Posts by Alastair Tempest

UNCTAD’s e-Trade for All “e-Residency” Programme. This offers the experience of Estonia to developing countries with e-learning on management in ecommerce and access to fintech services. The Programme is just…

The federal government of Nigeria has announced 5 conditions that must be met for the reopening of its borders to neighbouring countries in the Economic Community of West African States…

Research released by the African Development Bank (AfDB) last month shows that Africans need visas to travel to 49% of other African countries. They could get visas on arrival in…

The Business of Education in Africa report showed that 21% of children in African countries were being educated in the private sector. By 2021, this is expected to rise to…

SA travel tech company Travelstart (a founding member of EFSA) has entered into a distribution and commercial agreement with Jumia Travel to run the latter’s pan-African online travel booking portal. Under the…

Facebook released its ‘2019 Year in Review’ infographic, showcasing just some of its investments across Sub-Saharan in 2019.  Committed to giving people the power to build community and bring the…

The Kenyan Revenue Authority has recently adopted a cloud-based CRM solution to assist with citizen engagement. This is helping to change the perception around the cloud and the benefits of…

AfriLabs, the pan-African network of tech and innovation hubs, has launched the AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme (ACBP). AfriLabs points out that many promising African individuals and groups establish hubs to…

Founded by Etop Ikpe, previously of Konga and DealDey, the Nigerian Cars45 is trying to formalise the used automobile sector by providing an end-to-end digitised customer journey for buying, selling…

African Development Bank’s flagship initiative, Fashionomics Africa, launched the digital marketplace to connect African fashion designers, textile and accessories professionals connect with global markets. The launch took place on 25…