Mental health in African culture

How much does the African culture support mental health? In this short article we hear a perspective of the author on mental health in African culture. Right off, it will be worthwhile to say that the African society is very communal. This is true for a majority of African countries. However there may be exceptions. […]

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Africa legal systems: Nigeria

What are Africa legal systems like? In this discussion we looked at Africa legal systems: Nigeria in focus. Not surprisingly, Nigeria’s legal system has features of the legal system of British due to colonial history. For many countries, the legal systems in use to this day resemble those of countries they closely related to in

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Post-COVID recovery strategies for Africa: discussed

The world suffered a significant hit in the year 2020 following the Covid pandemic. Economies were greatly affected by lockdowns and restriction of movement of people among other measures taken by governments. In the month of November we will have a series of discussions on ‘Post-COVID recovery strategies for Africa’. The discussion is necessary since

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Informal sector within AcFTA

The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AcFTA) was launched on 1 July 2021. In this discussion we reflect on the need to include the informal sector within the AcFTA. The informal sector here refers to the unregistered, unlicensed and largely businesses operating outside the purview of regulatory authority. Informal businesses tend to be a majority

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Business incubators in Africa: some insights

Listen to this webinar on ‘Business Incubators in Africa’ where the panelists give some insights for entrepreneurs. The two panelists have experience with start-ups and running start-ups. Thus, they speak from their experience and knowledge in the area of incubation of businesses within Africa. To give some background information, incubation of businesses entails support of

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The Gig economy: prospects in East Africa

The Gig Economy quickly taking off or has taken off in most markets. Generally, the gig economy comprises of freelance work mainly offered by independent contractors rather than employees. Common gigs include, working as an Uber driver, delivering of food/goods through online platforms, freelance writing, among others. The unique aspects of the region will come

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Taxpayer Advocate Service: thoughts for Africa tax administrations

Taxpayer advocate service in Africa is scarcely discussed by tax administrations. Countries like the United States of America operate a full fledged Taxpayer Advocate service office. Canada also has an elaborate taxpayer bill of rights. The aim of taxpayer advocacy service is to provide assistance to taxpayers to comply with their tax obligations and to

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Russia war impacts Africa trade

We recently held a discussion on our podcast where we noted that Russia war impacts Africa trade significantly. Why is this? First, there is globalisation. This means that in the world right now, we rely on each other a lot for business. For example, a car manufacturing plant in South Africa would need certain inputs

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