Amplats To Sell Mines After S.Africa’s Platinum Strike Hurts Profit
Written by Andre Janse van Vuuren | From Bloomberg Anglo American Platinum Ltd. (AMS), the world’s largest producer of the metal, said it will seek buyers for some mines after first-half profit dropped...
View ArticleTop 10 Animal And Wildlife Sanctuaries In America
When you think of an animal sanctuary, you may be thinking exotic animals. But even cows need rescue too — and chickens, turkeys, sheep, and other farm animals. In addition to a 175-acre sanctuary in...
View ArticleOutsourced To Rwanda: Chinese Garments Destined For U.S.
Chinese-owned C&H Garments has agreed to spend $10 million in Rwanda over the next five years manufacturing garments for export to Europe and the U.S., VenturesAfrica reports. The investment will...
View Article19 African Migrants Suffocate On Boat To Italy
Nineteen migrants suffocated aboard a boat carrying 600 people from North Africa to Italy, Italian news agency Ansa reports. The migrants died inhaling fumes from an old engine while they were...
View ArticleLRA Fights Disease, Finds a Way to Survive in CAR’s Bush
“It’s very fascinating when you talk to people that have escaped from the groups,” Kasper Agger, a Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) researcher told CCTV Africa. “They can tell you very detailed...
View ArticleThe Uninvited To The US-Africa Leaders Summit: Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir
Crimes against humanity including murder, extermination, forcible transfer, torture and rape. War crimes including intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population as such or against...
View ArticleWhat Africa’s Resource Rich Countries Really Need To Focus On
“Taken as a group,” the Africa Progress Panel’s 2013 progress report states, “The resource-rich countries have some of the world’s highest child mortality rates: 12 have in excess of 100 child deaths...
View ArticleMass Graves Discovered In Uganda After Tribal Uprising
From Wall Street Journal Ugandan authorities have discovered three mass graves, containing remains of victims of recent clashes over land rights in the oil-rich Lake Albertine Rift basin, threatening...
View ArticleLesotho’s Street League Uses Youth Soccer To Fight AIDS
The World Cup could have ended for the rest of us, but not of the youth of Maseru in Lesotho. To them soccer is a way of fighting AIDS, a scourge in this small south African country of less than 2...
View ArticleGMO Misinformation Stifles Agricultural Development In Africa
From Reuters The “dysfunctional” debate surrounding genetically modified crops is stifling agricultural development in Africa, experts said on Monday. According to a new report published by the...
View Article10 Things You Didn’t Know About Burundi’s Independence
This month Burundi celebrates 52 years of independence from Belgium. Post-independence Burundi was more violent than pre-independence. The violence escalated after the Europeans left. Between 1970 and...
View ArticleChinese Investment Shaping Africa’s Urbanization Landscape
Chinese investments and its immigrants into Africa are helping shape urban cities in Africa as more African government look east for fund to pile into infrastructure spending. With these financial...
View ArticleAfrican Govts Request For More Users’ Data From Google
From CIO East Africa via AllAfrica Quite a number of African governments are keeping a very close eye on the online activities of their citizens with Kenya topping Africa in requesting users’ data from...
View Article10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Poaching Business In Africa
The recent death of Satao, one of Kenya’s — and Africa’s — most tracked elephants, brought the topic of elephant poaching to the forefront of discussion worldwide. Satao, the “Great Tusker,” had tusks...
View ArticleCanadian Firm Closes Burkina Faso Solar Power Plant Deal
From Out Law Canadian-based Windiga Energy has signed an investment agreement with the government of Burkina Faso to “become the first independent solar energy producer” in the country. Windiga said...
View ArticleIDC Launches $8.5M Black Filmmakers Fund in South Africa
From All Africa Help is at hand for emerging black South African filmmakers trying to break into the industry, in the form of a new, R90-million fund launched on Monday by the Industrial Development...
View Article10 Tips On Business Etiquette In Madagascar
When you think Madagascar, you might think biodiversity hot spot. It’s where you can view exotic and gorgeous animals you can’t see elsewhere in the wild. But Madagascar is also a business hot spot...
View ArticleFirst-Half 2014 IPO Capital Exceeds 2013 Offerings
Written by Joe McGrath | From The Wall Street Journal Capital raised through IPO activity on African stock exchanges in 2014 has now surpassed the total raised during the whole of 2013. IPO activity in...
View ArticleTop Sierra Leone Ebola Doctor Infected
The lead doctor fighting ebola in Sierra Leone has been infected by the virus, the government said, according to a Reuters report. Sierra Leonean virologist Sheik Umar Khan, 39, is a national hero, the...
View ArticleSouth Africa Mobile Payment App Stands Out Amongst Pack
“People want to not have to take their wallets everywhere. They don’t want their credit cards to pay, and then roll out their loyalty cards,” Trent McLelland managing director of the mobile payment...
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