By Ebi Atawodi, General Manager, Uber West Africa ABUJA, Nigeria, June 9, 2016/ — At the start of the last century, just one in seven people worldwide lived in cities. Today it’s half, and by 2050 (http://bit.ly/1N3gAH6), the UN predicts (http://bit.ly/1N3gAH6) another 2.5 billion people will be living in urban areas. This has brought huge benefits, with the...
PROF. DR. WOLFGANG H. THOME Ethiopian Airlines is the first African airline to take delivery of the world’s most advanced commercial passenger aircraft – the Airbus A350XWB. Registered as ET-ATQ with an Airbus Manufacturers Serial Number MSN 40, the new aircraft will ring in a new era for Ethiopian, which has hitherto be an almost...
By Oliver Staley, Quartz Not long ago, Elizabeth Holmes was regarded as one of the US’s most successful female entrepreneurs, with a net worth of $4.5 billion, Forbes estimated. Today Forbes cut that figure to zero. Holmes’s wealth is entirely wrapped up in her 50% stake in Theranos, the medical testing start-up she founded in...
LONDON, — Standard Chartered Bank (www.SC.com) is bringing its newest mobile and online banking platform to 1 million clients across 8 African markets, the most extensive digital rollout of its kind in Africa by an international bank. Supported by the Bank’s global-standard technology, clients will enjoy a consistent online experience across laptops, tablets or mobile...
Accra, Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading airline, would be sponsoring a familiarisation trip by Chinese tour operators to Ghana. A statement issued in Accra by the Airline said the trip was in partnership with some leading Ghanaian tour operators like Apstar and Sunseekers. It said the Chinese were the biggest travellers in the world and were...
By Matt Pearce, Here’s the story of the biggest mistake I ever made with a banana While on assignment in Minneapolis earlier this month, I stopped by Maashaa’allah Restaurant in Cedar-Riverside for my first-ever traditional Somali meal: an enormous $14 rice and lamb plate. The server brought it out. And then a banana. A banana? I tweeted a photo...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Economic growth across the region is likely to remain slower in coming years than it has been over the past 10 to15 years. The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) baseline projection for 2016 is now down to 3%, from what was a forecasted 6.1% in April 2015(1). The main reasons for a...
ADDIS ABABA: Betting big on India’s booming aviation market which has outperformed the United States (US) and China in terms of domestic passengers traffic growth, Africa’s leading carrier Ethiopian Airlines plans to expand its operations in India with new flights and aircraft upgrade. The pan-African flag carrier currently operates a daily double service to New...
By Kyle Haddad-Fonda In May 2016, the Emirates airline inaugurated its new direct service to the Chinese city of Yinchuan. Yinchuan joins Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou as destinations served by Emirates, meaning that a passenger who boards a plane in Dubai is now able to fly nonstop to China’s first, second, third, or 71st most-populous urban area. Yinchuan, situated...
By Mohammed Dahir Ahmed The Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) sector in Somaliland is the biggest income and employment generator for many people and the largest business sector. Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) that trade clothes, food, agricultural products, consumables, gold, beverages, fruits etc are visible in every city’s main street across the...