Analysis: while the example of Jumia reveals the difficulty of achieving the same profitability of their model, the future of these delivery platforms is very much at stake in their “local” dimension. Do they help promote Made in Africa products? That’s what is at stake. Part three (final).

Jumia, Glovo, Gozem… Super-Apps are multiplying on the continent. Each one has its own model and range of services. If their ambitions to expand regionally have been slowed down by COVID-19, the pandemic has also revealed their flexibility and their ability to adapt to the new needs of the markets where they are based. Part two.

Delivery platforms that were not rather rooted in customs before the pandemic are booming in Africa, boosted by lockdowns. That business is at the same time diversifying. Part one.

While the global market for creative industries is estimated at 2.4 billion dollars, Africa accounts only for 5% despite a potential deemed large. The Covid-19 crisis, which has hit the players in the sector hard, is proving to be an opportunity. This is thanks to digital technology in particular…

The Covid-19 pandemic has galvanized the development of more than 120 health technology innovations that have been piloted or adopted in Africa, a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis finds.

In Senegal, digital technology is taking part in the response against the coronavirus pandemic. Young enthusiasts have created several digital solutions that intervene at different levels of the fight. The Senegalese authorities intend to integrate some of these solutions into the dynamic of the gradual recovery of the economy. Video report.

E- Tontine offers unbanked Senegalese the opportunity to save in order to buy equipment or food products. A platform that revisits the traditional Tontine adapted to the needs of modern times.