• Cold facts

    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

    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

    Crash course

    Crash course

    With a mere two cars per every 1 000 Ethiopians – compared to Africa’s 44-cars-per-1 000-people average – the East African nation has the lowest motorisation rate in the world. In fact,… Read more

    The right medicine

    The right medicine

    More often than not, pharmacies in Accra find themselves running out of stock before new supplies arrives. This results in patients having to visit several pharmacies across the city before… Read more

    Sky high

    Sky high

    In early May, Nigerian authorities banned the unauthorised launch of drones into the country’s airspace. Officials have declared that commercial and recreational drone operators will now only be able to fly the… Read more