The First Quarter of 2022
Published on 14 April 2022
The first quarter of the year is already past, we are now gearing up for the start of the USA and European summer. Charnel Francis our colleague has just attended the IMA conference held in Phuket, and her feedback is that it is nice to be able to interact with our piers in the industry […]
Read moreThe First Time the Queen Visited these African Destinations
Published on 14 April 2022
As a young woman, the Queen was not particularly well-travelled, and by the age of 20, she had never even left the U.K. But in February 1947—just a few months before her engagement to Prince Philip that summer—her father George VI announced that the family was going to South Africa.’ The family arrived in Cape […]
Read moreMeeting the Growing Demand for High-speed Connectivity for Coastal and Landlocked States in Africa
Published on 14 April 2022
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a Zimbabwean firm specializing in fibre connectivity, announced, on Tuesday, the acquisition of a fibre pair on Google’s Equiano submarine cable. This will enable the Econet Group’s subsidiary to improve international connectivity in West and Southern Africa, with the capacity to transport up to 12 Terabits of traffic. With its over 100,000 […]
Read moreMore than Two-thirds of Africa’s 54 Countries Print their Money Overseas
Published on 14 April 2022
A recent article that examines why many African countries outsource their currency production has revealed that over 40 African countries print their money in the UK, France and Germany — decades after independence. According to the article, countries like Ethiopia, Libya and Angola — along with 14 other countries — place orders from British banknote […]
Read moreCongo Brazzaville
Published on 8 September 2021
I am pleased to confirm that AMS has opened there office and warehouse facility in Brazzaville The Congo. Our Office in Pointe Noire is a strategic office to be of service to the companies within the oil and gas industry. The office in Brazzaville is to be of service to the various Embassies, NGO’s and […]
Read moreWest Africa is Facing Three Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases at the Same Time
Published on 8 September 2021
The World Health Organization has warned that on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Africa is facing new outbreaks of the viral haemorrhagic fevers Marburg and Ebola, risking huge strains on ill-equipped health systems. The new outbreaks show the multitude of challenges governments are fighting in parallel with the pandemic, Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director […]
Read moreMozambique’s Evolving Cabo Delgado Conflict
Published on 8 September 2021
Since late July small military detachments from other African countries have been arriving in the Cabo Delgado region after an agreement among the Southern African Development Community (SADC) marked by delay and tensions. Tanzania, Botswana and Lesotho are sending soldiers, Zimbabwe is sending military training personnel and Angola is providing aircraft, while off the coast […]
Read moreAmerica and Europe Rethink how They Do Business with the Continent
Published on 8 September 2021
“We will be the guinea pig,” said Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s president, before trade talks with America opened last year. A deal would make Kenya only the second African country after Morocco to sign a free-trade agreement with the United States. Officials in the Trump administration called the proposed deal “a model” for future ones. But […]
Read moreRemote Working in the African Context
Published on 8 September 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated transition to remote work comes with profound positives for employers and employees. One report found that employers are saving as much as $22,000 per full-time remote employee, by shedding office-related costs. For workers in low-income countries—especially those in the rapidly growing professional class in sub-Saharan Africa—the unmooring of skilled jobs from […]
Read moreThe Story of Rwanda’s Regeneration and Rehabilitation
Published on 31 May 2021
Driving through Kigali, the cleanliness and the lack of trash has to be seen to be believed. There is not a speck of refuse, not a piece of paper, not a thrown away plastic bottle. While the local government pays some residents to tidy streets, on the last Saturday of every month each family must […]
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