Eritrea is considering building a port on its Red Sea coastline to export potash from deposits being developed in the Horn of Africa nation, a mines...
Global media company, Bloomberg has ranked Nigerians working in the United States as the eighth most hardworking foreigners in that country. Among African countries, Nigerians were...
Tanzania-based Phenix Recycling is a bespoke waste management and recycling service for businesses in eastern and southern Africa. Athina Kyriakopoulou, founder and CEO, spoke with Justin...
Busy Boda is a motorcycle hailing startup which has launched in Nairobi with plans to bring order in this highly informal sector by focusing primarily on...
Sales at Botswana’s state-owned Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) fell 16 percent in the first half of 2018 to $260 million, its managing director said, citing a...
Careem Networks FZ, the Middle Eastern ride-hailing provider, is testing a bus-booking service ahead of a possible roll-out out across all 14 countries it operates in....
Indications have emerged that the Lagos Blue Line rail project may not be ready until 2022. Following a comprehensive review of the rail project, which ought...
Nigerian stocks hit a 10-month low on Friday, dragged down by losses in the country’s biggest listed firm Dangote Cement and mounting concerns over political risk...
Alibaba Group founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma through his Jack Ma Foundation has launched $10m ‘Netpreneur’ Prize, a new program created to support and fund...
Economic ties between Tanzania and Uganda appear headed for stronger terms as both countries finalize plans to pump natural gas to neighbouring Uganda, another step in...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has achieved a staff-level agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over...
In Kasama, the Disability Inclusion-Friendly Barn Development Foundation, dedicated to addressing the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities, says the...
Nigeria’s presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax has argued for the necessity of raising the value-added tax (VAT) rate....
A shortage of hard cash and a severe drought that has caused power outages in copper-producing Zambia have made its currency,...
There is no shortage of news from the UK, a major former colonial master in Africa, over whose former empire...
The Ghanaian Supreme Court Thursday began hearing on a suit challenging the anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed by parliament in February. The...
The Nigerian government has countered allegations by the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange giant, Binance, Richard Teng, that some government officials...
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally suspended Kenyan half distance runner, Josephine Chepkoech, over alleged use of prohibited substances...
Kenya’s e-commerce startup, tappi, has announced a strategic partnership with the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI), to...
World football governing body, FIFA, has poured encomiums on former Super Falcons star, Mercy Akide-Udoh, who is on record as...