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South Africa’s tourism sector received a major vote of confidence this week as government leaders, tourism stakeholders and Club Med executives gathered at the upcoming Club Med South Africa Beach & Safari Resort on KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast ahead of Africa’s Travel Indaba. The event highlighted the landmark development’s anticipated contribution to tourism growth, job creation, skills development and regional economic upliftment, while positioning the resort as one of the country’s most significant tourism investments in recent years. Olivier Perillat-Piratoine, Managing Director of Club Med South Africa; Minister Patricia de Lille, South African Minister of Tourism; Chris du Toit, Project Director…
Phatisa has invested in Artcaffé, a casual dining and gourmet food business in Kenya, via a mezzanine debt growth facility.We highlight five East African private capital investments over the past 12 months, as featured in our Dealmaker’s Log, a database of reported investment deals, exits, and fundraising milestones. Subscribe to this service here1. AfricInvest backs Kenyan medical oxygen providerAfricInvest, through its blended-finance impact vehicle Transform Health Fund, has invested $10.5 million in HewaTele, a Kenyan medical oxygen provider.Access to medical oxygen remains one of the most pressing but under-addressed challenges in East Africa’s health systems. In Kenya alone, over 70%…
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In December 2023, Keji Pius was stranded in Lusaka, Zambia, with a crypto wallet full of USDT—a digital currency pegged to the US Dollar—and no way to spend it. Pius, a Nigerian founder who earns in both Naira and stablecoins, said she ran out of the Zambian Kwacha she exchanged at the airport. “I had a problem spending USDT because I couldn’t simply walk into a store, buy something, and pay with my stablecoin,” she recalled. Left with no choice, Pius had to convert her USDT into a currency that Zambian merchants would accept. She opened an app on her…
For years, the average African retail trader has had to make peace with a difficult trade-off: access the global financial markets through an offshore broker and absorb the friction — overnight swaps that eat into long positions, spreads that widen at the worst possible moment, commissions on every entry and exit, and withdrawal pipelines that quietly assume you live somewhere else. The product was never built with Lagos, Accra, Kigali, Johannesburg, or Nairobi in mind. Assexmarkets Global Limited is one of a new wave of brokers explicitly trying to fix that — and it is doing so by removing the…
There’s a moment in almost every usability session where a participant pauses at the login screen, types something, and glances up: checking whether they’re “doing it right.” That pause is a clear sign. They’ve already clocked that this isn’t a real app, and every data point collected after that moment is filtered through that awareness.There’s a moment in almost every usability session where a participant pauses at the login screen, types something, and glances up: checking whether they’re “doing it right.” That pause is a clear sign. They’ve already clocked that this isn’t a real app, and every data point…
By Intercontinental Trust LtdThe recording of our webinar, “Global Uncertainty, Strategic Choices: Mauritius, a Safe and Trusted Business & Relocation Hub,” is now available.Thank you to everyone who joined us live. For those who could not attend, or for anyone who would like to watch it again, you can access the full replay below.The session featured Mr Sachin Mohabeer, Deputy CEO of the Economic Development Board Mauritius, as guest speaker, alongside Jonathan Tagg, Director, Pam Golding Properties; Priscilla Balgobin-Bhoyrul SC, Senior Partner, Dentons Mauritius; Fazeel Soyfoo, Partner, Andersen in Mauritius; and Willem du Preez, Executive Director, ITL. The discussion was…
On 8 December, 2025, the media regulator for Guinea, the High Authority for Communication (HAC), announced the suspension until further notice of Boubacar Koyla Diallo, host of the programme “Autour de la transition” on Parlement TV, over the edition broadcast on 7 December 2025. The HAC blames the journalist for hosting a program in which, according to the regulator, the participants failed to remain neutral between the presidential candidates running in the election scheduled for December 28, 2025. The regulatory body cited Articles 39 and 40 of Organic Law L/2010/02/CNT of June 2010 on freedom of the press, Articles 5…
Applications are now open for the 2026 Africa Health-Tech Accelerator, a pan-African programme designed to support early-stage startups building innovative healthcare technology solutions across Africa. The accelerator, organised under the Africa Health ExCon platform, aims to help health-tech founders scale impactful healthcare innovations through mentorship, training, investor access, and strategic ecosystem partnerships. Focus Areas According to the organisers, the programme is targeted at startups developing solutions across several healthcare and technology categories, including: Digital Health Telemedicine Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare Diagnostics Healthcare Financing Healthcare Operations Health Data Systems Pharmaceutical and Medical Supply Chains The initiative seeks to strengthen…
Habibou Dia has been elected ambassador of the DongFang Scholarship Program cohort at Peking University following a vote involving representatives from 58 countries. The Senegalese official, who also serves as Director of Communications at the Ministry of Communication, Telecommunications and Digital Affairs, prevailed over several candidates from countries including Cuba, Myanmar, Trinidad and Tobago, Pakistan, and the Maldives. He secured 30 votes at the conclusion of the election organized within the framework of the program. This appointment reflects recognition of the coordination and representation role entrusted to the cohort ambassador, whose mission is to unite participants around a shared vision and strengthen…