Lagos Fashion Week 2022 Ended With A Bang! Here’s a Recap

From October 26th – October 30th, Heineken Lagos Fashion Week brought together buyers, press, and enthusiasts to experience a week-long schedule celebrating African talent. Here’s a rundown of how the highly anticipated event that welcomed over 3000 people went. XRetail in partnership with Zinkata Lagos Fashion Week commenced on Wednesday 26th October 2022 with XRetail

Rising smartphones adoption signals boom for fintechs in Nigeria, others —Report

A report by Mastercard has established that smartphone usage will continue to drive the adoption of fintech, even as it predicted a boom in the business in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries.  With a projection that smartphone adoption will rise to 75% in the region by 2025, Mastercard says this will drive African fintechs revenue growth

Why governments should deepen domestic financial markets

Chronic fiscal and current account imbalances had arisen well before the Covid-19 pandemic, already severely hampering the ability of country authorities to respond to unexpected shocks. Counter-cyclical fiscal measures in response to Covid-19 then led to the accumulation of even higher levels of public debt. Even though all countries are exposed to liquidity and solvency

the answer to rebuilding Africa’s aviation industry?

As global air travel positions to outperform 2019 levels, there is a surge in initiatives across Africa’s aviation industry to improve domestic and international air connectivity and increase air traffic within Africa and between Africa and neighboring regions.  The trends emerging in pursuit of this focus, while being implemented on a state-by-state basis, reveal a

MEST Africa announces top 5 start-ups for grand challenge

An Africa-wide technology entrepreneur training programme has announced the five start-ups from five countries who will be going through to the grand finale of the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge pitch competition. The start-ups who made the cut are Sproutly from Nigeria, Kweli from Senegal, Swoove from Ghana, Hisa from Kenya and Desert Green Africa from

Kenya’s Hisa App Among Top 5 Finalists in MEST Africa Challenge

Courtesy of TechArena Kenya MEST Africa has revealed that Sproutly (Nigeria), Kweli (Senegal), Swoove (Ghana), Hisa (Kenya), and Desert Green Africa (South Africa) are the start-ups who have made it into the grand finale of the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge pitch competition. Before this development, 7 Kenyan startups had qualified for the next stage. The

UPenn PDRI-DevLab Visiting Fellowship Programme 2023 for African Scholars 

Application Deadline: December 13, 2022 The Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI) is committed to building capacity for rigorous research on pressing policy challenges facing low- and middle-income countries, by providing training and research opportunities for emerging researchers. In service of this mission, UPenn PDRI-DevLab is inviting researchers from Sub-Saharan Africa interested in deepening their skills in