Month: July 2019

Cattle have long been considered a measure of wealth across Africa but it is not just farmers cashing in. A pioneering app in South Africa allows investors, eager to benefit from rising global beef demand, buy shares in a cow from their mobile phone for as little as ($41). Launched in 2015 with 26 cows, the project now includes more… Read More

A pioneering app in South Africa lets investors, eager to benefit from rising global beef demand, buy shares in a cow from their mobile phone for as little as 576 rand ($41). Self-styled “crowd-farming” company Livestock Wealth connects investors with small-scale farmers via its “MyFarmbook” app, where they can buy their own cow and receive interest rates of between 5%… Read More

The LAMUKA opposition coalition party in the Democratic Republic of Congo is reaffirming its victory in the December 2018 presidential elections. Members present in a meeting on Tuesday in Lubumbashi, that is Martin Fayulu, the unfortunate candidate in the last polls, former Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, Lamuka former coordinator Moïse Katumbi and Eve Bazaiba, Jean-Pierre Bemba’s representative, agreed on the… Read More

Over the past weekend to much of this week, the news about a “modern-day Jesus” having visited some African countries have been topping Twitter trends in different countries. The story has also been covered extensively by local and continental media portals. For some reason social media “forced” a situation that meant the said Jesus was in two countries at the… Read More

Alabama has filed a federal court claim to ownership of the wreckage of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the U.S., a move the archaeologist who helped find the ship says will bolster protection of the site. The so-called admiralty claim presented by Alabama in federal court asks a judge to declare the state the… Read More