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Seth Onyango

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Seth Onyango

International Security. Pan-African. πš†πš›πš’πšπšŽπš›/π™΄πšπš’πšπš˜πš› 𝚊𝚝 πš‹πš’πš›πš πšœπšπš˜πš›πš’ πšŠπšπšŽπš—πšŒπš’.

China has remodelled its African investment strategy, focusing on selective projects, co-financed deals, and debt restructuring, as Gulf states ramp up investments through sovereign-led funding, infrastructure expansion, and diversified acquisitions.

Gulf states channel billions into Africa as China revamps financial model

Gulf sovereign wealth funds are rapidly expanding in Africa, filling a financing gap left by China’s strategic pullback and reshaping the continent’s development landscape

New millionaire residents in Cape Town will surge by 85% in 2033, making it one of the Brics nations fastest growing wealth hubs. (Photo by: Peter Adams/Avalon/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Cape Town to mint 6100 new millionaires in projected wealth boom

New millionaire residents will surge by 85% in 2033, making it one of the Brics nations fastest growing wealth hubs

Maasai activist Edith Santiyian during an interview with bird story agency at COP28 held in Dubai, November 2023. Photo: Seth Onyango, bird story agency

Maasai activist turns juicy inspiration into climate action

Edith Santiyian started a foundation dedicated to reforestation using fruit trees

Tall story: An engineered hybrid timber building, Burj, has been proposed for Zanzibar, Tanzania.

Investors bank on African timber for sustainable building boom

A surge in construction activity in Africa is drawing a new breed of investors eyeing mass timber – and the carbon-trapping forests needed to support it – as a sustainable…

5G connections in Africa to increase 50-fold by 2028

Investment is being driven by a youthful population and high demand for connectivity

Safiri Salama, kiSwahili for β€œgo in peace” or β€œtravel well”, is a familiar farewell term used during East African funerals.

Kenyan β€˜end-of-life’ services tech startup is digitising mourning

From memorials to digital death notices, Safiri Salama is changing how we say goodbye, giving the funeral industry a tech upgrade

Global tech billionaires eye Zambia’s electric vehicle battery mines

Foreign direct investment into Zambia soared 158% in 2022 to $8.5 billion, creating 74 000 new jobs

Solution: A vendor uses a solar lamp in Kenya’s Kibera slums. Photo: Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Paraffin lamps go out across Africa, thanks to solar

Off-grid solar services using mobile payments deliver affordable, clean energy solutions

Electric avenue: Minibus taxis in Nigeria. The high cost of fuel, pollution, global warming and government regulations are behind the move to electric vehicles. Photo: Damilola Onafuwa/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Africa’s electrifying its fossil-fuelled cars

The conversion of internal combustion engines to electric vehicles is picking up on the continent as high fuel prices drive interest in green mobility

Appetite for Islamic banking concepts ticks up in Africa

A steady wave of investments from the Gulf states is supercharging the growth of the continent’s Islamic financial industry

PCCW’s HKT unit will unveil the entertainment service as early as next week.

Africa media consumption shifts to local content, but not by African authors

Local content is beginning to outcompete international films in Africa as rapid smartphone penetration and an affordable and expanding internet bring African creatives closer to…

Kenya’s microfinance banks are the target of fintech firms from abroad seeking to sidestep stringent regulatory perimeters for digital lenders

Fintech firms ramp up investments in Kenya’s microfinance space

Kenya’s microfinance banks are the target of fintech firms from abroad seeking to sidestep stringent regulatory perimeters for digital lenders

Up to one in five people can get long COVID β€” a condition in which someone keeps on feeling ill for months after their initial symptoms have cleared up. (Paul Botes)

No Covid-19 apocalypse in Africa, as WHO expects a steep drop in fatalities

Countries on the continent responded effectively to the virus despite the dire predictions of some in the West

As Africa’s first metaverse marketplace, Ubuntuland begins to gain traction, a study suggests that the virtual world platform could plug more than 40 billion US dollars into the African economy in its first decade. (Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Metaverse: Virtual economy to pump $40bn into African GDP

A study suggests that the virtual world platform could plug more than 40 billion US dollars into the African economy in its first decade.

The Leonardo currently Africas tallest building, stands in the Sandton district of Johannesburg. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Sandton paves golden path in Africa’s ultra-luxury property market

Changing home buyer behaviour among Africa’s high net worth individuals is inflating demand for ultra-luxury condos and penthouses

(Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Government support sparks EV investment

South Africa’s automotive sector is making a strong comeback from the economic fallout of the pandemic.