Nigerian fintech startup, Paystack has just announced a Series A funding round to the tune of $8 million. Being a payment platform that it is, thousands...
The Nigerian economy has slowed for the second consecutive quarter this year, raising fears the nation may soon be heading for another economic recession. According to...
FAR Ltd., a company focused on West Africa, said it plans to drill into a basin off the coast of Gambia that could hold hundreds of...
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...
Moroccan doctors across the country on Tuesday staged a nationwide protests in what is known as “Week of Anger,” accusing...
The Zambian Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has declared the daughter of former president Edgar Lungu, Tasila Lungu, wanted in connection...
President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians to develop the habit of praying for their leaders to enable them serve...
Some officials of the World Bank have questioned if the study supporting Ethiopia’s debt restructuring may be “faulty” after criticising...
he death toll from the Cyclone Chido which stuck Mozambique last week has risen to 94 with hundreds still missing....
After four years of being in the cooler as a result of suspension by government, Facebook, now Meta, is making...
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has insisted that the country is moving in the right direction despite the criticism of...
A Non-Governmental Organization in Zambia, the Gender Organizations Coordinating Council (NGOCC), has decried what it described as persistent corruption in...
he African football fraternity was thrown into mourning following the untimely demise of promising Kenyan striker, Ezekiel Otuoma, who died...
The Nigeria Police has rejected a report by Amnesty International that accused the force of killing protesters during the #Endbadgovernance...