The continent's data center deficit is the most consequential infrastructure gap in the global digital economy. The investors who recognize this first will shape how Africa's...
By John Kourkoutas Look at a map of urban agglomerations below – cities with populations exceeding one million – and a stark pattern emerges. The United...
By Lance Chisue The continent’s true competitive advantage lies in its people – and the leaders who invest in them know it. For generations, the story...
By Juwon Akin-Olotu Africa’s agricultural economy does not need faster unicorns. It needs a fundamentally different animal. There is a particular kind of hubris that travels...
By John Kourkoutas A cartographic revelation exposes the fundamental flaw in how businesses approach the continent’s 1.4 billion consumers. For decades, multinational corporations and investors have...
By John Kourkoutas While businesses plan for tomorrow’s Africa, they are overlooking today’s megacities. The narrative surrounding African urbanization suffers from a dangerous misconception: that it...
By Dishant Shah In 1950, fewer than 15 percent of Africans lived in cities. Today, that figure exceeds 40 percent. By 2050, more than 1.4 billion...
By Des H. Rikhotso Africa’s fintech revolution is no longer a story of isolated outliers – it’s increasingly a tale of dynamic urban hubs driving continent-wide...
By Mary Alorh As the first pope hailing from the Global South, Pope Francis brought a profound understanding of the entrenched issues of inequality, imperialism, and...
By Babajide Oluwase The climate is changing at an astronomical rate and the impact of this can be seen everywhere. Imagine stepping outside your apartment for...
Lagos, Nigeria, is aiming to position itself as a key player in Africa’s gaming industry, eyeing a 30 percent share of the continent’s gaming market, which...
AFP | The 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin put retirement on hold despite having to settle for third in Saturday’s season-closing 100m at the World Athletics...
By Zoe Henry At first blush, you might not think of Nairobi, Kenya, as being especially ripe for startups. Public concerns about security, government red tape,...
It rained for much of Sunday, April 26, 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya. And for some reason – like happens on a rainy day – lethargy set...
A new ranking by the Intelligent Community Forum has positioned Nairobi as one of the Smart21 intelligent communities in the world for the year 2015. The...
As young pitchmen shout to potential passengers over blaring music, a graffiti-covered private minibus fills up more quickly than the other dozen in the scrum. It...
(Reuters) – An explosion in an area of Kenya’s capital Nairobi that is popular with Somalis killed 6 people and wounded several others on Monday, the...
US based solar energy solutions firm Magic Bridge Energy has announced plans to set up shops in Kenya and invest solar power systems in schools and...
Kenya police cracked down on an anti-corruption protest in the streets of Nairobi Thursday after accusing the U.S. government of funding political activists. Many of the...
Nairobi’s Westgate Mall before the terrorist attack. PHOTO/Westgate Premier Mall Inc. (Reuters) – Four men charged with helping al Qaeda-linked militants launch a murderous attack on...
Nairobi’s Westgate Mall. PHOTO/Westgate Premier Mall Inc. A British national has been arrested in Nairobi following the bloody attack on the Westgate shopping mall by the...
A policeman carries a child away from gun fire as Kenyan security forces work to contain terrorist attack on Westgate Mall, in Nairobi. Sept, 22 2013....
Nairobi’s Westgate Mall. PHOTO/Westgate Premier Mall Inc. Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants have claimed responsibility for an attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi, saying on Twitter...
I.B.M. is opening a research center in Nairobi, adding an African lab to its global network. Kenya will be the fourth nation where I.B.M. has opened...
A street in down town Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Kenya’s capital Nairobi is planning to bid for the 2024 Olympics and become the first African...
An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, wounding at least 16 people, the police commissioner said. He could...
The green roof garden at the East African Coca-Cola Company headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO/AlertNet/Gitonga Njeru By Gitonga Njeru Architects in Kenya are designing buildings with...
Njeri Rionge. PHOTO/twitter In east African business circles, few entrepreneurs shine brighter than Njeri Rionge. One of Kenya’s most successful and revered serial entrepreneurs, Rionge has...
One person died and 15 people were wounded when a grenade was thrown into a church in Kenya’s capital during Sunday service, an official said, an...
The World Bank investing arm, the International Financing Corporation (IFC), will own 7.4 percent of Kenya Airways after conclusion of a rights issue through which it...
African middle class family in Lusaka, Zambia. PHOTO/Georgina Smith/The Guardian A growing middle class has fueled Africa’s fast-growing consumer market driving the regional economy, according to...
(Reuters) – Kenya Airways will spend US$3.6 billion over the next five years on new planes and routes, mainly to connect travellers between Africa and Asia,...
