Sisi Afrika Magazine

January 13, 2022January 12, 2022

Frozen Chips: A Hot Potato for Africa

An online storm over the local sourcing of potato chips for fast food outlets like Kentucky Fried Chicken has opened up a hot debate over the sourcing of local raw materials by local and foreign companies operating on the continent.

by Conrad Onyango - bird contributor

November 26, 2021November 17, 2021

Markets Politics & Economy

Green is the New Yellow as More African Taxis Turn Electric

Electric cars and shared mobility concepts are starting to disrupt Africa’s taxi industry. Just a few years after cab-hailing apps upended the market and made city transportation cheaper and safer, they're now about to get greener.

by Seth Onyango - bird contributor

African Leaders Politics & Economy

South Africa’s Last Apartheid President Is Dead. How Shall We Mourn FW De Klerk?

De Klerk, despite taking the road not a taken in the sunset days of the 1980s, was a man accepting reality but with blood on his hands.

by Amol Awuor November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

Markets Politics & Economy

Africa, the “Epicentre of Mobile Money”

Financial services are now just a dial away for millions of Africans as it emerged more than half of phone users in a recent survey processed payments and other monetary transactions on their mobile phones and uptake has surged so much that a recent survey called Africa "the epicentre of mobile money".

by Seth Onyango - bird contributor October 15, 2021October 11, 2021

Industry 4.0 Politics & Economy

Electric Vehicles on the Cards for Africa’s Largest Car Market

South Africa is on track to become Africa's biggest market for electric cars and is also looking to become a globally competitive electric car manufacturing hub. A new e-mobility roadmap is in the works to make EVs cheaper than petrol cars in that market.

by Seth Onyango - bird contributor September 8, 2021September 17, 2021

Investment Politics & Economy

Kenyans Lead the World in Peer to Peer Crypto Trade

Kenyans are trading cryptocurrencies directly with each other ("peer to peer transactions" or P2P) more than elsewhere in the world. Residents of other African countries are also jumping at the opportunity to cushion remittances and cross-border businesses from costly transfer fees and the risks of weakening currencies.

by Conrad Onyango - bird contributor September 1, 2021November 17, 2021

African Leaders Politics & Economy

How Kenneth Kaunda made Zambia a ‘Christian’ Nation

Singing 'Tiyende pamodzi' conjures up in the Christian imagination, ideas of finding ‘the way’, ‘journeying’ and being on a ‘pilgrimage’.

by Kuzipa Nalwamba and Tinyiko Maluleke July 7, 2021July 7, 2021

African Leaders Politics & Economy

Why an American Chose to Rest Beside Tom Mboya in Death

Tom Mboya died this day, 52 years ago. Today we celebrate his friend, William X Scheinman, an American philanthropist whose grave is decked inside Mboya’s mausoleum.

by Barack Oduor July 5, 2021September 28, 2021

Frontiers of Freedom Politics & Economy

David Ndii’s Amnesty For Past Corruption Cases in Kenya is a Bad Idea

Amnesties for corruption will fuel impunity and undermine the rule of law. It is a bad idea and should be met with utmost resistance.

by Richard Oduor Oduku May 7, 2021May 15, 2021

Frontiers of Freedom Politics & Economy

Young Love Puts Girl Behind Bars: Somaliland’s Juvenile Justice System

Mona Liban meets the children who are being locked up while government officials take their time trying to update Somaliland’s youth detention system.

by Mona Liban May 4, 2021May 15, 2021