by checkoutafrica | Sep 13, 2022 | Business, Features, Latest, Technology
A collaboration between an award-winning e-retailer and a drone company is already delivering household goods in one African country, with more rollouts – including in one of Africa’s “giants” – to come. A recent collaboration between Jumia Group and...
by checkoutafrica | Aug 22, 2022 | Checkoutafrica, Technology
Seven more African governments are looking to join South Africa – the only African nation with an operational nuclear power plant – in commercial production of nuclear power. By Conrad Onyango, bird story agency At least seven African countries are at various...
by Ivor Moyo | Aug 11, 2022 | Business, Technology
Kenya’s microfinance banks are increasingly the target of foreign fintech firms seeking to sidestep stringent regulatory perimeters for digital lenders, amid African banks’ digital transformation efforts Seth Onyango, bird story agency Microcredit banks in...
by checkoutafrica | Jul 27, 2022 | Culture, Entertainment, Features, News, Technology
Seth Onyango, bird story agency The latest African superhero will expose the wonders of ancient West Africa to a worldwide audience, according to the producers of Iyanu: Child of Wonder, a creation of Nigerian Roye Okupe. The announcement that Warner Bros. would back...
by checkoutafrica | May 26, 2022 | Business, Features, Technology
As Africa’s first metaverse marketplace, Ubuntuland begins to gain traction, a study suggests that the virtual world platform could plug more than 40 billion US dollars into the African economy in its first decade. Seth Onyango, bird story agency Economists from...
by Ivor Moyo | May 13, 2022 | Business, Technology
Seth Onyango, bird story agency Africa’s startup ecosystem is not showing signs of letting up, hauling in 1.8 billion US dollars in the first quarter of 2022 to break the record set in Q3 of 2021. Inflows suggest that a fundraising surge in January was not just a...
