HANS STOISSER
Self-Flying Air Taxi took off in Kigali
On 3 September 2025, the first Chinese self-flying air taxi took off in Kigali. Rwanda has become a "proof-of-concept country". This could also be a chance for European companies.
HANS STOISSER
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Contribution to the whole instead of playing pointless games – What we can learn from Rwanda
Last week in our ‘Learning Journey to Rwanda’ we visited more than a dozen companies and institutions. We met the Rwanda Development Board, the phenomenal Israel Bimpe and Irembo, Zipline, Norrsken, MunyaxEco, Rwanda Mountain Tea, Pink Mango and others. We…
Gaining confidence in Nairobi
Nairobi, June 2022. What a difference. My partners did not say a word about crises. The new urban middle class is working hard on solutions.
From Nairobi to Dakar
From Nairobi to Dakar the start-up movement has travelled in recent years. From Nairobi to Dakar is where my travels have taken me this year.
Learning Journey Silicon Savannah V
With Twiga Foods, the participants of the Learning Journey worked "live" and in "real time" on a case that could write economic history in Africa.
Creating prosperity instead of fighting poverty
Creating prosperity instead of fighting poverty, Clayton Christensen and Efosa Ojomo say. - But isn't that the same thing? No, it isn't.
Kesho Business – my new book
I think relations with Africa are a great opportunity to pull Europe out of its lethargy. In my book, I call on European companies, in particular, to invest in African markets. To …
Greetings from Dakar
In Dakar after more than 30 years, preparing for September. Immersing ourselves in the business innovation and Startup scene of Dakar.
Is Covid sparing Africa?
Bill Gates and others warned of 10 million Covid deaths, ailing health systems, mass death. Such images of Covid-19 in Africa were all over our media in January and February. Now in December, in the same media, we wonder why this catastrophe failed to materialise.
The biggest lever to deal with climate change
Climate Change - Africa's leapfrogging could provide a model for the transition into the post-fossil age.