Impact, concerns and prospects of Chinese investments in Africa
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Official reports show that China has been Africa’s largest trading partner for 12…
South Africa
New terrestrial fibre route set to link Luanda, Johannesburg
Liquid Dataport, a pan-African technology group, and Angola Telecom, the leading fixed network operator in Angola, announces a…
Africa Prize selects four engineering innovations
Four innovators from Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda have been selected to compete for the £25,000 Africa…
African companies won Milken-Motsepe Prize in AgriTech
Three African companies from Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa today won the Milken-Motsepe Prize in AgriTech by the…
Airlink inaugurates South Africa-Kenya service
Airlink, Southern Africa’s premier airline, today launched its new daily Johannesburg-Nairobi service, becoming the first private sector airline…
Radisson Hotel expands presence in Africa
Radisson Hotel Group, one of the fastest-growing hotel companies in Africa, plans to strengthen its robust African presence…
Africa Data Centres ink solar energy purchase agreement
Africa Data Centres has signed a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement with Distributed Power Africa for the supply 12MW…
Rolls-Royce announces new leadership for Africa
Rolls-Royce plc announced the appointment of John Kelly to the position of President – Middle East, Türkiye and…
Cape Town to host international luxury travel market event
Cape Town, South Africa is set to host the 2023 International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) event from 31…
Yellow Card adds more coins to its app
Yellow Card adds an additional five coins to the app providing a wider-range of cryptocurrencies for their customers,…
South Africa economy could benefit from BRICS enlargement
By Phindi Mathebula – One of the least known information about the BRICS countries is that the chairmanship…
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Nokia to drive innovation in Africa
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, today announced that it has partnered…
ZEISS Academy Africa inaugurated in Johannesburg
During his visit to Namibia and to South Africa this week, the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs…
4Di Capital, Mauritian conglomerate IBL to drive expansion into Africa
South African early-stage venture capital firm, 4Di Capital, and Mauritian conglomerate IBL today announced the second closing of…
Hisense’s first B2B showroom opens in South Africa
Hisense, the global home appliance and consumer electronics brand, has announced that its first B2B (business to business)…
African entrepreneurs shortlisted for Africa Prize for engineering
Fifteen talented entrepreneurs shortlisted from Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe…
Ethiopian Government, TPLF agreed to end bloody war
The Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) today agreed in South Africa to end…
TERRAGRN to invest $2 billion in agroforestry in South Africa
Climate-smart multi-national, TERRAGRN, is leading the charge against climate change by turning up to 200,000 hectares (ha) of…
IFC, Dutch bank to strengthen South Africa’s blueberry sector
IFC and the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank (FMO) today partnered to provide funding and advisory support to United…
AU begins peace talk to end violence in Tigray, Ethiopia
As part of the ongoing African Union (AU)-led process to assist the Government of Ethiopia and Tigray peoples…
Nissan introduces e-POWER technology to South Africa
Nissan brings its revolutionary new technology, local favourites, and industry expertise to the first-ever South African Auto Week…
TPLF lost major town before peace talks commence
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) today liberated the town of Adigrat in Tigray region after days of…
Ethiopia, TPLF set to commence peace talks today
The representatives of the Government of Ethiopia and the waring rebel group Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) are…
Wialon announced 12 best telematics solutions
The world’s only contest for Internet of Things (IoT) solutions IoT project of the year was held for…
U.S. Treasury announces $1 billion loan for clean technology fund
The United States (U.S.) Treasury on Thursday announces $1 billion loan for clean technology fund, advancing U.S. climate…
IFC, Redefine Properties to develop green buildings in South Africa
To help promote sustainability and climate-smart commercial real estate in South Africa, the member of World Bank Group…
Shifting energy gears in manufacturing
By Sibongile Thobakgale – Manufacturing is an inherently energy-intensive sector. According to the EIA, 35% of energy consumption…
Global alliance launched to end AIDS in children
Globally, only half (52%) of children living with HIV are on life-saving treatment, far behind adults where three…
IFC, Absa Bank partner to deliver affordable housing in South Africa
To increase access to affordable housing in South Africa, IFC and Absa Bank Limited, one of the leading…
Zimbabwe’s disappearing gold: The case of Mazowe, Penhalonga
By Simiso Mlevu– Illicit financial flows (IFFs) in the artisanal mining sector in Zimbabwe are responsible for leakages…