8 proven ways Africans can make money from podcasting

Sponsors and Advertising According to Podcast Insights, sponsored and advertising is one of the first ways to make money in the podcasting industry. With a large audience on podcasting platforms, African podcasters can generate a passive income through sponsorship and advertising. The idea is to promote businesses and brands’ goods or services on various podcast

South Africa’s competition commissions concerned over air ticket price gouging

Airline The Competition Commission said on Friday that other South African airline carriers have made an undertaking not to engage in price gouging of tickets following the sudden grounding of Comair. Siyabulela Makunga, the spokesperson for the Competition Commission, told Xinhua that they have been holding meetings with executives from major airlines including Lyft, FlySafair

Why Rihanna’s decision to launch Fenty Beauty in Africa is such a big deal

For beauty junkies living on the second-most populous continent, the wait is finally over. Last week, pop music sensation and style mogul Rihanna announced that she’ll finally begin selling her Fenty Beauty products in Africa. Here’s everything you need to know: What is Fenty Beauty? Rihanna launched Fenty Beauty, her cosmetics brand, in 2017 in an effort

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency grants bail to ex-accountant general

EFCC OPERATIVES An official said Thursday that former Nigeria’s Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris has been released from the custody of the anti-graft agency. Idris was released after meeting his bail conditions, Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), told reporters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital at a press

Analysis: Shortage of oil refineries haunts Africa as fuel prices rocket – By: .

A shortage of oil refineries across sub-Saharan Africa coupled with soaring crude prices because of the war in Ukraine has left countries dangerously short of fuel supplies, disrupting airlines and causing queues at filling stations. The surge in prices comes in tandem with a spike in the cost of food after Russia sent troops into

Ghana honors Jamaica’s Foreign Kamina Johnson-Smith as Tourism and Diaspora Queen

Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, was recently honored as Tourism and Diaspora Queen in Ghana. She was conferred with the title on her visit to Ghana as part of her campaign in Africa to become Commonwealth Secretary-General. The naming certificate was given to Minister Johnson Smith at the palace