Articles by
Francis Kere at Design Indaba:
Looking at the housing situation in West Africa, architect Francis Kéré says that Africans should stop copying the Western way of building but adapt it to their own needs, the needs of the community …
It’s uncanny reading the article below side by side with the one written exactly 10 years ago (HERE)
It looks like the Economist, the world leader in Afro-pessimism is finally turning around and seeing the facts …
When they are not ignoring Africa altogether, big-hitting institutional investors regularly bemoan the continent’s illiquid small markets, political insecurity and shaky regulations, or fret that despite pretty decent returns little or nothing would make them …
In African Capital Markets News:
Aureos Africa Health Fund invested $2.5 million in a Kenyan hospital and health insurance company, the Avenue Group , which offers affordable healthcare cover, integrated with quality healthcare provision. It has a 70-bed full-purpose hospital …
TreeHugger reports on the Kiira-EV an electric car designed and built by students from Makerere University:
A group of 25 Ugandan students from Makerere University’s College of Engineering, Art and Design have built Uganda’s first electric car, the Kiira EV. Initially designed …
The Firoz and Najma Lalji supported Programme for African Leadership
With the first session starting in March 2012, the Firoz and Najma Lalji supported Programme for African Leadership, stems from the shared vision of the Lalji …
Vineyards will help to add value to crops in the Rift Valley
Making wine in Ethiopia, when the whole world has seen pictures of famine there, may seem absurd, if not indecent. But that would be to forget …
Africa’s techpreneurs are becoming more creative by the day. In following the footsteps of their Silicon Valley counterparts, African techies are building awe-inspiring companies in mobile, e-commerce, software and social gaming. As a close follower …
A historic agreement aimed at creating a free-trade zone uniting 26 African countries and establishing Africa’s biggest trading bloc was announced recently in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The proposed free-trade area would encompass the South African Development …
Africa can feed not just itself but the world is a bold assertion to make at a time when famine stalks part of the continent.
But this is precisely the claim made by Kanayo Nwanze, the president …
