NEWS

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…

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows in Africa dropped by 28% over the first 6 months of 2020, according to an UNCTAD report (October 27). The situation is mainly due to…

e-Conomy Africa 2020, a new report released in November by Google and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), estimates that Africa’s Internet economy has the potential to benefit 5.2% of the continent’s gross domestic product (GDP)…

COVID has stimulated major moves forward in Fintech throughout the continent. In November, I was a panelist at the African Fintech Summit on the Ecommerce panel (video clip HERE ). The father of mobile…