Africa
Also in Nigeria, a New Code for Social Media
Readers will recall that Twitter was banned in Nigeria in 2021 for 9 months due to a spate with the President. Now Twitter Facebook and Tiktok will be required to…
Read MoreNigeria’s Advertising Regulatory Council Bans Foreign Models and Voiceovers
Nigeria has moved to ban foreign models and voiceover artists from advertisements in the country. The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCN) announced the plan in a statement this month,…
Read MoreAfrican Technical Skills in Demand and Helping to Empower Women Through Tech
There is a growth of software engineering talent in Africa in the last decade thanks in part to the work of companies like Andela that have helped produce the continent’s…
Read MoreThe Multilingual Smart Phone – Made in Africa
An entrepreneur in Cote d’Ivoire has created the country’s first locally made smartphone, which aims to improve accessibility with voice commands in local languages for users who cannot read and…
Read MoreThe Phenomenal Strength of Mobile Money in Kenya: Tanzania Reduces Levy on its Mobile Money
One in every three Kenyan shillings spent by consumers, businesses, and the government in Kenya in the first 6 months of this year moved through mobile money, cementing the country’s…
Read MoreTunis Hosts the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Conference
The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, spoke at this event, outlining the current situation that Customs administrations around the world face, including supply chain…
Read MoreNo Single Currency for the East Africa Community Yet
Central banks from the East African Community (EAC) are reportedly unsure if plans to introduce a single currency for the region by the year 2024 will be realized. The central…
Read MoreThe AfCFTA Country Business Index (ACBI), and the African Development Bank Calls for New Manufacturing Hubs to be Set up in Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched the first-ever comprehensive tool that measures how easy, or hard, it is to do business between African countries. The ACBI has 3…
Read MoreLogistics – Global Supply Chains Remain Fragile in SA; Jumia’s Deliveries Improve, Bolt suffers in Tanzania, Lori Grows in Kenya
PwC South Africa’s South Africa Economic Outlook 2022 report reports that local container shipments for export in SA declined by 17.5% year-on-year during the second quarter of 2022 as port activity…
Read MoreMore News from the African Regional Economic Communities
There are at present 8 RECs in Africa, and all overlap membership, creating both opportunities, services, and policies, and also increasing rivalries. The 11-member Economic Community of Central African States…
Read More