Four young Africans have joined the board of Btrust, an initiative founded by Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z to promote bitcoin development in Africa and India. How will they use its 500 bitcoin war chest?
The memoirs of the late Béchir Ben Yahmed, founder and publisher of Jeune Afrique magazine, have recently been published in French. Afif Ben Yedder, who worked with the legendary publisher, reviews "J'assume".
The launch of two new entertainment channels in Mozambique and Angola is part of the JSE-listed firm's attempt to grab audience share in developing African markets.
US tech investors are waking up to the potential of Francophone Africa, while agritech, healthtech, cleantech and proptech are the continent's rising sector stars.
As technology changes the way companies do business around the world, some analysts have predicted that in the not-too-distant future “every company will be a fintech company”.
African players accounted for some of the biggest individual deals of 2021, but no African member associations appeared in the top 25 by total transfer receipts.
The seven-month ban, which outraged free speech advocates and prompted international concern, was removed at midnight on Wednesday after Twitter agreed to open an office in the country.
Embracing new ways of doing public health "is an imperative for Africa’s security and economic survival" say Christian Happi and John Nkengasong in an article for the science journal Nature.
