Promoting Africa
Jack Ma, the Founder and Executive Chairman of Chinese Internet giant, Alibaba, has announced the creation of a $10 million fund to support young African entrepreneurs. Jack Ma, who was on his first visit to Africa mid July, attended the last Youth Connekt Africa Summit that took place in Kigali from July 19th to 21st…
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Douglas Mbiandou, a 41-year-old Cameroonian entrepreneur, wants to train 10,000 coders in Africa. Since 2005, its learning center, OBJIS, has already contributed to the continuous training of more than 3,000 people in France. Forming "10,000 coders" in Africa, is one of Douglas Mbiandou's biggest projects, whose objective is to make the African continent the first…
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Senegalese Adama Diatta won the gold medal in free wrestling (category of less than 61 kg) of the "Games of La Francophonie" 2017, July 23 in Abidjan. Sacred seven-time continental champion, Adama 28, won his first trophy in a non-African competition. "I participated in many competitions and felt that something was missing in my course",…
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We had the pleasure to get in touch with Maïthé Bizabishaka, founder of Maïsha Cosmetics, in order to know about her company, learn about her, and give you readers some entrepreneurial advice. Originally from Burundi, Maïthé lives in Québec City, from where she will launch next August, a company offering cosmetic products: GM: Tell us…
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Senegal, like several African countries, faces a real problem of waste treatment. Old used tires are often burned to extract the iron they contain. To counter this situation, Yaye Souadou Fall, then a business school student at ISM (Dakar) decides with six of her classmates to take up the challenge of recycling the thousands of…
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The Zeitz Museum is about to put Cape Town's art scene on the map. Cap Town is becoming a cultural hub thanks to its thriving gallery district, annual art fair, and from September, its world-class museum: The Zeitz. Already a hub for artists, the upcoming opening of the 100,000-square-foot Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art at the Waterfront will…
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Presenting Lakheni, a South African initiative that uses group buying power to lower food prices for needy communities, using a mobile app. We all know that buying in bulk can lead to great savings. However, lower-income earners (who often live a long way from grocery stores), do not have the means to purchase items in large quantities. On…
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