What does a human resources leader at one of the most impactful startups operating in Africa look for when hiring? “You can have the best engineer in the world who has a brilliant jerk attitude and just disrupts your whole company,” says Juliet Oshagbemi, Zipline’s Chief People & Culture Officer, Africa.  For a drone technology

When Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) began migrating the country’s foundational identity system onto an open-source platform known as Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) in July 2025, it marked one of the most consequential technology shifts in the country’s digital history.  The move is central to the World Bank-backed Nigeria Digital Identity for

Kenya’s interest rate hits lowest in nearly three years Image Source: TechCabal It’s been a minute since we talked about countries’ interest rates and who’s sneezing at monetary policy meetings. But this one is significant: Kenya has been cutting interest rates for so long that the borrowing rate is now at its lowest ever since

Gaborone, Botswana - Eight Southern African countries – Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe are joining forces to prevent, detect and respond to disease outbreaks before they spread to communities. The three-year, USD 35.8 million initiative, Strengthening One Health Disease Surveillance and Response in Southern Africa, coordinated by the World Health Organization Regional Office for