In a RootsToFoods Capital Series interview, Kanini Mutooni of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation follows one Kenyan cold-chain company from DRK’s first check to the path to financial sustainability, and Dr. Frank Aswani of the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance explains what it would take for ten more to do the same. Ovidiu Bujorean, chief executive…
More than 200 passengers, mostly Americans, are stranded in Cambodia after the operator of a luxury cruise ship ran out of money due to skyrocketing fuel costs. Cristian Benavides reports on the details.
Tesla Cybercab Vodacom and SmartOps Fleet want to put up to 55 000 vehicles on e-hailing platforms in the next nine to 12 months, 66% of them electric, Engineering News reported recently. That is about 36 000 electric vehicles in an industry that today runs just a few hundred. Uber’s electric service launched in Johannesburg in…
Getting aid to people in the world’s most neglected emergencies takes more than money. It takes open roads, open borders and leaders willing to help it reach those in dire need. That was the message from UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Friday, as the aid coordination office he runs, OCHA, released $160 million to…
Airtel Mobile Commerce N.V., the parent company of Airtel Money, has set its initial public offering price at £1.96 per share. This values the business at an estimated £5.3 billion, or $7 billion, upon its London Stock Exchange admission. The company announced the price on Thursday, October 1, following its IPO intention confirmed September 23….
Airtel Money, a mobile payments business operating across Africa, has set a $7 billion valuation for its planned debut on the London stock market. The company, a unit of Airtel Africa, expects admission to trading on October 14. This move will allow existing shareholders to sell part of their holdings in one of the continent’s…
Airtel Money has launched a retail offer for its initial public offering, setting a minimum application of £250 per investor. This move precedes its planned listing on the London Stock Exchange. The offer commenced on October 2, 2026, and is specifically available to eligible investors who are resident and physically present in the United Kingdom….
Bolivia’s attorney general arrested for alleged money laundering and drug trafficking U.S.-sanctioned Bolivian Attorney General Roger Mariaca has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and drug trafficking, with police finding bundles of cash smuggled out of his house, the government said Thursday. Mariaca was arrested on Wednesday night in the eastern city of Santa…
In a RootsToFoods Capital Series interview continuing Wave 2 of the series, Michael Meehan, founder of the Forum for Impact and former chief executive of the Global Reporting Initiative, argues that capital corridors are not built from scratch. They are recognized, then organized, and some of the most active ones now connect the Gulf, Europe…
The Made for More Africa Initiative of the Victor Bello Foundation is set to address the culture of instant gratification and the pursuit of quick wealth among young people at its 6th Annual Conference in Jos, Plateau State. The conference, themed “The Bigger Picture: Building for Legacy in an Age of Instant Gratification,” is scheduled…
