Feb 17, 2020
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! CREDIT SCARRED African debt is on the rise and that fact is causing tensions to spark in unexpected places. Total external debt for Sub Saharan Africa jumped nearly 150% to $583 billion in 2018 from $236 billion 10 years earlier, according...
Feb 10, 2020
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! SPENDING POWER In the early 2010s, African tech ecosystems were defined by the promise of e-commerce with a simple mission: getting hundreds of millions of young Africans to make online purchases. A decade on, the mission still remains a...
Nov 25, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! BETTER HALF The number of women founders and co-founders in Africa is on the rise, according to research by Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) an online community for startups. In 2019 that number was still just at 18%, that’s fewer than one...
Nov 18, 2019
Hi, Quartz Africa readers! BEATING THE ODDS An often repeated saying among entrepreneurs in Nigeria is one borrowed from New York: “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” But the circumstances are usually less glamorous than in New York. The sentiment...
Nov 12, 2019
African Studies News and Events No Images? Click here Upcoming Events Les Cafés Féministes: Nigel Lezama | Splendeurs et misères de la femme noire dans la culture hip-hop Nigel Lezama, professeur agrégé au département de langues, littératures et cultures modernes à...
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