Stripe buys Paystack to boost African online commerce
Updated / Thursday, 15 Oct 2020 15:24 Stripe's John Collison and Shola Akinlade, CEO of Paystack Payments company Stripe, founded by Irish brothers Patrick and...
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How UK business leaders can help Covid-hit female entrepreneurs in Africa
How far does £40 get you? In the UK, and London especially, it might buy you a meal for two, take-out coffees for the month, or...
Africa: Global Progress Against TB At Risk, Says WHO
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries were making steady progress in tackling tuberculosis (TB), with a 9% reduction in incidence seen between 2015 and...
Africa: Social, Environmental Factors Seen Behind Africa’s Low Covid-19 Cases
Brazzaville — COVID-19 transmission in Africa has been marked by relatively fewer infections, which have been on the decline over the past two months, owing...
India offers Africa an honest partnership: EAM Dr S Jaishankar
India's external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar has said that New Delhi offers Africa "an honest partnership" and believes in "empowering rather than extracting from"...
TechCabal Weekly Podcast: A look into why crypto is exploding in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Sub-Saharan African sub region is seeing an unexpected increase in the use of cryptocurrency. What is driving this adoption and what countries in the...
Africa: Journalists Targeted Across the Continent
Decades after many governments across the continent loosened control over broadcasters and publishers, the media industry is under threat. The Journal of Democracy has noted...
Africa: The World Must Pull Together On Covid-19 Vaccine for All
Rich countries look set to hoard coronavirus vaccines - but in a globalised world we cannot afford to leave the poor behind. Last week WHO...
South Africans urged to wear orange masks on Fridays – but why?
Staying alive has never been so fashionable: A campaign to get as many South Africans as possible to wear orange masks once a week has...
Two African women in final five WTO leadership race
Three women, two of them from Africa, have advanced to the second round of selection to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organization...