Offshore Network has published the report Nigeria Well Intervention Forecast.

Key features include:

Regulations: See how to position yourself to take advantage of an uplift in activity as the Nigerian government puts well intervention at the forefront of production plans

Production rates: Understand how well intervention can best serve the Nigerian market and what regulators regard as the important issues workovers can solve to optimize recovery...

Africa is an internet freedom friendly continent with countries like Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa dubbed as a silicon Savanna and the next tech investment capital in the world. 

So many African countries don’t seem to be engaging in online censorship, and this is really impressive. This creates an enabling ground for Africans to thrive and enter international markets. Using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) has been accepted in Africa and across the world as the demand for...

Somalia‘s Minister of Finance, Dr. Abdirahman Beileh and the African Development Bank‘s Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Khaled Sherif  signed a $122.55 million grant agreement to advance Somalia’s national development agenda, consolidate peace and ensure inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction.

The signing follows the approval on February 26 by the Bank’s Board, of Somalia’s Arrears Clearance framework and a Policy Based Operation, and is the second stage of a process that...

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Bajabulile “Swazi” Tshabalala as Acting Senior Vice President of the Bank with immediate effect.

Ms. Tshabalala, currently the Vice President for Finance and Chief Finance Officer for the African Development Bank Group, joined the Bank on August 1, 2018. Ms. Tshabalala will replace, in this acting capacity, Mr. Charles Boamah, the...

The Ghanaian government has partnered with Glico TCHO, a Japanese food company which produces chocolates and confectioneries, to set up the first ever Sensory Evaluation & Bean Quality Laboratory and a Quality Training Centre at Akyem Tafo in the Eastern Region.

The Laboratory and Training Centre when completed, will be the first ever flavour testing laboratory in Africa. The project, which is to be completed in 6 months’ time will be fully... 

Babatunde Akin-Moses is the CEO of Sycamore a Nigerian company offering peer to peer lending while connecting lenders to borrowers.

Tell us about Sycamore

Sycamore is a peer to peer lending platform which connects lenders to borrowers. Our purpose is to ensure that individuals and businesses across the developing world are financially empowere to achieve their dreams. My role as the CEO of Sycamore, is to ensure that we fufill this purpose...

Pressure is building to phase out fossil fuels in Africa to fight climate change. Organizations ranging from the World Bank to the European Investment Bank (EIB) have dropped support for African fossil fuel production in hopes of encouraging a transition from oil, gas and coal to sustainable energy sources like wind and solar power.

Now there are legitimate concerns that investor support for oil and gas production will dwindle as well. Blackrock, which controls $7 trillion in investments, and the Royal Bank of...

PT SportSuite is a South African company whose mission is to digitally disrupt the sporting industry’s media landscape by allowing sporting organisations to operate like commercially-minded modern media houses, while building sustainable digital communities around their brand. The CEO Rich Cheary elaborates.

Tell us about PT SportSuite and your role in it.

PT SportSuite is a start-up “spin-off” from parent company Publisher’s Toolbox. As Publisher’s Toolbox CEO, the opportunity to enter the sports fray and apply the...

African telco operators face a landmark five-year period as they strive to reimagine their business models and build new capabilities that will ensure their future success.

Currently, non-traditional market entrants are putting pressure on telco operators’ profit margins, forcing them to look at ways of quickly delivering new services to meet customer demands. The introduction of telco operator -enabled IoT networks and the upcoming rollout of 5G is also...

Africa Business Communities is conducting a series of interviews with startup businesses in Africa. Are you a startup in Africa and interested in an interview? Great! Send an e-mail to bas@africabusinesscommunities.com

These are some of the Startup Interviews that we have published in the past few months...