Mobile banking has exploded in Africa and especially in Kenya since the launch of M-Pesa in 2007. In 2014, Safaricom, the telco who owns...

Is Ivory Coast growth flowing to the real economy? The Global KIC Score fell yet again in February, this time by 2 points to reach 7. At...

We are excited to welcome Dr. Jasper Grosskurth to our advisory board. Jasper is specialized in African markets and market research. He...

We are excited to welcome Dr. Edwin Weinstein to our advisory board. Ed is the founder and CEO of The Brondesbury Group, a Toronto-based...

Today, we are very excited to share with you what we've seen for 2.5 years now. Getting real time data from consumers across Africa and...

We have 2.5 million data points to prove that Africans are on the move. From South Africa to Ivory Coast, we have surveyed them every...

In 2016, we had the privilege to work with amazing people and organizations looking to build, grow and expand businesses in Africa. From...

Is South Africa turning the corner in 2017? The year 2016 was a difficult year for South Africa. The end of the commodity boom had a...

The past couple of years have been challenging for Ghana to say the least. Recurrent power shortages, economic slowdown due to commodity...

Last year, we had the privilege to work with amazing people and organizations looking to build, grow and expand businesses in Africa....

At the dawn of a new year, we take this moment to pause and reflect on what characterized the year 2016. Indeed it was another busy year...

Consumer confidence in Ghana at an all-time high going into 2017 After a year that saw the economic conditions in Ghana worsened, people...

Confidence from consumers in six major urban centers in Africa on the rise ahead of the holiday season. The KASI Consumer Confidence...

Last September, I wrote a piece about getting reliable data within the informal economies in Africa as a response to the questions that...

Last December, we predicted that the 2016 was going to be a ground breaking year for data in Africa. As we are getting close to the end...

The finalists for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2016 have been announced with a shortlist featuring the leading mobile and tech...

Africa is bound to be next growth destination with a growing middle class and a consumer market estimated to reach $1.2 trillion by 2020....