Where a person lives can drastically limit their access to trauma care...
Given its colonial past, Africa has not had the opportunity to engage with the positive aspects or benefits of capitalism, having been integrated into the international economy in a position of subservience...
#AfricaMonth: Ubuntu for the future of Africa
Africa's youth are the future of the continent and the philosophical principle of ubuntu can ensure a brighter tomorrow...
Onyi Nwaneri 1 day ago
#AfricaMonth: Turning capitalism into Africapitalism
Given its colonial past, Africa has not had the opportunity to engage with the positive aspects or benefits of capitalism, having been integrated into the international economy in a position of subservience...
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Call for applications: Impact Fund for African Creatives' accelerator programme
The Impact Fund for African Creatives (IFFAC) is calling on designers to apply for its accelerator programme. The programme is focused on supporting and strengthening emerging African brands...
21 May 2019
#AfricaMonth: Encouraging female African business leaders from the other side of the world
US-based real estate entrepreneur Rokelle Sun's philanthropic mission is to encourage young girls to pursue careers and success in the underrepresented fields, particularly in Africa, where she spent part of her childhood. She explains this, as well as her love of new experiences like aerophotography, and some of the highs and lows of her earlier career as a multilingual broadcast journalist...
Leigh Andrews 21 May 2019
#AfricaMonth: Africa's top leisure destinations for business travellers
Intra-Africa travel should be a priority for every South African...
Jenna Berndt 21 May 2019
#AfricaMonth: Changing the face of wireless power solutions
WiPo Wireless Power is a young dynamic startup that provides wireless power solutions for drone and other industrial equipment...
Evan-Lee Courie 21 May 2019
#AfricaMonth: Alain Dos Santos on growing Montblanc's luxury legacy in Africa
While a growing number of international brands are waking up to the promise of Africa as a valuable market for luxury goods, Montblanc has been steadily growing its presence on the continent for close to 30 years...
Lauren Hartzenberg 20 May 2019
#AfricaMonth: Grey Jabesi on nurturing creativity and innovation in Africa
We chat with Grey Jabesi, an entrepreneur, Blockchain enthusiast, cryptocurrency evangelist, analyst, and investor based in Africa....
Evan-Lee Courie 20 May 2019
#AfricaMonth: Mapping out crucial data at a disaster scene
Humanitarian emergencies often strike without warning, destroying lives and livelihoods within a matter of seconds. In the immediate aftermath, the challenge for those responding is to know where to start...
Evan-Lee Courie 20 May 2019
#AfricaMonth: Anyone from anywhere can be a superhero
The likes of Black Panther have turned the concept of Wakanda from a dream to reality for superhero fans across the continent, but that's only the starting point of African creativity. Malenga Mulendema has taken this further in Mama K's Team 4, Netflix' first original African animated series...
Leigh Andrews 16 May 2019
#AfricaMonth: Africa's revival - foretelling or fairy tale?
Welcome to the future, where a continent once cast in darkness has come into the light...
Salona Naidoo and Gabi Wojtowitz 15 May 2019
#AfricaMonth: Going viral - a double-edged sword for Nigerian brands?
Nigeria's social media space is a very volatile place, and going viral should be treated like a double-edged sword...
Uzoma Ukah 13 May 2019
#AfricaMonth: Q&A with photographer Mário Macilau
Award-winning Mozambican artist Mário Macilau will be exhibiting his solo show, titled Faith: Rituals, Spirit & Sea in collaboration with Ed Cross Fine Art in London, at Guns & Rain in Johannesburg...
Ruth Cooper 13 May 2019