Growth spurt In just eight short years, the volume of Kenyan high net worth individuals (HNWI) rose by 60% from 5 300 in 2007 to 8 500 in 2015. They now have a combined… Read more
The big payback East African countries have started to broaden the revenue net in order to revisit an old problem: how to tax the informal economy. A report by Bloomberg states that the informal… Read more
We’ve got the power Around 60 000 jobs have been created across Africa thanks to the renewable energy industry. Half of these jobs are in South Africa, driven primarily by the country’s Renewable Energy Independent… Read more
Cold facts The humble potato could be the key to leveraging African farmers into the next phase of agricultural development: cold storage. A CNBC Africa report states that more than 40% of perishables harvested… Read more
Finders keepers The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has come up with a new way to reduce the amount of uncleared cargo at the Port of Mombasa – by selling it. More than… Read more
