Africa holds 18% of the world's population, contributes 5% of global GDP, yet receives less than 1% of global venture capital each year. That single fact has stayed with me…
Why African Entrepreneurs Are Among the World's Most Resilient — But Still Underfunded As part of our research works, working closely with African entrepreneurs across education, health, and small business…
Picture a 14-year-old girl in Kano, northern Nigeria. She is curious, quick with numbers, and genuinely excited about how things work. She has never touched a computer. Her school has…
Unemployment Rate in Africa: A Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight We have sat across from a 26-year-old man in Lagos, Nigeria, who holds a university degree in engineering but sells…
There is a burning drive towards growth and development in Africa but uncertainty seems to be a challenge for investors. What most people are not aware of is, there are…
Across Africa, small businesses are everywhere. You see them in local markets, along busy streets, in small shops, farms, workshops, and increasingly online. For many families, these businesses are the…
In one of our recent initiatives in Lagos, Nigeria, we carried out some simple surveys. From the data we gathered, our research team gathered, it is evident that the growth…
Every week, our team of projects and research work together to figure out answers on some pertinent issues in Africa as it relates to our initiatives on: education, health, technology…
For the last few years, our team of volunteers and researchers have traveled to various schools in rural areas across Africa in urban centers in South Africa, Kenya and other…
In a recent event that unfolded in Lagos, we bumped into a market trader who told us she skipped her child's check-up. The cost matched half her weekly sales in…
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