• Open for business

    Open for business

    What do South Africa, Tunisia and Botswana have in common? They’re Africa’s most promising breeding grounds for entrepreneurs. According to a This Is Africa report, analysis of the 2016 Global… Read more

    Brain drain

    Brain drain

    According to stats published by the Code for South Africa Data Journalism Academy, close to 47 000 highly skilled South Africans have recently relocated to OECD nations in search of… Read more

    Techie tools

    Techie tools

    1 million young Africans are poised to receive a full year of training in digital skills – for free – in a bid to alleviate unemployment. This will enable South Africans (300… Read more

    Got you covered

    Got you covered

     Small-scale famers in Kenya, with as little as one acre of land, can now insure their produce against natural disasters such as drought. According to the World Bank, approximately 65%… Read more

    Sending a message

    Sending a message

    Four hundred and fifty million. That’s the number of tweets recorded in 2015 by Egypt – the most active African nation on Twitter. An annual report by London-based company Portland Communications… Read more