Author: Elan
Africa’s maritime coastline features 179 ports, according to a continental transport database published in Scientific Data in December 2025. Yet physical access to water does not equate to affordable freight. Before a shipping container reaches an enterprise warehouse, it must clear quay cranes, navigate customs bureaucracy, and connect with inland road or rail corridors. A structural delay at any single node converts a routine delivery into an expensive commercial ordeal. At several African terminals, a haulage truck dispatched to pick up an import container can spend up to seven days idling outside the gate, according to Toby Maier, CEO for…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 reached a peak of 227,434 concurrent players on Steam during its launch weekend, according to SteamDB data for the shared Call of Duty app. Infinity Ward’s new shooter, published by Activision, launched on October 23 and finished its opening weekend about 26% behind the Steam peak of Black Ops 6, but well ahead of last year’s Black Ops 7. Black Ops 6 peaked at roughly 306,460 concurrent Steam users around its October 2024 release, a gap of about 79,000 players. Black Ops 7, the 2025 entry, peaked at roughly 100,000 concurrent users during its…
Ashley Lewis, managing partner of DPI Venture CapitalThe Nclude Fund, a fintech fund advised by DPI Venture Capital, has closed at over $112 million. DPI Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Development Partners International, a London-based private equity firm focused on Africa.The fund backs technology businesses across Africa and the Middle East with the potential to scale globally.With a portfolio of 15 companies, Nclude invests in fintech, fintech-enabled businesses and companies at the intersection of fintech, AI and emerging technology, supporting greater financial inclusion. It backs businesses from seed through Series C, with investments ranging from $500,000 to…
South Africans will head to the polls on 4 November 2026 to elect local government representatives in the Local Government Elections. According to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), special voting will take place on 2 and 3 November 2026 from 8am to 5pm. On Election Day, voting stations will open from 7 am to 9pm. Prior to Election Day, voters can check that their voter registration details are correct and confirm their voting station. According to the IEC website, for municipal elections, voters must vote at the voting station where they are registered. Keep up with the latest…
Kenya is Africa’s largest avocado producer. Miraj Shah and his cousin, Mitul, saw an opportunity to turn the country’s surplus avocados into oil. Their company, Crofts Ltd, now exports Kenyan-made avocado oil to more than a dozen markets around the world.How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz spoke to Miraj about his journey as an entrepreneur.Topics discussed include:Spotting an opportunity in avocado oilOvercoming early setbacksSourcing raw materials from smallholder farmersBuilding an international client baseEntrepreneurship lessons
Port Louis — New leaders have been confirmed for the the 18th U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Port Louis, Mauritius, from December 6 to 9, 2026. The event is organized by he Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) in partnership with the Government of the Republic of Mauritius. Plans for Summit high-level sessions, exhibition, and golf tournament are well under way. Secure the early bird registration rate before it closes. Register now. The summit is CCA’s main annual gathering. It brings African heads of state, U.S. and African government leaders, CEOs, investors and sector experts together to advance trade and investment between…
European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said the digital euro that is set for a pilot next year has the potential to give the bloc “sovereignty” over a payments infrastructure that currently requires dependency on external, non-European third parties.Cipollone said in an interview with Italy’s Milano Finance published by the central bank on Saturday that because the bloc is critically dependent on third parties, it’s not easy to ensure this smooth functioning. He did not cite specific third parties.“In recent years Europe has learned that, for some essential services, we cannot rely only on third parties. We saw…
The Ogun Digital Summit (ODS) 2026 has opened applications for its hackathon to young developers, innovators and entrepreneurs across Nigeria. The top three teams will share ₦5 million. Winners of the competition, whose aim is to back solutions to real problems facing businesses and communities, will also get support well beyond the cash prize. The hackathon is part of the seventh edition of the summit, which will take place from November 25 to 27 at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta. The hackathon itself will take place on the first day at Ogun Tech Hub, Kobape, also in Abeokuta.…
You might have noticed your phone losing battery on standby overnight. The battery stats don’t point to anything unusual, and the usual suspects don’t fit either. It happens too consistently for an old battery and too predictably for a rogue app. As it turns out, a default Android setting keeps waking your phone in the background throughout the night, draining battery on tasks you never asked for. Related I enabled one developer option and my Android phone stopped draining battery overnight Goodbye mysterious overnight battery drain. Account sync and your battery Why your phone never truly sleeps Digvijay Kumar /…
From cabinet positions and UN peacekeeping missions to business ventures and family foundations, the daughters of Ghana’s former leaders are carving out their own paths while navigating the privileges and burdens of powerful surnames.