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It’s Not All About Money: 14 Happiest Countries In Africa
Look at a map of the Geography of Happiness, and you’ll see the world’s happiest countries are colored green while the unhappiest are red. If this map is correct, Africa is the unhappiest continent on...
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Under-The-Radar African Pension Funds Could Help Pay For Infrastructure
Despite the global focus on growth trends in Africa, one trend has flown mostly below the radar: the increase in the number and size of pension funds. In addition to evidencing increased income...
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Private Equity Is Not Dead, But Maybe It’s Time For More Hedge Funds In Africa
The talk of hedge funds in the African investment space can excite crafty investors and anger those with development agendas, but private equity probably did the same thing a decade ago. Short-term...
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12 Biggest African Recipients Of Foreign Aid From The United States
The United States provides foreign aid that benefits numerous African recipients, with over $43 billion of total obligations going to 222 countries around the world in 2015. Much of this goes to...
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Air Namibia Becomes Sixth African Airline Permitted To Fly Into The US
State-owned airline Air Namibia has be given approval to fly in and out of the United States, allowing it to join the ranks of an exclusive set of African carriers with permission to do so. Previously,...
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Opinion: Uber, Airbnb Drastically Shifting Power Balance In Africa....
The sharing economy, à la Uber and Airbnb, threatens African businesses and society when imposed from outside. Made-in-Africa solutions are fighting back. Made-in-Africa solutions are fighting back....
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Namibia Readies For 4th National ICT Summit
Namibia’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology will host the 4th National ICT Summit from Oct. 9-11 in the capital, Windhoek. The Ministry at a stakeholders engagement meeting said, the...
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High School Dropout From Zimbabwe Builds Botswana’s Biggest Ad Agency
Knight Ganje was a high school dropout but you’d never know that today, as he now runs a multi-million dollar business which is Botswana’s biggest ad agency. The 29-year-old Zimbabwe-born Ganje founded...
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Guess Who Is The Highest Paid President In Africa
African heads of governments are among the highest paid in the world despite the continent’s many challenges. Jacob Zuma, South African president is the highest paid in the continent earning $272 000...
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Namibian Cosmetic Manufacturing Firm Aiming To Be A Global Success
Sandra Mwiihangele comes from a family that celebrates a long line of entrepreneurs going back generations. Mwiihangele, 29, is the founder of Kiyomisandz Beauty Products, a toiletry and cosmetic...
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Senegal To Launch Internet Exchange Point End Of August
Two years after it was announced, the Senegal Internet Exchange Point (SENIX) is scheduled for official launch on 29 August, according to Cheikh Bakhoum, Chairman of the Board of Directors at SENIX and...
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Machine-Vision Drones Now Being Used To Monitor Animals In The African Savanna
The Kalahari is a semi-arid sandy savanna that stretches across huge areas of Botswana, South Africa, and Namibia. It is home to a wide variety of large mammals including giraffes, ostriches, gnus, and...
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9 African Countries With The Fastest Mobile Internet Speeds
Mobile internet is incredibly important to Africans, with a high mobile penetration rate making mobile the major medium through which Africans connect to the internet. Broadband, or fixed line...
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My Favorite “Shithole” Countries In Africa
U.S. President Donald Trump is taking significant grief for labeling Africa as a “shithole” when he allegedly made the following remark at a closed-door meeting: “Why do we want all these people from...
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Cape Town Builds Temporary Desalination Plants As Water Supply Approaches...
The South African city of Cape Town is in the process of building a number of temporary desalination plants in response to the water crisis that was brought on by three years of record drought in the...
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