Bonface Orucho

Business

Safaricom acquisition turns fintech into Vodacom’s biggest growth engine

2nd August 2026

South Africa-headquartered Vodacom is entering its biggest strategic reset in decades after taking control of Safaricom, the Kenyan telecommunications giant behind one...

Big Reads

African filmmakers are experimenting with AI as Hollywood debates its risks

22nd May 2026

When 17-year-old Zara Sodangi earns admission to Nigeria’s most prestigious fictional tech academy, Makemation, her world suddenly shifts from survival in a...

Business

West Africa is turning the tide on ocean losses

3rd May 2026

West African countries are reclaiming control of their marine ecosystems, which hold some of the world’s most valuable ocean resources, after decades...

News

Africa is shifting access to cash across ATMs and retail networks

1st May 2026

African banks are changing how ATMs have traditionally worked, shifting cash access into retail networks. The shift is not an exit from...

News

Aliko Dangote and the rise of African industrial capital

29th April 2026

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote’s latest industrial investments are beginning to show what African capital, when deployed at scale, can deliver not...

Business

AI is driving a new era in African hospitality, tourism management

12th April 2026

African hotel operators are moving from experimental technology pilots to full-scale operational deployments, as rising travel demand pushes the sector to replace...

Business

Poultry at centre of Africa’s food security

29th March 2026

Africa’s poultry sector is shifting from import dependence to coordinated, policy-driven domestic production, with countries aligning finance, skills and regional partnerships to...

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East Africa leading continent’s latest hotel boom

29th March 2026

East Africa is emerging as the continent’s most dynamic hotel construction zone, signalling a new phase in Africa’s tourism and business travel...

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Africa’s vast high-grade iron ore reserves power industrial growth on the continent

15th March 2026

Guinea, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the countries in Africa whose governments are ramping up iron investments...

Business

African telescopes emerging as global leaders

8th March 2026

A record-breaking cosmic signal detected by South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope is signalling a deeper shift in where frontier astronomy is happening. Astronomers...