Lesson from a Mombasa trader: she stopped waiting for a big loan and started pooling stock orders with three neighbouring shops. Bulk pricing dropped her costs by a fifth. On this continent, cooperation is often the cheapest form of capital. #AfricaBusiness
Lesson from a Mombasa trader: she stopped waiting for a big loan and started pooling stock orders with three neighbouring shops. Bulk pricing dropped her costs by a fifth. On this continent, cooperation is often the cheapest form of capital. #AfricaBusiness
Hot take: compound interest is the only free lunch in finance, but it only works if you actually leave the table. Most people keep checking the menu. #personalfinance
Conservative Senator Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a surprise on Sunday in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election by finishing ahead of the incumbent left-wing President Lula, whom he will face in the runoff on October 25. Suspicions of U.S. inte...
A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on American Idol was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Monday after a jury convicted him of murdering his wife while he was having an affair. Prosecutors said Caleb Flynn, 40, sta...
A team of five Moroccan engineers has built an autonomous attack drone prototype that operates without relying on satellite GPS navigation, addressing a major vulnerability in modern military tech.
Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of Mocha, the government said, pushing the Iran-backed Houthis out of most of the areas they seized last month. ...
Despite its name, “Salama”, which means safety in Kiswahili, the area has over the years become synonymous with devastating road crashes, leaving behind bereaved families, survivors with lifelong injuries and mangled vehicles.
Lessons were suspended at hundreds of French high schools on Monday, as part of a wave of student protests over learning conditions that have rocked the European nation. Larger demonstrations are expected on Tuesday.
Calls continue to mount on the government to dual the key highway, which is part of the Northern Transport corridor and that has experienced a surge in road accidents.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed there would be no Hamas rule in Gaza as he attended a memorial event marking three years since the militant group’s October 7, 2023 attack. Monday is a national day of remembrance for the deadliest...
Speaking on the inaugural episode of BBC Africa Enterprise, shortly after the groundbreaking of his mega refinery in Lamu, Kenya, Dangote stated that providing livelihoods and economic opportunities is a mandate for the continent’s leaders. "That's our jo...
The Kaduna Youth Policy Lab 2026 is inviting young people in Kaduna State, Nigeria, who are passionate about governance, public policy, accountability and social change to apply for a practical training and mentorship programme designed to develop the nex...
China’s US$1.2 trillion goods trade surplus last year has focused attention on electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels and industrial overcapacity. Tariffs, anti-subsidy investigations and localisation requirements have followed as trading partners res...