News, Stories, Events, & Trends that shape the Eastern African region
Legislators are on standby to process amendments to the Civil Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to forestall hard-hitting recommendations from an international audit. Following the tabling of the Bill for First Reading by the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, directed the Committee on Physical Infrastructure to
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Following a recrewing effort, the hospital ship, Africa Mercy®, has now departed from the Port of East London for service within the nation of Madagascar for the next ten months. During the eight-month refit in Durban’s Dormac Shipyard, the ship underwent extensive repairs and maintenance to prolong and improve the vessel’s service life and quality of
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Carrefour, owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in Uganda, has officially kicked off its latest ‘Round Up Your Bill’ initiative with an event at Noah’s Ark Village in Entebbe. ‘Round Up Your Bill’ allows customers to make donations that support vulnerable groups in neighbouring communities as part of the brand’s mission to drive positive
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni took center stage at the 23rd Ordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of State in Arusha, Tanzania, underscoring the urgent need for East African Community (EAC) integration, particularly emphasizing its significance for the region’s youth
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Entrepreneurs hailing from Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt were in the top three following the final pitching session in the Grand Finale; Africa’s Business Heroes grant recipients contribute to the creation of over 123,000 direct and indirect jobs through their entrepreneurial endeavors.
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Streaming platforms are partnering with mobile operators to expand in new markets while helping users save on some of the world’s highest data costs.
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Kenyan fish farming startup Aquarech has raised US$1.7 million in equity funding to help it improve outcomes for small-scale fish farmers in Kenya through its mobile app platform. Founded in 2019 and led by Kisumu-based founder and CEO Dave Okech, alongside co-founders James Odede and Joseph Okoth, Aquarech is working to streamline the production behind fish farming
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The new goal for African telcos is becoming technology platforms not just old goody mobile carriers with dynamic software solutions replacing traditional voice calls and SMS
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Outside of tracking fundraising metrics, the last $12bn to $15bn invested in African startups through VC should have been a learning experience. So what are we learning about these experiments in African venture capital so far?
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In 2012, Jumia, Africa’s first ecommerce giant, revolutionised shopping by offering the service online, alongside shipping. Since then, they have grown as a market leader over the African continent. They have also gone on to list their shares on the stock exchange, in 2019. The listing went well; their stock prices surged 75% on its first day of trading. This made the company a unicorn with an over $3 billion valuation. But four years after that IPO, everything has crashed. Its stock now trades at somewhere around $4, losing nearly 70% of its value since its listing date.
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