Fuel queues are back in Cairo. Stations closed by 6pm, black market selling at triple the pump price. #FuelCrisis
Scouts fly in, sign our best at 17, and the local club gets nothing. #Football
Data bundles cost more here than in countries with ten times our income. Explain that. #DigitalRights
Watching the derby in Dakar with 200 people and one TV. Best atmosphere anywhere. #Football
Mobile money agents in Durban are charging unofficial fees again. Everyone knows. Nobody stops it. #MobileMoney
Cement prices up 40% since January. Every construction site in Nairobi has stalled. #Economy
Data bundles cost more here than in countries with ten times our income. Explain that. #DigitalRights
Soixante et une candidatures cette année. Trois entretiens. Deux fois on m'a dit à la fin que le poste était déjà pourvu en interne.
Fuel queues are back in Alexandria. Stations closed by 6pm, black market selling at triple the pump price. #FuelCrisis
New toll gates announced on the Cape Town expressway. Nobody consulted the drivers who use it daily. #Infrastructure
Built a whole fintech MVP on a laptop with 4GB RAM in Dar es Salaam. Constraints make you sharper. #AfricanTech
بعت سيارتي لدفع تكاليف علاج أمي. التأمين قال غير مشمول بعد أن وافق هاتفيًا. لا تسجيل ولا دليل.
Startups in Johannesburg are raising less this year but building more. Quietly the best sign I have seen. #AfricanTech
Matatu fare from Rongai doubled the moment it started drizzling. Not raining. Drizzling.
The donation money bought two vehicles. Not one borehole was drilled.
Miaka kumi na miwili katika kampuni ile. Walitangaza mabadiliko Ijumaa, walinzi wakanisindikiza nje Jumatatu. Hakuna kiinua mgongo, hakuna maelezo.
Small joys: rain in Cape Town after weeks of heat. #Weather
Traffic in Takoradi took 2 hours for a 6km trip. I have started leaving before sunrise. #Traffic
Rent, transport, food. Pick two. That is the maths in Nairobi right now. #CostOfLiving
Data bundles cost more here than in countries with ten times our income. Explain that. #DigitalRights
Scouts fly in, sign our best at 17, and the local club gets nothing. #Football
Startups in Dakar are raising less this year but building more. Quietly the best sign I have seen. #AfricanTech
Mobile money agents in Saint-Louis are charging unofficial fees again. Everyone knows. Nobody stops it. #MobileMoney
أنا من يعالج طلبات المنح. أربعون بالمئة من المقاعد موزعة قبل أن يفتح التقديم أصلًا.
Diaspora sending money home every month and still being asked why they have not built a house yet. #Diaspora
Mimi ndiye ninayeingiza data kliniki. Tunaandika wagonjwa hewa ili kudai bima. Sipati usingizi lakini siwezi kupoteza kazi hii.
Diaspora sending money home every month and still being asked why they have not built a house yet. #Diaspora
Landlords in Addis Ababa now demanding two years rent upfront. Young people are being priced out of their own city. #Housing
الحفرة في شارعنا موجودة منذ زمن طويل حتى صار لها اسم.
Import duties changed overnight. Traders in Johannesburg lost thousands on goods already shipped. #Trade
من قرر أن خدمة العملاء يجب أن تقول أولاً مكالمتك مهمة لدينا لدقيقتين يدين لنا باعتذار.
My landlady in Accra now wants two years rent in advance. GH₵36,000 upfront. Who has that sitting down somewhere?
The informal sector employs most of us and is taxed like an afterthought. #SmallBusiness
Fuel queues are back in Cairo. Stations closed by 6pm, black market selling at triple the pump price. #FuelCrisis
Our department was told to inflate the numbers before the audit visit.
Nollywood put out three films this month better than most streaming originals. #Nollywood
Kwa nini 'shida ya mtandao' benki inatokea tu ninapotaka kutoa pesa, kamwe wanapotaka kunikata?
Diaspora sending money home every month and still being asked why they have not built a house yet. #Diaspora
هناك رسم يُجمع على باب السوق لا وجود له في أي قانون. يوميًا من كل تاجر. احسبوها على ألف وأربعمائة محل.
Bandeli yangu imeisha siku nne na nilikuwa WhatsApp tu. Kuna tatizo na vipimo vyao.
Mon forfait internet est fini en quatre jours alors que je n'ai fait que WhatsApp. Il y a un problème avec leurs compteurs.
My neighbour fixed the street light himself because nobody came for 8 months. #Community
Built a whole fintech MVP on a laptop with 4GB RAM in Alexandria. Constraints make you sharper. #AfricanTech
Cas de choléra confirmés dans trois quartiers. L'annonce publique est arrivée onze jours après le premier cas.
