African Perspective

World Bank’s Digital Acceleration Program, XL Africa was at the Africa Angel Investor Summit 2017, through which top 20 African start-ups showcased their business models. These businesses have traction with digital services and products on the market now, and are seeking Series A capital between $250,000 to $1.5 million.

XL Africa (https://www.xl-africa.com); is a five-month acceleration program designed to support the scale-up of top 20 startups from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), selected from some 900 applicants.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship At The Centre of World Bank's Agenda For Africa - XL-Africa

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We are what we think. What we think is determined by our ability to learn; and the basis for learning is established in our first 1,000 days of life. It is during those early years that we lay the foundation for endless possibilities.
Erika is a Portfolio Manager at Innovation Edge, a key part of her role is challenging investees to apply their skills to a space that is often unfamiliar to them. This involves helping them to re- imagine their ideas to solve challenges that they did not necessarily set out to solve. This is frequently where the real innovation happens.

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We're introducing news things on the show and I'm proud to announce that we will have a Personal Finance feature.
The contributor to this segment is Adam Helper who is an accredited Financial Advisor. We first get to find out who he is, then we're discussing how to maximise your retirement savings. You don't wanna retire poor, right?

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“Today’s investment in Enterprise Development is Tomorrow’s Security of Supply”
The ABSA Enterprise Supplier Development provides both the public and private sector with the opportunity to showcase their leading verified Black Owned Suppliers.
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PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS / BUYERS Procurement professionals have the opportunity to SOURCE from over 400 of these highly rated SMME’s in order to meet your preferential procurement and supplier development needs!

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As we know that the way we conduct business today is ever changing, you see this change frequently through the term coined as digital transformation or in essence the digitalisation of business. Sarah is taking to the stage during the Smart Procurement conference to distil what this digitalisation means today and how procurement processes can be simplified to drive business forward. Cloud technology is proving to be a key catalyst towards driving business growth; addressing the need to streamline business process, increase rapid time to innovation, gaining operational improvements and saving on costs.

We understand that with this technological innovation and development, comes much uncertainty- not knowing how this software-as- a- service solution works, or what potential it offers business, what it looks like and how it works.

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The Kenya supreme court ruling overturning the election and calling for new ones, the official verification of results in Angola, continuing troubles resulting from Lesotho and Zambia elections -- calls for an examination on what can be done to improve the electoral process.

On this show, we have conversation about the following:

. How do we Make Election Commissions truly independent.
. How do we Remove political party and incumbent administration advantages by ensuring full access to state media by opposition parties (quota system of air time) and resources.
. Giving actual power to the decisions of international election observers.

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Tourism is the second largest contributor of FDI after Agriculture;
Kenya’s economy will grow at a healthy pace in 2017. The economy is supported by a strong rebound in exports and steady (though somewhat slower) gains in private consumption. The slow growth in credit – which stems from the government’s decision to cap interest rates – curbs business investment. Uncertainty about the coming presidential election also dampens investor sentiment. Growth of real GDP will gradually rise, reaching 6.5% per year in the medium term. To fully benefit from the region´s tourism potential governments and stakeholders should work together to address issues such as infrastructure, security and sustainability by integrating the right policies and regulations.

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In this episode, we will be focusing in Lagos, Nigeria. Sub-Saharan African tourism has grown by an average of 4.3% per year since 2008, outpacing the global average of 3.2%, this growth is expected to continue reaching over 45 million arrivals by 2018. The Increased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), new trade partnerships, access to international capital and rise of the middle classes will help the continent live up to its tourism potential. However, governments and stakeholders need to develop the right strategies and regulations to maximise the benefits of tourism. Huge opportunities for tourism development exist in sub-Saharan Africa, with international arrivals expected to reach over 45 million visitors by 2018, this will be driven by strong economic growth and increased flight capacity.

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Dipolelo Moime of Lerato Advisory Group join the host of Business Today  in Africa for his weekly Africa Business Report.

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The Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN) says that less than three per cent of tourists visiting Africa annually choose Nigeria as their tourism destinations.
Consumer goods firms beat recession, revenue up by N160bn.
Africa loses 4-5% of its GDP because of weak infrastructure – Akinwumi Adesina.
Nigeria budget, despite being signed into law, still being amended.
Headline Inflation in June 2017 to Decline to 16.1%.

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