Nbr. 462, April 2019

Index

• Jumia to list on NY Stock Exchange.
• Macron pledges $8bn for African startups and SMEs.
• NBA teams up with YouTube to launch African channel.
• World Bank and AfDB commit funds to fight climate change.
• AfDB launches 1bn [euro] 10-year bond.
• Number of African PE deals reaches six-year high.
• South African FDI reaches five-year high.
• Zimbabwe to sell shares in state-owned companies.
• African pharma: A prescription for success.
• Infographic: Pharmaceuticals.
• Digital startups take on Nigeria's healthcare headaches: Nigeria's healthcare system is underfunded, leading to poor services and suffering for many of its citizens, but digital startups are beginning to fill the gap with some innovative solutions, as Linus Unah discovers.
• African governments must widen the tax base: Revenue generation is an ongoing headache for African governments, but attempts to plug holes in the fiscus often amount to ad hoc measures that have unintended consequences.
• The dawn of Ethiopian tech: Can Ethiopia create a path for itself as a tech hub? The country's technology sector is still small, but the government is investing in incubation hubs in order to unleash the power of its large pool of tech-savvy graduates.
• Gebeya talent to build Africa's IT industry.
• Connection problem: MTN runs into trouble in Uganda.
• Rice farming central to Sierra Leone diversification bid: Boosting rice production in order to cut import bills and create jobs is a central pillar of Sierra Leone's new national development plan.
• Commonwealth seeks new relevance with trade focus.
• Will Simandou settlement kickstart Guinea's iron ore sector? A recent settlement has ended a series of legal disputes over Guinea's Simandou mine, opening the way for the development of previously untapped resources.
• How Ghana's changing consumer trends impact on communication.
• Africa can industrialise in a decade.
• Recruiters set sights on continent's scarce executives.
• 'Eskom is unduly obese'.
• Agriculture roundtable--Focus on Cameroon.
• Will Zimbabwe's new currency sink or swim?
• Senegal eyes infrastructure and oil boost after Sail victory: Optimism is high in Senegal, where the government of newly re-elected President Macky Sail intends to press on with its plans to boost infrastructure and make Senegal an oil exporter in the coming years.
• Sudan protests: Can Bashir weather the storm?: In Sudan, economic protests have developed into a major challenge for the government, with widespread calls for President Omar al-Bashir to stand down.
• King's Blood: WHY NO BRAND HAS EVER RULED LIKE TECIIO.
• Buhari promises more of the same for Nigeria: Nigeria's newly re-elected President Buhari has declared that he will see through his existing policy agenda, but critics fear that failure to change course will lead to economic disaster.
• Back to the future: Toby Green draws on a rich variety of sources to reveal how West Africa's present dilemmas are intimately linked to its precolonial past.
• African airlines must continue to prioritise safety: The tragic crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in March raises questions about airline safety around the world!, but the improving record of African airlines in recent years means their customers are right to have confidence in them.