CNN’s Zain Verjee recently interviewed celebrated Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She talks about her novel “Americanah,” her literary career and what it felt like meeting her literary idol, Chinua [...]
Nigeria’s Finance Minister & Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala was recently interviewed by CNN Marketplace Africa. During the interview, she stressed the need for Africans and [...]
Millicom International Cellular S.A has invested an additional €35 million into German technology incubator, Rocket Internet’s Africa ventures, Jumia, Hellofood, Kaymu & Vamido. The investment will specifically increase Millicom’s stake in [...]
CNN’s ‘African Voices’ Profiles Nigerian Prolific Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie CNN is set to profile celebrated Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on its latest edition of its weekly show, African voices. African [...]
Over 7.5 million users are currently registered users of the professional social network, LinkedIn with South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt accounting for over 60% of users. Though the social network [...]
The GSMA has opened an African headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, as the organisation seeks more cooperation with the sector stakeholders in the continent. The office will be located at the [...]
This piece was originally published on n+1 magazine, a print magazine of politics, literature, and culture. The piece below is the excerpt from a recently published book, Diary of a Very [...]
Tecno has partnered with Qualcomm Incorporated and Etisalat to launch their latest smartphone, Tecno P3 into the Nigerian market. Qualcomm is a global leader in next generation mobile technologies while [...]
Yoruba101, a fun and educative app that gets young children and those who want to learn started on Yoruba language is now available on the Apple app store. The language [...]
It’s always nice to hear about new technology startups on the continent making a difference in the day to day lives of people. Many startups start out with the mission [...]
By Emmanuel Adejoh Growing up, I noticed that in as much as our nation was not born of fine politics, our nation’s birth theatre echoed loud languages, and rued the [...]
Musician, Omawumi Megbele is the new face of Nigerian e-commerce site, Konga.com. The awardwinning singer and songwriter recently expressed her love for the brand in a recent statement saying: “I [...]
The Rockefeller Foundation has pledged $97 million in the digital scene in Africa as part of its ongoing initiative to create jobs for young Africans in the rapidly growing information and communications [...]
Over 32.5 million Nigerians access the Internet via telecommunications networks, the Nigerian Communications Commission has revealed. The fast growing number is led by the rapid rise of smartphone adoption in [...]
By Pascal Fletcher (Reuters) – After years of headlines about Africa‘s poverty, its emerging middle class is now grabbing attention as a driver of growth and democracy and an expanding pool [...]
Telecommuting is a dream for many workers. Working from home is a possibility for those in a number of professions from writing to advertising and many more but, for some [...]
GigaLayer after a month of pushing has got approval to conduct international transactions via MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and PayPal, making it the only Nigerian domain registration and web hosting [...]
The Nigerian National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and MasterCard recently announced at the World Economic Forum on Africa the roll-out of 13 million MasterCard-branded National Identity Smart Cards with electronic payment [...]
Iroko Partners founders, Jason Njoku & Bastian Gotter are set to invest $1 million in Nigerian technology startups through a new company, Spark. The company has created or seed funded up [...]
For the next 20 years we are going to have our hands full with opportunity. Patrick Fitzgibbon, Hilton (CNN) – Major international hotel chains are increasingly rolling out thousands of new [...]
Morten Jerven asks: What do we know about income and growth in sub-Saharan Africa? The answer is: much less than we like to think. The data are unreliable and potentially seriously [...]
Stanbic IBTC is currently looking for good an*lysts/Associates for its M&A/Financial Advisory team. For an*lysts, no Investment Banking/Finance experience is required but Associates are required to have an IB/Finance background. If you [...]
Are you a fan of Zara Gretti? You can fund her now right here on CP-Africa. Based in the Diaspora? Pay using Paypal or Stripe. Read full story on author [...]
Jumia formerly Kasuwa is one of Nigeria’s top online retail stores with reach around the country. They offer a wide range of retail products and are proudly Nigerian. Backed by [...]
By Eric Omwega Earlier this year, Kenyans went to the polls to elect their fourth president. Many considered this year’s election as one of the most crucial in the nation’s [...]
Ndidi Nwuneli is a director of Sahel Capital Partners, a leading advisory firm focused on the agribusiness and manufacturing sectors, and the co-founder of AACE Foods, an agro-processing company. Through [...]
By Simon Allison Nathan Road is Hong Kong’s busiest shopping street. It is lined with skyscrapers and decorated with neon signs of every size, colour and shape. Most of the logos [...]
According to Africa Assets data, private equity (PE) firms invested US$1.13bn through 58 deals across sub-Saharan Africa in 2012. This was a slight decline in number of deals compared to 2011. [...]
(Lagos, Nigeria) – April 29th, 2013: Mobile Web West Africa 2013, the region’s leading mobile focussed conference, has almost hit full capacity over a week before the event is due [...]
SME Online offers merchants a better way to receive web payments LAGOS – April 29, 2013 – Leading global payment solutions company MasterCard, has a new addition to its existing [...]
