Wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global agricultural market. African leaders must pay attention.
The South African government has explained that it enjoys good relations with both Russia and the Ukraine; hence it abstained in the UN General Assembly vote condemning the Russian invasion.
Zora Mehlomakulu is one of the many forgotten heroines of the freedom struggle in South Africa. Her story like that of her many compatriots who fought against the Apartheid regime must never be silenced, erased or forgotten.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
