COVID-19 did not just claim lives. It also coincided with the closure of businesses, large scale retrenchment and the closure of companies that were unable to operate during the lock-downs. However, one silver lining in all this gloom was the rise in entrepreneurship, driven primarily by innovative youths and women...
(This is a transcript of the podcast posted on Monday, August 2nd 2021. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on this link https://www.buzzsprout.com/1655965/8924559) ARNOLD SEGAWA: A warm welcome to this edition of Mansa’s The Weekly Beat. As always we’re joined by...
South African magnate billionaire Patrice Motsepe has been nominated by four leading football associations to contest for the presidency of the Confederation of African Football as the race for the leadership post in African soccer gathers momentum. The 58 year-old mining magnate became the third candidate ahead of Thursday’s...
Welcome to Isinya; in the heart of Kajiado County, 58 kilometers south of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. The area is sparsely populated majorly because it falls within Kenya’s pastoralism belt. But in the last four years, this area has witnessed an influx of real estate companies, as developers move...
Tanzania has launched a new umbrella organization that will bring together startups operating in the country. The body will be called Tanzania Startup Association (TSA), and its main target is to create a collective network of entrepreneurs and startup founders in Tanzania. Tanzania Startup Association was founded by long time...
Mansa Media in partnership with Afrochampions Initiative and ADS Group Launch “The State of Africa 2020”, a virtual conference of rich debates about the future of Africa post-COVID-19. Mansa media, the leading source for African business news, in partnership with Afrochampions, the pan-African business leadership network focused on regional integration...
Changes in Safaricom’s ownership seem to have freed the company up for more rapid expansion into other markets. In May, UK telecoms giant Vodafone transferred a 35% stake in Safaricom to its South African offshoot Vodacom, in return for more equity in Vodacom valued at KSh260bn ($2.48bn). This...
A Kenyan matatu. Courtesy: Kenyan Wall Street Kenya’s matatu culture; a million-profit innovation hub revolutionizing the transport industry They are loud, sleek and command total attention on the streets of Nairobi. On a given day, these vehicles ferry millions of city residents to work and other businesses, making them...
