insert_link Business / Economics New Website Connects Larger Enterprises with Informal Microenterprises A brand marketing expert has created a website aimed at supporting the informal micro-enterprise sector in promoting their access to goods, services, and financing. Corresponding for us is One Africa TV's NewsOnOne reporter, Selma Taapopi who reported on Pierre Mare, the specialist behind the platform's design. Mare explains that it will facilitate connections between larger businesses and informal and microenterprises. today4 February, 2025
insert_link Africa Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger want to leave Ecowas. A political scientist explains the fallout By Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have sent Ecowas, west Africa’s main political union of 15 countries, a formal notice of their withdrawal from the bloc. The three countries are governed by military rulers who have overthrown democratically elected leaders since 2021. The Conversation Africa’s Godfred Akoto Boafo asked political scientist Olayinka Ajala about the implications of the withdrawal. Why are Mali, Benin […] today6 February, 2024
insert_link Business / Economics South Africa, Joburg building fire survivors demand better housing after their settlement floods By Kimberly Mutandiro via GroundUp Albert Street building fire survivors and activists, who are part of the Marshalltown Fire Justice Campaign, meet at the Denver settlement on the outskirts of the city centre on Wednesday to discuss their poor living conditions. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro Survivors of the Albert Street building fire in Johannesburg and activists gathered on Wednesday for an emergency meeting. The building was engulfed in a fire in August […] today12 January, 2024
