For some African startups, the impact of COVID-19 led to pay cuts, layoffs, and furloughs. However, African businesses are not the only business involved with such operations. For example, the new generation mega billion-dollar startups; Silicon Valley, and three marquee San Francisco tech companies namely; Uber, Airbnb, and Lyft, have, in the last few days, cut thousands of jobs, in...
Nigerian UK-trained medical doctor and founder of Flying Doctors Nigeria, Dr Ola Brown recently developed a special walk-in COVID-19 testing booth that can save many lives and a lot of money too. This mobile testing booth has the potential to cut down on the use of single-use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), which are, anyway, in short supply. With this, the doctor/...
“We didn’t see this coming, we didn’t know it was going to happen, but we are all here, so how do we survive? What can we do?” ANONYMOUS   “The global COVID-19 crisis is a bolt out of the blue for us all with serious implications as it is rapidly changing the way we live and work. Not only does it threaten...
The logistics business is the most hit of the nearly worldwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus which has disrupted almost all sectors and doing business in Africa. As a result, young Nigerian E-logistics entrepreneur, Obi Ozor, Group CEO and co-founder of E-logistics startup Kobo360 had to go back to the drawing board. According to...
A report from Deutesche Welle reveals that African entrepreneurs are the hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis in Germany. According to the report, Africans who own stores and hairdressers or produce music in Germany also makes for a vibrant subculture, as the country now faces the COVID-19, the outlook is bleak for the Afro-German business community. On any normal day at...
Before now, the export business was a ‘no go’ area for many entrepreneurs around the world. This was due to the many bureaucracies that were involved and the seemly perception that if a person was into international trade, then the person would either worth at least one million dollars or have top government connections. However, the story has changed. Today...

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