ALSO READ: Kenyan Developers Shine at Andela Hackathon to Fight Fake News The pan-African…
Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo has been digitizing Ghana and delivering on his campaign promises. Earlier today at the Accra International Conference Center, Ghana’s President launched Ghana’s new National Digital Address System noting that the informal nature of Ghana’s economy has been a major constraint to her development. The informal nature of the economy, he explained, has affected the nation’s ability to broaden the tax base, deepen and widen financial inclusion, and deliver services to those most in need. ALSO READ: Ghana Begins Construction Of A New Drinking Water Supply System “It has been a barrier to job creation. It is for this reason that…
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, concluded its 3rd annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum on 14th of October 2017 in Lagos with 1,300 African SMEs, Policymakers, Incubators from 54 countries in attendance. The most diverse and inclusive gathering of African entrepreneurs on the continent, the Forum continued its strong tradition of showcasing innovation across sectors, including Agriculture, Technology, Healthcare, Fashion, and Energy/Power Generation. ALSO READ: DreamOval Foundation’s FemITI 2.0 In Ghana Targets 50,000 Girls Launched in 2015, the Forum was born out of the Foundation’s $100 million commitment to identify, train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs, over a decade, through the…
Renown Nigerian Designer, Deola Sagoe once again puts out a collection that is all about the sophisticated woman who embraces her roots in a simplistic yet contemporary way. Her workmanship and attention to every detail is evident in the construction and the beauty of her latest contemporary African Fashion creations. ALSO READ: Nigerian Mowalola Ogunlesi And Five Other Young Designers To Dress Barbie For 60th Anniversary Deola Sagoe’s Series 1 and Series 2 2017 Collections
The first-ever Miss Wheelchair World is now over and representing the African continent were some extraordinary young women from two African countries. These young African beauties were Victoria José from Angola and Lebohang Monyatsi from South Africa. While neither of them took home the main prize, Monyatsi did manage to clinch the title of First Vice Miss Wheelchair World 2017. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:’sO2-kVYTS4VQaN2pjXGcsg’,sig:’t2nyHOYjdAfjDCD5XwpEEAR7_vgeF-iP4Ac9xZMQZbE=’,w:’594px’,h:’396px’,items:’858750548,858750424,858753686,858749426,858749388′,caption: true ,tld:’com’,is360: false })}); Lebohang Monyatsi One of the two African beauties, Lebohang Monyatsi is very busy making history. She is Africa’s 1st Wheelchair Runaway Model, was a Finalist for Face of the Globe 2017, the…
South Africa Hotel Group, Orion Hotels & Resorts have been awarded the Sabre Top Destination Technology Award. The newest category created to include all establishments that have selected Sabre technology. And including its SynXis Central Reservation System to power up their activity. The award was presented by Richard Wiegmann, Managing Director & CCO EMEA, Sabre Hospitality Solutions. Wiegmann traveled from Germany to hand over the award personally. It includes a unique trophy designed by Rialheim Ceramics for the occasion. Additionally, the South Africa Hotel Group’s CEO, Franz Gmeiner, won a seat at the Sabre Technology Exchange event taking…
Africa focused digital payments and commerce company. Interswitch on Friday 6th of October 2017 launched a multi-channel low-level retail lending without collateral service. It is known as the Interswitch Lending Services Platform. Interswitch is doing this in partnership with six leading banks. And also includes three innovative credit providers. “We have done this to provide accessible credit for the financial needs of customers. Those are presently underserved by mainstream finance. And, or who are excluded in one way or another from being able to access credit through currently existing conventional channels. We are doing this by addressing the problem…
One of the most interesting areas for startups in Africa is those tackling improving the retail value chain. It’s the unsexy backroom stuff that will help transform the lives of both shopkeepers and the bottom 80% of the income pyramid. Over the last few months, Russell Southwood has spoken to Grant Brooke, Twiga Foods; Greg Murray, Koko Networks; Daniel Yu, Sokowatch; and Arnaud Blanchet, Last Mile for BOP. There are Four startups who want to give a better deal to both shop customers and shopkeepers, whilst making the lives of the latter easier by delivering. The logistics piece is already…