BY JACOB OKETCH To be an alcoholic is to be dependent on alcohol. That is, without alcohol, you cannot effectively function as a human being. You are not able to perform the normal functions expected of a person. These may include, work, leisure or even sex. It means that you must induce yourself with liquor to be seen to be doing anything meaningful. Without it, you cannot perform as simple a task like just conversing with someone freely. To be an alcoholic is to be forgetful. It is legendary how alcoholics can actually forget an entire scenario in a bar,…
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In Angola, for instance, for as long as the emergency measures remained in force, appeals and enforcement of consumer credit contracts, and in the case of mortgages, evictions, are prohibited BY CHRIS BAIRD AND JAMES KAMAU Nowhere in the world will the global humanitarian challenge of COVID-19 be felt more acutely than in Africa. In a continent of approximately 1.2 billion people, almost all of its 54 countries have confirmed cases of coronavirus, with numbers likely to continue rising into the future. While a number of African governments have moved quickly to introduce some of the most stringent lockdown restrictions,…
Infinix, a premium online-driven smartphone brand designed for the young generations, and Infinix NOTE 7, a newest smartphone model targeting the mid-to-high end market segment, comes in with a 6.95”HD Infinity-O display, the biggest Infinity-O display ever from Infinix; MediaTek Helio G70 CPU performance, ideal for elite mobile gamers; a 48MP Quad AI Camera, boasting the highest pixel count in its price range; industry leading 18w super charge 3.0, and XOS 6.0 operating system based on the latest Android™ 10 system, elevating global users’ smartphone experience to a whole new level. Launching the NOTE 7 is a key milestone for…
BY ANDREW BOURNE Over the past few years, tech-savvy customers and younger, more dynamic, employees have forced businesses in all sectors to completely change their way of operating. But with that transformation has come an unprecedented threat in the shape of the harvesting and misuse of personal data by technology vendors. For their part, customers expect every company they interact with to use technology in a way that makes their lives simpler and more efficient. After all, if they can change insurers or buy groceries with a few taps of their smartphone, why shouldn’t they be able to do the…
The challenges in Africa’s digital space, as unveiled by the pandemic, have been percieved to be slowing down the expected utilization of technology on the continent however, the awareness of these problems present endless opportunities BY OPEOLUWA RUNSEWE It is no news that the outbreak and proliferation of Covid-19 have had some of the most acute implications on global economies in recent times; the vast majority of private and public institutions has been put on edge and is being forced to mitigate these unforeseen contingencies by adopting the swiftest and most dynamic mechanisms. Gradually, the virus has spread to 188…
BY VICTOR ADAR Enterprises that seek to bring social change in communities are known to receive mentorship from moguls and as always end up scaling, and creating sustainable jobs. The fact that picking an area you are comfortable venturing in is enough to be on the right track, it is better to have an internal drive and a bit of focus. With various inventive technologies available in the world, those who are ready to jump into the ring are truly spoilt for choice. One can accelerate access to credit by creating affordable and efficient money lending app, delve into healthcare,…
Africa’s property landscape is still in its infancy. It has immense opportunities to leverage the pandemic lessons as a springboard for the type of future-focused property development that could very well position the continent as a global property leader BY GERHARD ZEELIE An understandable response to the economic fallout of Covid-19 is for governments, industries and businesses trying to predict the path that the global economy will take in the coming months and years. However, given that this is a challenging exercise at best, it’s probably a better investment of valuable time and effort to ponder the many lessons –…
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the potential vulnerability of the world’s food supply chains. This is galvanising governments in emerging economies to boost domestic production through new agricultural inputs and investment in agri-tech and logistics networks The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that 265m people globally could face acute food insecurity by the end of the year – double the figure before the pandemic. This dramatic spike is based on a number of factors. For example, the lockdown measures have led to severe labour shortages in key agricultural areas, meaning that many crops were simply left to rot…
Improved registries streamline nation-wide reforms that help climb the ranks in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing business index – an international standard to measure a country’s appeal for foreign investment An effective business registration system plays a crucial role in economic well-being and its advancement, especially in emerging economies. However, it also needs a strong leadership backbone behind it to drive the process forward. Full leadership support and full-fledged business registrars are the key factors that help a country climb the Ease of Doing Business rankings, which enables it to attract more foreign capital, thus accelerating its economic growth. In…
A significant amount of government spending has gone towards development projects whose expected economic return might not be able to finance the cost of financing Kenya’s Public Debt has been on the rise in the recent years as a result of the Government’s ambitious development agenda evident in the country’s budgets over the last ten years. A number of rating agencies have in the near past relooked at the country’s sovereign credit outlook and changed them to a more negative one. In May, Moody’s Credit Agency, for instance released changed Kenya’s sovereign credit outlook to negative, from a previous outlook of…