-Written by Onajite Emerhor As an African born and bred woman, I am encouraged by the new wave of positive stories about Africa, but having first-hand experience of some of the difficulties our continent faces, it is clear that we cannot ignore areas that require vast improvement. Chief among these is the lack of interconnectivity …

Originally published on Ventures Africa Many young people across Africa are setting up their own businesses by innovating new products and services or reconfiguring old ones. One of them is Samuel Malinga. Last week, the 26 year old Ugandan received the Tony Elumelu Prize for Business at the Future Africa awards for his development of …

By Andrew Jack As Hauwa Katena, from Nigeria’s north western city of Kaduna, began researching how to overcome barriers to the expansion of her designer African women’s clothing business at the start of this year, she turned like so many others to the web. She came across the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme, and by April …