Posts by Alastair Tempest

Opportunities for Women-owned Businesses The leading independent pan-African banking group, Ecobank Group has launched a programme called Ellevate.  This is targetted at women-owned and women-focused businesses operating across multiple markets in Africa. Ellevate…

According to the Economic Development in Africa Report 2020, the consequences of illicit financial flows (IFFs) from Africa are severe. Measuring illicit activities is difficult and only little data is available, so…

Kenyan ecommerce platform Sokowatch has added electric tuk-tuks to its delivery fleet in Uganda, making the vehicles the first to be used commercially in East Africa. Launched in Nairobi in…

We reported earlier this year that Kenya was negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the USA. This was partly due to concerns that the AGOA would not be…

Online events have replaced physical events these last 9 months, but still event management is a major business and is becoming increasingly sophisticated. For example, Passafree, a Cape Verde business launched…

HotelOnline  has been on the acquisition path despite COVID. It acquired  Zimbabwe-based hotel-booking startup Africabookings among other purchases during the second half of 2020. Founded in 2014, HotelOnline is a leading ecommerce and…

BrownSense has launched an e-marketplace to support its well-established Facebook ecommerce community. With some 200,000 registered customers, of whom around 65,000 offer services, BrownSense is now looking to expand into…

Freelancing is rapidly growing across Africa and provides a variety of opportunities that run parallel with the economic dynamism that Africa is becoming renown for. An increasing number of companies are choosing this new…

COVID has created immense problems for young people looking for jobs. The crisis has been exacerbated by a crisis of higher education. Research shows that many graduates remain unemployed for a year or more. Graduate unemployment…

Students in Malawi have been out of school since March because of the COVID. While most students have been able to study from home with lessons offered on the internet…