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It’s A Shrinking Talent Pool Of African Top Footballers In Europe
From Back Page Football With Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’o – for so long the icons of African football – now meandering through the twilight phases of their respective careers, there are growing...
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IATA Asks Airlines Not To Shun West Africa Over Ebola Concerns
From Money Web Airlines should maintain services to Ebola-hit regions which need connections with the outside world in order to fight the disease, the International Air Transport Association said today...
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China Helps Build Ethiopia’s First ExpressWay
CCTV Africa reported that Chinese Export and Import Bank helped Ethiopia build its first expressway connects its capital to the nearby city of the Dhamma. The project which began in April 2010 built a...
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Guinea Finds Venue For AFCON Qualifier After Ebola Ban
Written By Mark Gleeson | From Reuters Guinea’s home African Nations Cup qualifier against Togo will be played in Morocco, after they were forced to move the tie to a neutral venue following the...
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US Bitcoin Firm BlinkTrade Launches West African Exchange
From Leap Rate US Bitcoin technology provider Blink Trade is preparing to launch its second exchange, this time to serve West African clients following last week’s on boarding of an exchange in...
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10 Ways South Africans Are Going Green
In case you haven’t heard, the well being of the entire planet is at risk due to global warming. With a huge percentage of the continent’s population dependent on agriculture for a living, Africans...
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10 Indulgent African Desserts That Are Surprisingly Light
Egyptian Sweet Couscous takes couscous—which is usually in a savory lunch or dinner item—and sweetens it with fruit juice, rose water, cinnamon, pomegranate seeds, almonds and a few other tasty...
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Africa’s Middle Class Is Actually Rising – Report
Is the ‘Africa Rising’ narrative happening or is it just a fad? That’s the question a new study by Standard Bank, a South African bank with operations across Africa, sought to answer and its findings...
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17 Things You Didn’t Know About Uhuru Kenyatta
Uhuru Kenyatta has served as the fourth president of Kenya since his inauguration in April 2013, but he has been a prominent member in Kenyan politics for much longer. Although most of his private life...
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What a $30M Financial Reform Program Will do for Zambia
Written by Judith Ugwumadu | From Public Finance International The Zambian government has officially launched its $30m multi-donor public financial management reform programme to improve the efficiency...
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Namibia’s Central Bank Raises Repo Rate to Slow Credit Growth
From Counting Pips Namibia’s central bank raised its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.0 percent, its second rate rise in a row, to “contain the strong growth in household credit, which is...
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Global Consulting Firm Links Businesses to Partnerships in Africa
Global Linkages, a management and consulting firm, which spearheads sustainable partnership deals for businesses, governments and organizations has been operating for nearly two decades. Principal...
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Thai Hotel Group Expanding In Africa, Partnering With Sun City
Thailand-based Minor Hotel Group has partnered with Sun International to expand hotel and casino operations in Africa, including owning and operating eight properties in five African countries,...
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South Africa, Kenya And Ethiopia Lead In Africa’s Clean Energy Investment
South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia are set to benefit from increased investment in clean energy in Africa as over 1.8 gigawatts of renewable energy , excluding large hydro projects, get commissioned in...
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Gold Mine Collapse Kills at Least 25 in Central African Republic
Written by Crispin Dembassa-Kette | From Reuters At least 25 people died when a gold mine collapsed near the Central African Republic town of Bambari, a spokesman for the mainly Muslim Seleka rebels...
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SAP SE to Stretch $500M Innovation Investment Across Africa
Written by Ken Macharia | From Capital FM Global business software firm SAP has announced a seven-year $500 million plan to up-skill local African talent and drive sustainable innovation and growth in...
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South Africa Weighing Tourism, Human Rights
South African tourism stakeholders are concerned that new immigration regulations designed to help fight child trafficking could hurt the country’s fast-growing tourism industry, TravelPulse reports....
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President Zuma Signs Local Property Rates Amendment
From SA-Commercial Prop News South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has signed into law the Local Government Municipal Property Rates Amendment Act, the Presidency said on Sunday. The Act seeks to...
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New U.N. Ebola Boss Promises To Help Stop The Spread
The United Nations, led by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has launched a coordinated effort to help Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone stop the spread of Ebola, which has killed more than...
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Consulting & Tour Firm Dispels African Travel Stereotypes
Global Linkages, a management and consulting firm, which spearheads sustainable partnership deals for businesses, governments and organizations has been operating for nearly two decades. Principal...
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