New Executive Chairman Kuseni Dlamini Expands A-Solutions Leadership
Aiming to carry our business and our customers to new heights, A-Solutions is proud to announce the appointment of our New Executive Chairman, Kuseni Dlamini, and Estie du Preez newly appointed Managing Director who will take the reins of our company’s leadership. With more than a combined four decades experience guiding customers through the digital […]
Kwely Launches Game-changing Made In Africa Marketplace
The Senegal-based startup introduces to the public the minimum viable product (MVP) version of its B2B online store for Made in Africa products targeting small and large businesses globally. Kwely Inc. announced today the launch of its game-changing, B2B e-marketplace to provide African producers and manufacturers with a global window to sell their products at […]
TCS Sustainathon South Africa 2022: Winners Pitch Innovative Solutions To Reduce Hunger And Food Waste
Tata Consultancy Services’ Sustainathon 2022 Challenge Encouraged and Empowered Students in Western Cape to Find Solutions to Local Challenges Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) announced the winner of TCS Sustainathon South Africa 2022, a problem-solving competition that empowers the youth to find creative solutions to real-world challenges. Ten finalists showcased their ideas at […]
U.S. – Africa Leaders Summit Daily Roundup
December 14, 2022 ** This product is made available to all Summit stakeholders, partners, credentialed media and delegation officers, and can be freely forwarded, shared and downloaded ** President Biden is hosting leaders from across the African continent in Washington, DC on December 13-15, 2022, for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. We’ll be sharing updates each […]
Activists Take Meta to Court for Going Mute on Tigray Conflict
Meta has been accused in a lawsuit of letting posts that inflamed the war in Tigray flourish on Facebook, after an Observer investigation in February revealed repeated inaction on posts that incited violence. The lawsuit, filed in the high court of Kenya, where Meta’s sub-Saharan African operations are based, alleges that Facebook’s recommendations systems amplified […]
Bodies of Families Discovered in Chadian Desert
The UN migration agency says it is “deeply shocked and saddened” by the discovery of dozens of bodies, including those of children, in the Chadian desert. The 27 migrants had reportedly left Moussoro, a crossroads town in central Chad about 17 months ago in a pick-up truck, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in […]
Accra’s Economic Crisis Deepens
Ghana’s annual consumer inflation has accelerated to a new 21-year high of 50.3 percent in November, up from 40.4 percent the previous month, driven by utilities, food and fuel. On Tuesday, the West African nation secured a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $3bn, three-year support package. Ghana had approached the […]
The 2022 African Youth Survey Provides New Insights into a Generation Less Optimistic
Commissioned by the Ichikowitz Family Foundation, the survey findings are based on 4,500 face-to-face interviews among Africans ages 18-24. The study reveals that while optimism about the future has declined, African youth remain focused on their personal and entrepreneurial ambitions. Three-quarters of youth know what they want to do with their lives, and a similar […]
Africa Has Regressed on its TB Gains
Effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been available for the past 60 years. But TB remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. It ranks above HIV and AIDS and others. This is partly because of the impact of HIV co-infection among TB patients in places like Africa and emergency of MDR-XDR TB. […]
Head of South Africa’s Power Utility Quits
Eskom boss André de Ruyter has resigned, potentially punching a leadership hole in the cash-strapped utility in the middle of the worst energy crisis to date that has blighted businesses and society. De Ruyter, who has been at the helm since late 2019, will stay on until the end of March 2023 to allow the […]
