Applying for a visa is one of the hassles that makes travel into a country inconvenient. As a Spaniard travelling to Africa, I’ve had diverse experience depending on the country I visit. I don’t need any visa to enter South Africa, and I can get a visa on arrival to enter Kenya. The experience with […]
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Green Voices: Empowering Women to Fight Climate Change
This week I can’t help but relating to the International Working Women’s day celebration. I’ll do so celebrating Voces Verdes (Green Voices) — a great initiative by Mujeres por Africa (Women for Africa). Women for Africa is a Foundation aimed at contributing to African development through its women. Green Voices is a newly launched project to empower […]
Education in Africa: A Pillar of Growth
Last weekend I saw a great documentary: “Journey to school.” I strongly recommend it. It’s about four real stories of kids that undergo tremendous difficulties and dangers on a daily basis to go to school. One of the stories is that of Jackson, 11 and his younger sister. Everyday, they walk for 2 hours back […]
“Rethinking Africa”: A humanistic approach
“Rethinking Africa”: how does this resonate with you? To me, it sounds like a theme for a summit of business leaders and policy makers. Interestingly, it was the focus of a poetry workshop. Even more interestingly, a commentary* referred to “rethinking Africa” as “an endeavor perhaps better suited to poetry than policy papers.” At the […]
Top Companies in Africa
The Africa Report just published their list of top-500 African companies. This ranking is based on turnover (2014 data), and it includes companies operating in Africa whether they are homegrown or multinational affiliates. Some highlights (refer to the tables below): Top-10 companies in Africa: There hasn’t been much variation relative to last year: Sanlam, a […]
