ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Pan-African software development training startup Andela has made Rwanda its fourth African market with the launch of a technology hub in Kigali via a partnership with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB). Andela, which raised a US$40 million funding round in October of last year, initially launched operations in Nigeria in 2014 to …

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has challenged the Ghana Post Service to review its strategy and take advantage of the opportunities presented by e-commerce. The Minister admits to the major disruptions technology is having on economies and how Africa is positioned to benefit from the boom. The Ghana …

The daily minimum wage has been raised by 10 per cent, reaching GHȻ10.65 from GHȻ9.68. The decision was arrived at after deliberations of the National Tripartite Committee (NTC) in Accra on Thursday, July 26. A communique issued by the NTC has, therefore, directed all institutions whose Daily Minimum Wage is below …

As I was growing up, these were the women I wanted to be: triumphant at the highest levels of commerce, assailing stereotypes of what a successful businessperson looked like, with smarts and vision and the will to outwork everyone in sight. Being a “one or only” in the room where …

Kenyan social commerce startup Mookh has been named overall winner of the Visa Everywhere Initiative, with Nigerian startups CredPal and Growsel also taking home cash prizes. Disrupt Africa reported in March on the Sub-Saharan African launch of the Everywhere Initiative for the first time in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 12 startups eventually selected to …

African startups have received more than $160 million in the first half of this year, driven largely by Kenyan and Nigerian firms, surpassing the 2017 funding. A report by research and publishing firm WeeTracker shows that five Kenyan startups, mainly fintech firms, were among 10 companies that secured the highest …

Silicon Valley giant Google is expanding its regional mentorship programme for top early-stage technology startups in Africa, with the aim of helping them become commercially viable. The Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme started off with six countries at its launch eight months ago — Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria and South …

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), is holding a two-day conference for entrepreneurs in Ghana dubbed “The Young Entrepreneurs Forum.” The forum, which begun today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra will end on Thursday, July 26. The young entrepreneurs are expected to participate in …

Latest data from the Bank of Ghana dubbed the Summary of Economic and Financial Data indicates that Ghana earned 7.8 billion dollars from export as against 6.7 billion in import for June 2018, leaving a trade balance of 1.1 billion dollars. This means that by June this year (2018), the …

Even before the departure of its outgoing Chief Executive Officer (CEO), AngloGold Ashanti has found a new boss to succeed Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan who has been at the top job for the last 5 years. He is to be replaced by Kelvin Dushnisky who is President and Executive Director of Barrick …