A driver with a key parastatal succumbed to bee stings after a swarm attacked people on Jomo Kenyatta Avenue. A police report seen by the Nation said John Muthine Mutwiri, …
Kenya Airways (KQ) will resume flying to Khartoum nearly two years after suspending flights to Sudan. Last Friday, KQ launched direct flights from South Sudan capital Juba to Khartoum in …
Kenya loses up to Sh33 billion to insurance fraud in the medical segment alone, the Rural Private Hospitals Association has said, pointing out to weak systems and collusion. This is …
Kenya wired Sh29.86 billion to China in the quarter to September 2021 to ease a standoff over debt repayments that delayed disbursements to projects funded by Chinese loans. Treasury documents …
uLesson, an Abuja-based ed-tech startup has raised a $15 million Series B fund. This is arguably the largest disclosed investment in Africa’s ed-tech ecosystem. Backed by Tencent, Nielsen Ventures, and …
Bitcoin declined for the first time in five trading sessions, with losses accelerating after it failed to sustain the positive momentum seen following this past weekend’s flash crash. The largest …
Driven by a combination of higher commodity prices, the relaxing of lockdowns and a recovery in global trade, Africa has had some success in overcoming the recession provoked by the …
Omicron’s ability to evade vaccine and infection-induced immunity is “robust but not complete,” said the research head of a laboratory at the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa. In …
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Enterprise escalator impact rooms rise to prepare African startups for growth and investment
A few years ago, at the start of the fintech services boom in Africa, Oliver Blantern got an opportunity to work in the continent offering advisory services to high-growth startups. …
The third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit will take place in Istanbul on 17-18 December. The summit, which will be hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is expected to launch a new …