Prembertech, a South African-based startup, is working to reduce the gender digital divide. It empowers women and the youth in the suburbs of Johannesburg with computer skills training, boot camps, mentorship, internships, and, perhaps more importantly, job placement. For more insight, I spoke to Precious Nyarambi, a social entrepreneur and founder of Prembertech.
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Air transport across Africa is critical in facilitating business, international trade, and tourism. In 2022, most regional airlines were expecting their revenue to increase. Still, those hopes appear to be shrinking as airlines are halting international and domestic flights due to the high cost of fuel.
The international air transport association says the aviation industry is struggling due to the high fuel cost – and African airlines are no exception. South African Airways HAS NOT been profitable. The airline has lost billions of dollars in the last seven years. The troubled air carrier announced Tuesday that it was canceling 14 flights affecting over three-thousand passengers. The Airports Company of South Africa says it is working to rectify the fuel shortage at the Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. The airport receives its fuel supply via rail, and the rail system has sustained significant damage due to recent flooding — and it has just over three days of fuel left. Several Nigerian airlines are halting domestic flights until further notice due to rising fuel costs. A scarcity of fuel since March has caused some African airlines to cancel and delay operations. Global jet fuel prices have soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a surge in the crude oil market, hitting airlines and passengers with steep increases. Airline passengers in Nigeria pay for fares in the naira, which has weakened sharply due to devaluations. Suppliers are paying for fuel in U.S. dollars, a scarce currency in Nigeria. Nigeria’s aviation ministry says it is concerned about the difficulties and the spiraling airfares due to jet fuel costs. Still, it appealed to the airlines to consider the effects of a shutdown on travelers at home and abroad. Kenya Airways expects to see a 20 percent rise in revenue this year after being revived two years ago. But, Uganda airlines is not profitable — and it’s heavily subsidized. Air Tanzania has bounced back; purchasing a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner package valued at $224 million is costly to maintain and could cost Tanzanian taxpayers millions of dollars. Rwandair, the state-owned flagship carrier of Rwanda, operates domestic and international flights – and may be too optimistic with its financial expectations and is running on
Jumia, dubbed Amazon of Africa, operates in eleven African countries; it started with the belief that technology has the potential to transform everyday life in Africa.
Over the years, Jumia has grown exponentially, employing over 4,000 employees. From Lagos, Nigeria, I am joined via Skype by Juliet Anammah, Jumia’s Chief sustainability officer, to discuss a sustainable report released earlier today.
Burnt bodies litter the ground after an explosion at an illegal Nigerian oil refinery in a forest at Abaezi Ohaji-Egbema, between the southern oil states of Rivers and Imo, some 30 km away from the Imo state capital Owerri. Emergency services say the death toll has risen to 110 as more people die from injuries. Paul Ndiho has more.
Journalists in Uganda face intimidation and violence on a nearly daily basis. They are regularly targeted by the security services, the leading perpetrators of attacks against journalists. As we celebrate press Freedom Day.
Are you one of those people that are very passionate about the Audio Video entertainment system in a home? Well, Audio Visual Connect -Automation Solutions, a new startup, could be your ultimate solution for a luxury home. They offer intelligent automation that allows you to transform every space at the push of a button or single voice command. I spoke to Lungile Ntuli – Bobo Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Audio Visual Connect |Automation Solutions in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Twitter agreed to sell to Tesla chief executive Elon Musk on Monday in a deal that ends the social media platform’s run as a public company since its 2013 initial public offering. But some wonder what free speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter will look like? Paul Ndiho has more.
According to the UN, the Central African Republic has adopted bitcoin as its official currency alongside the CFA franc. In addition, the presidency announced that it is legalizing the use of cryptocurrencies, claiming it is the first country to do so in Africa. Africa 54 technology correspondent Paul Ndiho has more.
How do you charge a cell phone or mobile device when you don’t have electricity at home or are entirely off the grid? In Uganda, Charge Ko Technologies is an energy startup driving the mobile device charging revolution by providing portable charging solutions. Could these innovations be a game-changer? For more insight, I spoke to Geoffrey Mutabazi, CEO and Co-founder of Charge Ko, based in Kampala, Uganda.
Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has died. President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Friday. Kibaki, who served as Kenya’s third president from 2003 to 2013, has died aged 90.
Former president Mwai Kibaki, who served as Kenya’s third president from 2003 to 2013, died at age 90. Kibaki is credited with reviving Kenya’s then-ailing economy. Still, his tenure was marred by deadly violence that erupted following his disputed re-election by his opponent, Raila Odinga, in December 2007.
Thousands of people were killed in months of ethnic violence before an agreement was reached with the help of outsiders.
President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered a mourning period to honor Kibaki, during which flags will be flown at half-mast. Kibaki ushered in economic reforms and a new constitution for Kenya but some say he failed to deliver on promises to stamp out.
A British-educated economist, Kibaki’s characteristic calm demeanor concealed political shrewdness that finally propelled him to the presidency, after four decades as a lawmaker, government minister, and vice president to his predecessor, Daniel Arap Moi.
His landslide win in 2002 upset Moi’s handpicked successor, the current president Uhuru Kenyatta. In a wheelchair and a leg cast after a car crash, Kibaki promised his ecstatic inauguration to crowd a clean break from Moi’s autocratic quarter-century rule. However, the honeymoon did not last long, and cracks soon appeared in NARC, an alliance of parties opposed to Moi.
He served as finance minister for 13 years under both Kenyatta and Moi and as Moi’s vice president for some of that time. Kibaki was among Kenya’s richest men, overseeing vast landholdings and business interests.
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