Posts by Alastair Tempest
Protected Employment – Kenya’s new rules – and Putting those Layoffs into Perspective
A new bill is being proposed through Kenya’s Senate to block employers from interfering with the work-life balance of their employees via calls, text messages, emails, or assignments past working hours,…
Read MoreThe Role of Freelancers in Africa
I fully admit an interest in this topic: my eldest daughter is a freelance advertising copywriter. And she prefers that to the constraints of working in an office. Freelancers on online…
Read MoreData Clouds
The Angolan government recently announced a new $89m project to construct a unified national cloud that offers several services. The project includes building 2 data centres and updating an existing centre, which will be…
Read MoreInternet Speeds Up In Africa
By the end of 2022, 7 African countries had moved up in the global ranking of median mobile internet download speeds. 7 others upped their fixed broadband speed rankings by a similar number of…
Read MoreDespite Increased Trade Over the last 3 Years, Jumia Still has a Liquidity Problem
Jumia is the most-funded ecommerce company in Africa, and since it launched in 2012, it has been the poster child for African digital commerce. But, as of the third quarter of 2022, the company…
Read MoreInvestment into the African Tech Startup Ecosystem
According to the 8th edition of the annual African Tech Startups Funding Report released by startup news and research portal Disrupt Africa, investment in Tech startups passed the $3bn mark for the first time…
Read MoreThe African Trade Exchange Platform is Launched and Stakeholders’ Contributions to Policy Encouraged
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Afreximbank announced the development of the African Trade Exchange Platform (ATEX), a digital business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) tool to boost trade in…
Read MoreMore Payments News: West Africa Suffers Drop in Trade – Payment Systems Blamed, and M-PESA’s New Plans For Expansion
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the bloc founded to promote cooperation and economic integration in West Africa, has reported a 10% drop in trade volumes within the region. Lawmakers…
Read MoreWhere Goes the Payments Industry Body (PIB)? And Other Payments Developments in SA
This Newsletter has been reporting on the creation of the PIB for the last 18 months. Readers will recall that the SARB decided to remove the licensing powers of PASA…
Read MoreSA is Placed on the Grey List
This Newsletter has covered the attempts by SA to avoid being put on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s international Grey List of countries that do not reach the standards…
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