Johannesburg, Shanghai Stock Exchanges Launch First-Ever Joint Forum
Hoping to strengthen ties between their financial institutions, heads of South African and Chinese capital markets held a forum today in Johannesburg, according to a report in NZweek. Although...
View ArticleAfrica’s Largest Rooftop Solar Array? Namibia Breweries Claims It
While electricity continues to be costly and unreliable in Africa, solar energy prices have fallen, allowing companies like Namibia Breweries to operate almost entirely off grid, according to a report...
View ArticleU.S. Grant Creating Jobs For Drivers In Guinea
In Western Guinea, hundreds of people in the mining towns of Sangarédi, Boké and Kamsar have jobs as commercial drivers with international mining firms and private companies thanks a $113,000 grant...
View ArticleKenya-Uganda Railway Launches $9.3M Tech Upgrade
Technology similar to that used on railways in Brazil, Argentina, South Africa and Japan is expected to bring the 1,461-mile Kenya-Uganda Railway into the modern era of railway management, according to...
View ArticleBlackBerry, Samsung to Partner for Africa Mobile Marketing Campaign
“We believe that BBM has the potential to become the number one messaging client around the globe,” BlackBerry’s managing director for South and Southern Africa, Alexandra Zagury, told ZDNet, “and...
View ArticleEgypt Government Ups Farmer Support Plan, Allocates $67 Million
From Ventures Africa The Egyptian government has allocated EGP 473.2 million ($67.6 million) in the budget of fiscal year 2013-2014 to extend support to farmers. Last year, the government had spent EGP...
View ArticleOrange to Make Mobile Payment, Prepaid Services Available in Botswana
From Telecoms Operator group Orange is planning to launch a set of mobile payment services in Botswana and other countries in Africa and the Middle East, which it says will easy access to funds around...
View ArticleCandy Maker Targets S. Africa, Nigeria, Egypt For Sales, Investment
Mondelez International, a global snack food company created in November when it split off from Kraft Foods, has earmarked $100 million for investment in emerging markets this year, according to a...
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10 African Animals You Can’t Believe Are Legal To Hunt
ThinkStockPhotos Hunting is and always will be a hot-button issue, but it seems unlikely that both sides will over come to a satisfactory agreement. Some hunters argue that hunting helps keep species...
View ArticleReport: S. Africa Has Most Developed Telecom Network In Africa
Telecommunications is among South Africa’s fastest-growing industries and is likely to continue expanding driven by rapid growth in mobile phone use and broadband connectivity, according to a report in...
View ArticleLeti Games: African Superheroes, Digital Innovation for a Global Audience
Eyram Tawia and his friend Wesley Krinya decided in 2009 they would bring together their passion for innovation, creativity, and change to found Leti Games — a company devoted to creating enjoyable...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s MDC Party Files Legal Challenge Against Mugabe, Demands New...
From BBC Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has filed a legal challenge to Robert Mugabe’s victory in last week’s presidential elections. The electoral petition seeks an order for the...
View ArticleAfrica Tells Europe, Stop Dumping Your e-Waste Here
African countries are demanding action to stem the import of electronic waste, including old computers and mobile phones from Europe, where strict environmental laws make exporting used electronics...
View ArticleMobile Birth Registration App Launched In Tanzania
In Tanzania, where just 19 percent of births are registered, the government is using mobile technology provided by a local company to ensure newborns have access to basic rights, social services,...
View ArticleGhana Remittances Experience 6.4% Fall in First-half of 2013
From Ghana Business News Remittances to Ghana fell by 6.4% during the first-half of 2013, according to the Bank of Ghana.The decline was on a year-on-year basis as transfers were received through the...
View ArticleAfrica’s Nascent Potash Industry Gets Big-Time Investor Attention
Low prices for potash could increase demand in emerging markets, especially Africa, where food consumption patterns are changing as population growth and increased urbanization alter diets and boost...
View ArticleMorocco, India Enter Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
From Business Standard India and Morocco Thursday signed a protocol amending the Double Taxation Avoidance Convention between the two countries and to ensure effective exchange of information on tax...
View ArticleNamibia Nearing a Housing Bubble?
According to Namibian economist Martin Mwinga, a housing bubble is easily detectable upon analyzing how indebted a household is, and how expensive property is in comparison to what the owner can...
View ArticleUganda Reveals Why Museveni-Mengo Deal Was Secret
From AllAfrica When President Museveni called Buganda Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), in which the central government made major concessions, it...
View ArticleAmerica Makes First Step With Obama’s Africa Energy Project
During his June African trip, President Obama announced a $7-billion American investment in energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa, but critics say that is not enough if the U.S. wants to be a real...
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