Kenya’s wellness sector expands rapidly as many incorporate physical fitness habits in their lifestyles
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Kenya’s wellness sector expands rapidly as many incorporate physical fitness habits in their lifestyles

Physical fitness and wellness has long been associated with the wealthy class, the elderly or people suffering from lifestyle diseases such as obesity. Statistics show that the level of obesity in Kenya is approaching 50% of the population as at 2018 with the most affected group being women between the ages of 19-49 years. Jackie…

LAUNCH: THE STATE OF AFRICA 2020 CONFERENCE
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LAUNCH: THE STATE OF AFRICA 2020 CONFERENCE

Mansa Media in partnership with Afrochampions Initiative and ADS Group Launch “The State of Africa 2020”, a virtual conference of rich debates about the future of Africa post-COVID-19. Mansa media, the leading source for African business news, in partnership with Afrochampions, the pan-African business leadership network focused on regional integration and economic emancipation, and Africa…

COVID-19: Hospitals embracing Tele-medicine to keep their business going as patients stay away.
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COVID-19: Hospitals embracing Tele-medicine to keep their business going as patients stay away.

With the rise in COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, hospitals are embracing telemedicine to keep their business going as patients stay away from their facilities due to risks associated with contacts. There has been a rise in remote consultation while tech companies in the country are rising the challenge of plugging the gap with telemedicine services.

Domestic flights re-opened in Nigeria with hike in flight costs
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Domestic flights re-opened in Nigeria with hike in flight costs

Domestic flights re-opened in Nigeria and despite hike in flight costs, flyers trooped out to travel to different destinations across the country after over three months of flight and inter-station travel restrictions.

West Africa accounts for over 90 percent of global maritime kidnappings – Report
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West Africa accounts for over 90 percent of global maritime kidnappings – Report

The West African coast is increasingly becoming a dangerous route for commercial shipping as a report has shown that the area accounts for over 90 per cent of global maritime kidnappings. 77 seafarers were kidnapped for ransom between January and June 2020, majority of them in the Gulf of Guinea off West Africa. According to…

South Africa Goes Back To Work
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South Africa Goes Back To Work

This week will be a seminal moment in South Africa’s fight against the devastating Covid-19 pandemic and depending on how we conduct ourselves, the next seven days could have a lasting socio-economic impact. From an economic standpoint the return of over 8 million people to work will be a massive relief for many businesses who…

Senegal: A West African Leader on the Rise
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Senegal: A West African Leader on the Rise

Senegal has demonstrated strong ambition for economic development and rapid progress towards becoming an attractive investment destination (By Thomas Hedley, Field Editor) Although they are located 1,800Km from each other, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal vie for the place of the economic leader in West Africa, with a slight advantage for the former which, thanks to…

Is PPE scarcity in Nigerian hospitals causing death of non-coronavirus patients?
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Is PPE scarcity in Nigerian hospitals causing death of non-coronavirus patients?

It was around 11 am on Tuesday, April 21 when Mrs. Deborah Oluwadero was rushed to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria’s southwest region. Diabetic and hypertensive, she sometimes suffered from fluctuating blood glucose. According to her son, John, who himself is a pharmacist, on few days before his mother’s passing, her blood…

Meeting Africa’s urgent liquidity needs while protecting its access to international markets
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Meeting Africa’s urgent liquidity needs while protecting its access to international markets

This Opinion is co-signed by the ministers of finance and / or ministers of development of the following countries: Angola, Cameroun, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone and Tunisia. As the Coronavirus pandemic storm sweeps through the world, in Africa it is leaving many economies that have…

Is South Africa’s Lockdown working?
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Is South Africa’s Lockdown working?

The longer South Africa’s lockdown continues the more I’m reminded of the 1982 Holocaust film, Sophie’s Choice. Starring the impeccable Meryl Streep who won the Oscar for her portrayal of a woman forced by Nazis to make an impossible choice of deciding which one of her two children she wanted sent to the gas chambers….

A majority of South Africans fear hunger more than the virus
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A majority of South Africans fear hunger more than the virus

South Africa’s lockdown moves into unchartered waters this week, from today around 1.5 million workers will return to work as government gradually begins re-open the economy in what it calls a risk adjusted strategy. The strategy will see various sectors of the economy being opened incrementally to prevent the exponential rate of Covid-19 infection. The…

East Africa’s Oil Industry: A New Story in the Making
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East Africa’s Oil Industry: A New Story in the Making

The moving forward of the Lake Albert Development Project, and its export pipeline, is a major step forward de-risking other potential oil & gas projects in East Africa The recent acquisition by Total of Tullow Oil’s entire interests in the Lake Albert Development Project in Uganda, including the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, marks the…

SAA, African aviation’s  first Covid-19 casualty?
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SAA, African aviation’s first Covid-19 casualty?

The global aviation industry is facing a battering as the deadly coronavirus pandemic continues wreak havoc with the world economy. With so many countries around the world in lockdown, planes have been grounded, leisure and business travel has been halted, leaving the aviation sector teetering on the brink. According to the International Air Transport Association, airlines are…

Covid-19 highlights South Africa’s inequality
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Covid-19 highlights South Africa’s inequality

It has been over a week since South Africa went into a 21-day lockdown to fight the spread of the deadly Coronavirus and the divide between the haves and the have nots could not be more clear. To curb the disease, health officials advocate social distancing, frequent hand washing and staying at home. For the…

Elleni Gabre Madhin; the brains behind agriculture transformation in Ethiopia
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Elleni Gabre Madhin; the brains behind agriculture transformation in Ethiopia

May 27, 2018 The journey to turn into one of the most powerful who left a foot print in Africa had not been stress-free as falling off a log for the notable Businesswoman and Entrepreneur. Elleni Gabre Madhin, 53. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, grew up in six different countries, enabling her to fluently speak…

Tea is not just tea for Flora Mutahi- founder of Melvin’s tea.
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Tea is not just tea for Flora Mutahi- founder of Melvin’s tea.

May 30, 2018 “My after work drink was ginger tea, but there were no ready-made options available. You had to boil the ginger and make the mix at home, a time-consuming process not available to everyone and also there was only one variety of tea in the market. I realized there was a gap in…

Meet Malcolm Sila; The Master of Kenya’s photography business- you need the negatives to develop!
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Meet Malcolm Sila; The Master of Kenya’s photography business- you need the negatives to develop!

May 24, 2018 Malcom Sila…………Kenya’s photography business- you need the negatives to develop! Malcolm Sila is considered one of Kenya’s top photographers. With wedding portfolios, corporate, family portraits and travel, Sila has clearly made his mark in the industry. His business, glorious photography. A business he says was born out of the need to use…

Awal Consulting; Building Faith in Islamic Finance
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Awal Consulting; Building Faith in Islamic Finance

August 6, 2018 By Brenda Kerubo Rahma Hersi is the managing partner and founder of Awal Consulting. The very first Islamic Finance Advisory Firm in East and Central Africa founded in 2014. “Well, it was a journey that arose from a need to address the gaps in the industry and working to create awareness around…