Three factors stand out in what’s making African startups successful, according to just-released annual research results from Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A). And those factors are team, team – and team. “Although many factors go into building a company, analysis of the data makes clear that a strong team of…
More than half of all people living with the HIV virus now have access to treatment, while AIDS-related deaths have nearly been cut in half since 2005, the United Nations said in a new report. “Communities and families are thriving as AIDS is being pushed back,” said Michel Sidibé of…
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to fall to 1.6 percent in 2016, but despite reaching the lowest level in two decades is expected to make a modest recovery in 2017. Real GDP is forecast to grow 2.9 percent in 2017, then rise to 3.6 percent in 2018. That’s…