Ethiopia’s Foreign Land Leases Fail To Produce Food For Export
From iOLGleaming tractors and harvesters are sitting idle five years after Karuturi Global opened a farm in Ethiopia that was hailed as the poster child of the country’s plan to triple food exports by...
View ArticleFor First Time Since 1995, South African Yellow-Corn Crop Surpasses White
From BloombergSouth Africa, the continent’s biggest corn producer, harvested more of the yellow variety than the white for the first time since 1995 this season as a drought cut output, government data...
View ArticleAngolan Government May Make A Corporate-Tax Reduction
From BloombergAngola may soon announce that it’s cutting corporate tax to 30 percent from 35 percent to make the country a more attractive destination for investment, two people with knowledge of the...
View ArticleMozambique Aims To Generate $90M With New Tuna Fleet
From Bloomberg Mozambique expects to earn $90 million a year after it establishes a tuna-fishing fleet, Victor Borges, the country’s fisheries minister said.The country, which lies on the Indian...
View ArticleEast African Trade Bloc OKs Monetary Union Pact
From Reuters The leaders of five East African countries signed a protocol on Saturday laying the groundwork for a monetary union within 10 years that they expect will expand regional trade.Heads of...
View ArticleAFKI Market Journal: 5 Best-Performing South African ETFs
Pioneered in Canada, exchange-traded funds first made an appearance on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 2000; approximately 40 of them can now be traded there.Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are little...
View ArticleOmoyele Sowore Talks Sahara Reporters, Becoming A Self-Taught Journalist...
Omoyele Sowore, founder and publisher of Sahara Reporters recently visited AFKInsider‘s studio where he discussed moving on from grassroots activism to choosing a web platform to combat corruption. He...
View ArticleWanted In Africa: Volunteer Farmers, Agribusiness People
A U.S.-funded program that helps African subsistence farmers build commercially successful operations seeks volunteer American farmers and agribusinessmen and women with know-how in agriculture to go...
View ArticleOmoyele Sowore on Smuggling Himself Into Nigeria, Exposing Religious...
Omoyele Sowore, founder and publisher of Sahara Reporters recently visited AFKInsider‘s studio where he discussed moving on from grassroots activism to choosing a web platform to combat corruption. He...
View Article10 Famous Black People You May Not Have Known Were Black
It’s not easy to access photos of famous black people from centuries ago, but on top of that, many individuals who looked ethnically ambiguous during the time of segregation would not lay claim to...
View ArticleOmoyele Sowore on the ‘Big Blind Country’ [Part 3 of 3]
Omoyele Sowore, founder and publisher of Sahara Reporters recently visited AFKInsider‘s studio where he discussed moving on from grassroots activism to choosing a web platform to combat corruption. He...
View Article10 Best Restaurants In Mozambique
From fine dining to backyard barbecue joints, Mozambique has some of the most diverse and fantastic dining options on the continent. Many restaurants use traditional flavors from the region, often...
View ArticleStories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
Every time you turn on the news, it seems there has been yet another senseless tragedy, to the point where you’d rather tune it all out and just watch reruns on Netflix. But every now and again, a news...
View ArticleShaken Or Stirred? How To Set Up A Perfect Home Bar For The Holidays
Remember, the purpose of your drinks isn’t just to get your guests drunk anymore. Presentation matters now. Make a bartender tray just like the ones you see at real bars, stocked with Maraschino...
View ArticleLooking Up? Bank Loans For Female African Entrepreneurs
Fewer women own companies in Africa than elsewhere in the world but African women establishing small companies have better chances of securing bank loans than similar businesses run by men, according...
View ArticleNigerian Named Forbes Africa Person of The Year 2013
Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s minister of agriculture and rural development, was named 2013 Forbes Africa Person of the Year for being the individual who had the most influence on events of the year gone...
View Article10 Great Day Trips In South Africa
Rapp jumping has just started being offered as a sport in South Africa. It's comparable to abseiling. After attaching a rope to your back, you run down the sides of buildings or mountains. Sounds like...
View ArticleWinter Accessories You Never Knew You Can’t Live Without
Wintertime can be both blessing and curse. We bask in the beauty of falling snowflakes and then promptly complain about the inconvenience of weather delays and freezing cold for months. Some products...
View ArticleFormer Zimbabwean Gangster Renounces ‘Family Business’
Takawira Masendeke, 25, is known in Zimbabwe as a gangster and drug addict from a gangster family, but he’s getting out of the “family business,” he told RNWAfrica, according to a report in...
View ArticleTech Leader SOFTtribe Tackling Crime and Theft, Ebay of Africa Void
In 1990, Ghana’s economy and politics were on the cusp of a turnaround. Dominated for years by coups and military heads of state, the West African nation was heading into an era of democratic elections...
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