Ghana-made herbal beer to cater for health-conscious customers

Beer lovers sample Alomo Bitters, one of Ghana’s popular beer brands, during its launch at the Ghana High Commission in Nairobi. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Beer lovers in Kenya can now enjoy Alomo Bitters, one of Ghana’s popular beer brands without having to travel to the Western African nation. Alomo Bitters, a herbal-based alcoholic drink made

Democratising investment

Oluwatomi ‘Tomi’ Solanke remembers that he had first heard of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge from fellow financial colleagues, but that it was not until Trove Financial decided to approach the bank for a corporate bank account that one of the bank’s executive directors mentioned the programme. It did not escape Trove’s attention that Ecobank had

Kenya hit by record 860m cyber-attacks in a year

Kenya’s communications regulator has said that the country experienced a record 860 million cyber-attacks in the last 12 months. The regulator said that “the frequency, sophistication and scale of cyber-threats” targeted at Kenya’s critical information infrastructure had increased dramatically. In 2017, Kenya experienced 7.7 million cyber attacks. In July, a high-profile cyber attack attributed to

For MTN, Africa isn’t a country

It has taken MTN, Africa’s largest telecom operator, nearly 30 years to get here. Here is the point where it realises it will take more than fibre optic cables running across the Atlantic and connecting 19 African countries, to fix the continent’s digital backwardness. Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent, after Asia in