Yonas Gebre Bronze

Watching the derby in Addis Ababa with 200 people and one TV. Best atmosphere anywhere. #Football

Diaspora sending money home every month and still being asked why they have not built a house yet. #Diaspora

Internet was throttled across parts of Addis Ababa during yesterday's protest. Nobody will confirm it officially. #DigitalRights

Startups in Kisumu are raising less this year but building more. Quietly the best sign I have seen. #AfricanTech

Fibre finally reached my street in Mombasa. Ten years after they announced it. #Connectivity

Cement prices up 40% since January. Every construction site in Cairo has stalled. #Economy

A Dar es Salaam bank froze accounts for 'verification' and customers waited 3 weeks. No compensation. #Banking

Fuel queues are back in Dar es Salaam. Stations closed by 6pm, black market selling at triple the pump price. #FuelCrisis

Schools reopened in Dar es Salaam without desks. Children sitting on the floor while budgets get 'reviewed'. #Education

Traffic in Durban took 2 hours for a 6km trip. I have started leaving before sunrise. #Traffic

Saint-Louis nightlife is unmatched. Change my mind. #Culture

My neighbour fixed the street light himself because nobody came for 8 months. #Community

New toll gates announced on the Alexandria expressway. Nobody consulted the drivers who use it daily. #Infrastructure

Scouts fly in, sign our best at 17, and the local club gets nothing. #Football

The informal sector employs most of us and is taxed like an afterthought. #SmallBusiness