Africa
Balancing Inclusion Through Mobile Money and Taxation of the Previously Untaxed
Governments’ enthusiasm of mobile money as a means to include the previously unbanked, has always had a second side to the coin – the hope that inclusion will result in…
Read MoreBack to COP – Investment Urgently Needed, and Carbon Credit Markets for Africa
Ahead of the 28th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 28), the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has launched country-by-country economic reports to guide African policymakers in their discussions…
Read MoreAfrican Fintechs Continue to Attract Record Levels of Acquisitions
Disrupt Africa’s “Finnovating for Africa” publication, released every 2 years since June 2017, tracks the extraordinary development of the fintech ecosystem across Africa. The fourth edition of the report was…
Read MorePPRO Publishes Stats on Ecommerce
According to PPRO The average online shopper in South Africa spends $166 a year with ecommerce merchants, rising to $192 by 2027. In 2023, the South African ecommerce market will be…
Read MoreThe African Internet Registry Has Problems
AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa: a non-profit, nongovernmental Internet governance organization, which operates a registry for unique internet protocol (IP) numbers that serve as network addresses.…
Read MoreSA Information Regulator Investigates Data Breach of DisChem’s Customers
The Regulator has invited both DisChem and its third party service provider, Grapevine, to explain a major breach which has allegedly lost details of 3.6m of DisChem’s clients earlier this…
Read MoreEnding Plastic Pollution in Africa
Addressing the Third Session of the Inter-Governmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) on Ending Plastic Pollution in Nairobi on 13 November, President Ruto of Kenya emphasized the pivotal role of combating plastic…
Read MoreAfriLabs Annual Conference
For over a decade, AfriLabs has been at the forefront of cultivating a vibrant tech ecosystem across the African continent. Through the strength of community networks, the organization has become…
Read MoreRoad Transport – New Report by the AfDB
The cost of transportation in Africa is on average 50 – 175% higher than other parts of the world as a result of poor infrastructure. Between 60,000km to 100,000km of…
Read MoreProviding for the Youth of Africa
The other day I was listening to the IEC talking about registering voters for SA’s elections next year. The IEC expects to register 42m out of 60m total population. In…
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