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Will Africa’s Challenges be Solved by Silicon Valley?

Peter Kariuki and Barrett Nash, co-founders of SafeMotos, the Rwandan motorcycle taxi app, answer with a firm 'no.' Read why.

June 2017

The Need for Collaboration in the African Software Engineering Ecosystem

Andela's Senior Technical Consultant shares his view on what it takes to build a robust software engineering ecosystem in Nigeria and Africa.

June 2017

How Homegrown Innovation is Solving Many Of Africa’s Most Pressing Challenges

SAP Africa's Managing Director writes that despite recent headwinds to the 'Africa Rising' narrative, African enterprises continue to innovate and solve "transformational" problems.

June 2017

African Businesses Win by Understanding Base of Pyramid Consumers

MeTL Group's CEO provides a brief overview of one key African business trend: firms profitably serving low-income, bottom of the pyramid (BOP) consumers.

June 2017

No African Companies Among World’s Most Valuable Brands

African companies are scarce amongst the world’s 100 most valuable brands, and US tech companies dominate the top 5. Read why data & brand value matter.

June 2017

Six Basic Types of African Countries

A strategist's classification of the 54 African countries into six clusters, because "Africa’s markets are too diverse for one business model to be successful everywhere."

June 2017