A women holding cassava roots. By Kate Okorie, bird story agency Up to 70% of Nigerians consume cassava on a daily basis. The farmers who bring this staple to Nigerian tables are increasing their earnings by selling the stems of improved cassava varieties. On an unusually sunny day in October in Umudike, situated in the … Read More “How cassava entrepreneurs are boosting their profits” »
Daniel Wiener has long been a fan, if a highly critical one, of Vanguard funds. That led the former personal finance writer for U.S. News & World Report to start a newsletter in 1991 that became the independent authority on the fund company’s investments, The Independent Adviser for Vanguard Investors. The success of that venture … Read More “Daniel Wiener steps back from the $15B RIA he cofounded” »
South Africa’s inflation rate rose to a three-month high in September on the back of higher food and energy prices, maintaining the case for the central bank to keep borrowing costs higher for longer. Annual inflation accelerated to 5.4% from 4.8% in August, Pretoria-based Statistics South Africa said Wednesday in a statement on its website. … Read More “Consumer inflation spikes again to 5.4%” »
by Fintechnews Africa 16 October 2023 The GSMA announced that His Excellency Paul Kagame, the President of the Republic of Rwanda, will formally open MWC Kigali on 17 October at the Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda. Mats Granryd “It is a great honour for His Excellency Paul Kagame to open MWC Kigali 2023; his participation … Read More “His Excellency President Paul Kagame to Open Mobile World Capital Kigali 2023” »
The 20,000km of railway that criss-cross South Africa once symbolised the nation’s mining might, carrying trains loaded with coal and iron ore destined for India, China and other markets under the state’s Transnet freight monopoly. But the volume of cargo carried by Africa’s biggest rail network has collapsed by a third in the past five … Read More “Ramaphosa moves to stop Transnet shunting South Africa into sidings” »
Image Credit: Legacy Girls’ College To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) Reserve your digital subscription today Join now for $35 per month Join now for $399 per year for access to: Weekly newsletter with original and curated news, analysis, and perspective Africa’s private capital deals, … Read More “Oasis exits private girls school it first backed in 2017” »
Leading Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution provider, Qore, is pleased to announce its upcoming Customer Experience Event – NEXUS 2023, set to take place at the prestigious Oriental Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria on the 7th of November 2023. With a focus on enabling the delivery of next-generation experiences in unified financial services that power African Financial Institution … Read More “Qore to host inaugural customer experience event – NEXUS 2023 at Oriental Hotel, Lagos” »
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, recently announced its collaboration with Israel’s cyber unit to freeze accounts associated with Hamas. In a similar move, Israeli law enforcement has blocked more than 100 accounts on Binance. In addition to this, officials have reportedly sought details regarding another 200 cryptocurrency accounts. It should be noted that the … Read More “100 Binance Accounts Suspended in Israel: Hamas Connections Suspected” »
OE Staff Oct 16, 2023 Credit: Keppel (File image) Golar LNG said Monday that its FLNG Hilli Episeyo (“Hilli”) offhshore Cameroon, had successfully offloaded its 100th LNG cargo on Saturday October 14th. “As the world’s first FLNG conversion that also introduced Cameroon as the world’s 20th LNG exporting nation in 2018, … Read More “FLNG Hilli Episeyo Transfers 100th Cargo” »
The most notable figure in the 2022 census of SA’s population is confirmation that the population increased to above 62 million people, which is close to 20% higher than in the previous census 10 years ago. An immediate thought that comes to mind is that the economy did not grow this much. Many more people … Read More “A population of 62m (poorer) people” »
