September 2020 - allAfripreneurs - Empowering high potential entrepreneurs

How South Africa’s Social Housing Ignores Urban Economics and continues a history of spatial inequality.

The South Africa Constitution was passed into law in 1994. After four long years of negotiation, celebration erupted around the country and the world - apartheid is finally over. In…

Maxwell Tabarrok September 30, 2020

Kenya

The Rise of the Millennial Entrepreneur in Kenya

Photo Credit: thebookofsarah.com "Within every generation, there are always many subgroups by culture, ethnicity, wealth, class, education and other factors, which makes generational generalization very difficult." John Smart, CEO of…

Angela Njeri September 30, 2020

Mozambique

Is Mozambique the next victim of “resource curse”?

A few years ago, Mozambique was viewed as the hope of East Africa in 2010; with the offshore discovery of one of the largest natural gas fields in the world.…

Pauline Engelsen September 24, 2020

Mauritius

Mauritius Island: A growing opportunity for tourism industry

Mauritius has become a hub of economic activity in the region. It is as a result of the incentives such as issuance of number of work permits and favorable business…

Taimiya Khalid September 21, 2020

Rwanda

Synergies of ICT improvements and MSME financing in Rwanda

Micro-, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME1) play an important role in the economic growth of a country (for instance see Beck et al.), often employing a large part of the…

Robert Reinhardt September 21, 2020

Kenya

Stories from KENYA: Trust in FASHION

Tom Fletcher’s motto “Float like a bee, sting like a butterfly" can be always useful on T-shirts especially if they are made in Kenya (JLA Facebook, 2020). Rural Africa is…

Hasmig Boyadjian September 21, 2020

Egypt

Overcoming Challenges in Building a Green Economy in Egypt

Egypt is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest of Asia. Within the two continents is a land bridge called the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt's heritage dates…

Reetika Gupta September 17, 2020

South Africa

Changing Business Landscape to Digital Milieu: SMME in South Africa

In today’s increasingly virtualized and globalized workplace, organizations need new interventions to innovate, allocate resources and reinvent processes. That’s where smart strategies pay off, particularly in times of economic uncertainty.…

AAE Support Staff September 15, 2020

Ghana

Overseas Education – The Opening of New Horizons for Ghanaian Students

I distinctly remember a young boy from Accra who studied in the local school and his fascination to keep looking at the faraway mountains. He dreamt that one day he…

Brajbhushan Jha September 12, 2020