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Why being endowed with oil is not always…
Feb 22, 2021
In countries with weak governance institutions, natural resource wealth tends to be a curse instead ...
What Tanzania's COVID-19 vaccine relucta…
Feb 16, 2021
Tanzania’s health minister said earlier this month that the country has no plans to procure COVID-...
Ethiopia's next poll could be more compe…
Feb 13, 2021
Ethiopia is set to hold general elections for members of the federal parliament and regional council...
Results from Novavax vaccine trials in t…
Feb 03, 2021
To fast track the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a broad range of candidate COVID-19 vaccines ar...
President Mnangagwa claimed Zimbabwe was…
Feb 01, 2021
In November 2017 Zimbabwe’s military replaced Robert Mugabe as head of state with his long-time co...
Attacks at sea aren't all linked to pira…
Jan 28, 2021
Pirate attacks against merchant ships off the African coast have been reported regularly over the pa...
Why the Indian Ocean is spawning strong …
Jan 26, 2021
The Indian Ocean has made its mark on the global news cycle this year. In March, tropical cyclone Id...
Why Uganda's ban on open-air campaigns c…
Jan 14, 2021
Uganda is going to conduct its first digital and mass media campaigns ahead of its 2021 general elec...
Social media seized the narrative in Uga…
Jan 13, 2021
For months, Ugandans have witnessed a vicious presidential election campaign without precedent. Whil...
Business
Zambia’s efforts to enhanc…
Zambia’s efforts to promote the consumption of l…
Angola moves to seize Dos Sa…
Angola has asked a Dutch court to hand over a half…
Ghanaians are eating more fa…
Fast food – food sold in an outlet, drive-throug…
COVID-19 has hurt some more …
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the policy meas…
Ghana's unstable building pr…
Collapsed buildings are worryingly common in sever…
Piracy surging off West Afri…
Angola is looking for ways to fight a surge in pir…
Rwanda's Paul Kagame hails l…
As African countries kick off trading under the Af…
What Netflix's involvement i…
Global streaming service Netflix set its eyes a fe…
How to Make Sure Your Rental…
It is no secret that many industries have been hit…
Engineering
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Senegal already produces …
Senegal is the hotspot for energy investment in We…
Oil rises to 11-month hig…
Oil prices rose on Wednesday to their highest sinc…
Angola to Cut 261,000 Bar…
Angola is expected to set oil production at one mi…
As cobalt demand booms, c…
The Democratic Republic of Congo is the major sour…
Oil Industry keeps an eye…
The latest Top 25 Movers & Shakers Watch List …
Total: Nigeria Gets 5% Of…
Despite having the largest oil reserves and resour…
Nigeria gives green light…
Nigeria is to go ahead with a plan to rehabilitate…
Nigeria would privatise N…
Nigeria’s long-awaited oil reform bill would pri…
Uganda: Major Breakthroug…
All is set now for the kickoff of the Tanga-Hoima …
French-Nigerian refinery …
French Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Att…
Nigerian refineries proce…
Refineries in Nigeria, Africa’s top oil exporter…
Qatar Petroleum Farms Int…
Qatar's state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Petr…
No clause in loan contrac…
The Chinese government says there’s no claus…
Ethiopia's Abiy hails 'hi…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has hailed the…
Mozambique: Total signs $…
French oil major Total has signed a $14.9 billion …
South Africa's Eskom COO …
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Chief Operating Officer Ja…
Banking
- Banking and Finance
Bitcoin, Dogecoin hit all-ti…
Bitcoin was driven to new record highs Tuesday mor…
AfDB President ‘optimistic…
African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi…
Liberia's Banknote Shortage …
Liberia's economy is stagnating under the impact o…
South Africa Repo rate to ho…
Finder’s repo rate panel expects the South Afric…
South Africa’s biggest ban…
The Covid-19 crisis has shown the business world t…
Bitcoin Miners Amass Over $5…
The recent months have seen Bitcoin record tremend…
Moody’s Investor Service a…
Moody’s Investor Service has affirmed the Africa…
Zimbabwe's restrictions on m…
Mobile financial services are, in most African cou…
Going cashless isn't straigh…
“No Cash Accepted” signs are increasingly comm…
Travel
- Travel and Tourism
Traveling to Rwanda? Here ar…
Rwanda is a major destination for foreigners trave…
Nigeria, Jamaica launch inau…
Nigeria and Jamaica completed a direct flight from…
Namibia to sell 170 live ele…
Namibia is putting 170 live elephants up for sale …
Botswana to Repatriate Eleph…
Botswana, home to nearly half of Africa’s wild e…
Ethiopia's Tigrayan forces d…
Forces of Ethiopia’s Tigray People’s Liberatio…
World’s Largest Airlines L…
The entire airline industry took a tremendous hi…
IMF makes it clear that SA g…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in characte…
Ivory Coast opens 60,000-sea…
Ivory Coast inaugurated Saturday its new 60,000-se…
Uganda: 7 months after suspe…
Uganda, on Thursday, resumed scheduled commercial …
Economy
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Telecoms
Feb 18, 2021
Facebook User Base Hit 2.8 Billion in 2020, Revenues Jumped by 20% YoY
Social media platforms have played a huge role in communication during the pandemic, with billions of people using them ...
“Zoom” develops an em…
After cementing its position in the video calling marke…
How apps on mobile phones…
In Africa, radio still has wider geographical reach and…
French and Russian trolls…
Rival French and Russian disinformation campaigns have …
Nigeria's Mobile Phone Ma…
Smartphone shipments into Nigeria increased 13.7% quart…
Agriculture
Biodiversity: where the world is making …
Oct 01, 2020
A drink for the devil: 8 facts about the…
Jul 09, 2020
South Africa: Study shows land redistrib…
Jun 08, 2020
Uganda coffee sales rise despite pandemi…
Jun 04, 2020
Rwanda's coffee harvest will go forward …
May 11, 2020
Avocados in Kenya: what's holding back s…
Feb 20, 2020
Nigeria to stop fish importation 2022
Feb 05, 2020
Liberia: Untapped Fisheries Sector Could…
Jan 09, 2020
