How will Artificial intelligence (AI) change the way we conduct business in Africa and will it make people redundant or irrelevant when it comes to jobs on the continent?
Tyler Golato and Rob Green 19 Apr 2018
The back-breaking jobs in the agriculture and forestry sectors are some of the most dangerous. To reduce health risks, FAO has published two papers mapping ways to improve worker health and safety...
19 Apr 2018
The Global Startup Awards, which have been held annually since 2012, aim to select and recognise startups and entrepreneurs who have shown outstanding achievement in business and service to the community...
6 Apr 2018
Which African tech startup ecosystem is the best, either for launching a business or making investments?
Tom Jackson 29 Mar 2018
African countries from South Africa to Ethiopia to Nigeria are pinning some of their hope for economic growth and job creation on industrialisation...
Matthew Kibby 20 Mar 2018
Which African tech startup ecosystem is the most viable for launching a business or making investments?
Tom Jackson 20 Mar 2018
Africa's most innovative social and business entrepreneurs under the age of 22 are being invited to enter the annual Anzisha Prize. 2018 applicants will have the opportunity to win a share of $100,000, connect to a global network of leaders, and receive business consulting support...
9 Mar 2018
By 2050, the African population will double, to reach 2.5 billion - half of whom will be under the age of 25. Investing in education, in particular e-education, and digital skills, has to be a priority...
6 Mar 2018
Ten African startups have been chosen as finalists for the New Venture Competition being run by Harvard Business School's Africa Business Club, which is offering startups the chance to win cash prizes of up to $10,000...
Tom Jackson 28 Feb 2018
The world of work is evolving, and future-conscious organisations need to be aware of the business implications associated with automation and robotics. A fundamental consideration is how such changes disrupt and affect the world of work and long-standing traditions about the role human beings play in it...
Lusanda Raphulu 8 Feb 2018
When a woman rises to the top rung of the traditionally all-male corporate ladder in Africa...
Kwamboka Oyaro 16 Jan 2018
African ports needed African solutions that respond to the rapid technology changes in the maritime industry...
12 Dec 2017
The African Development Bank has launched a Youth Advisory Group to create 25 million jobs and impact 50 million youth across the continent...
30 Nov 2017
Coinciding with International Day of the Girl Child, Mastercard recently launched the African leg of its Girls4Tech programme...
19 Oct 2017
Uber has in the last four years of its operation in Africa, changed perspectives in the transportation system while using technology to drive economic transformation in the sector.
Emma Okonji 13 Oct 2017
End of road for low-commitment investments in Africa: South Africa no longer automatic country of choice...
27 Sep 2017
VC4Africa Startup Academy: Learning resource for Africa's rockstar entrepreneurs...
14 Sep 2017
Can you remember thirty-or-so years ago, to a time before mobile technology and the internet?
Anton Cabral 11 Sep 2017
Some South African businesses have made design thinking a cornerstone of their success, such as banks and corporates, which by using these techniques, are able to develop prototypes of their best-known products in just a few days...
Jon Foster-Pedley 4 Sep 2017
Econet Group chairman, Strive Masiyiwa, has unveiled a $100,000 competition for entrepreneurs across the world...
29 Aug 2017