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Appetite from local investors fuels surge in African startup funding

  By Seth Onyango, bird story agency   Despite a steep downturn in startup funding in Africa since 2022, more African investors are channelling substantial investments into homegrown enterprises. This is a marked departure from the previous years, when North American investors, particularly from the U.S., led the charge in startup funding across the continent. Analysis from Africa: The Big Deal identified at least 619 unique investors who participated in […]

todayMarch 14, 2024 32

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Lagos bans single-use plastics – why I think Nigeria should have taxed them instead

    By Kehinde Allen-Taylor, Technical University Braunschweig   Waste pollution is a huge problem in Nigeria, with serious impacts on the environment. In response, the Lagos state government has banned styrofoam (a type of plastic widely used as food containers) and other single-use products. Following a three-week moratorium for producers and sellers to mop up styrofoam containers, enforcement began on 4 March 2024. In 2019, Nigeria was estimated to […]

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Nigeria risks losing all its forest elephants – what we found when we went looking for them

    By Rosemary Iriowen Egonmwan, University of Lagos and Bola Oboh, University of Lagos   Nigeria is one of 37 African countries where elephants are found in the wild. Savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) can be found in the north and forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in the south. It’s not clear how many elephants there are in Nigeria. Eighteen years ago, the African Elephant Study Report estimated that there were […]

todayMarch 12, 2024 13

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Nigeria is the second fastest-growing country in the world for software developers, Egypt seventh

Conrad Onyango, bird story agency The latest data from GitHub, a global hub for software development, has listed the two African economies - Nigeria and Egypt - as among the world’s 10 fastest-growing countries for software development in 2023. It may come as no surprise that software development is on the rise in Africa. Vibrant startup hubs across the continent have become famous, with Silicon Cape, Silicon Savannah and Silicon […]

todayMarch 8, 2024 13

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Women battle when trying to take climate change cases to court – South Africa and Nigeria study shows why

    Pedi Obani, University of Bradford   Across domestic courts in Africa, climate cases have been decided in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya, with some cases pending in Uganda. However, climate litigation is still fairly new. Climate lawsuits are an important way to access justice. This is particularly true for African women because, as research has shown, climate change affects women more than men in key areas including farming, […]

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Binance to stop transactions in Nigeria

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is ending all transactions and trading in Nigeria's local currency after 8 March 2024. This after Nigeria clamped down on the global crypto exchange, blaming it for feeding a black market for foreign exchange. Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja.

todayMarch 6, 2024 6

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Capricorn Eagles Set to Soar at Debut Appearance in African Games

The Namibia women's cricket team, The Capricorn Eagles, is gearing up passionately to make its mark at the African Games hosted in Ghana. Scheduled from 7 to 13 March, this historic tournament marks cricket's grand entrance into the African Games. The Capricorn Eagles are looking forward to showcasing a good brand of cricket against formidable opponents from across the continent. Placed in Group A, alongside South Africa, Tanzania, and Nigeria, […]

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