Oscar-Winning ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ Director Dies At 36
Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul, who won an Oscar for his 2012 documentary, “Searching for Sugar Man,” died at age 36 in Stockholm, TT news agency reported. According to the the NYTimes,...
View ArticleSouth African Court Orders Pistorius Evaluated For Mental Illness
A South African court on Wednesday ordered Olympic and paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius to be evaluated for mental illness — a move that could determine whether he lacked criminal capacity when...
View ArticleIndian Tech Companies Broaden Africa Investments
Written by Indu Nandakumar & Chiranjoy Sen |From Economic Times India’s top software services companies are investing big in Africa, eager to win customers and market share in a continent that is...
View ArticleWorld Bank Looks to Raise $22 Million From Rwanda Stock Exchange Bond
From The New Times via All Africa The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, expects to raise $22 million (about Rwf15 billion) when it issues its local...
View ArticleHow iROKO Partners Handles Africa’s Internet Connectivity Issue [Part 3 of 3]
Former iROKO Partners business development head — now vice president of monetization — Oluchi Enuha recently sat down with AFKInsider to share how his role contributes to the growth of the online...
View Article10 Treats You Have To Try Frozen This Summer
When you want a frozen treat, toss these items in the freezer that you probably already have at home. Gummy candy may not actually freeze but it becomes very hard, and every flavor tastes just a little...
View ArticleChinese Cement Maker Building $96M Plant In South Africa
One of the world’s top-five cement makers, China’s Jidong Development Group plans to build a US$96-million cement plant in Limpopo province, South Africa, with a 1-million tonne per year capacity,...
View ArticleChina Hopes Low-Cost Manufacturing Will Work in Africa
Written by Peter Wonacott | From The Wall Street Journal Each sparkly green television motherboard that rolls off the Hisense Co. factory line here moves China a tiny step toward a new global...
View ArticleTiger Brands Loses Dough On Dangote Flour
South Africa’s largest food company, Tiger Brands is writing off about half of its $190-million investment in Dangote Flour Mills less than two years after buying a 63.5-percent stake in the...
View ArticleBank Windhoek Hosts Motor Show, Partners with Tourism Industry
From All Africa The popular and much anticipated Bank Windhoek Motor Show launched at a function held at the Old Wheelers Club, was well attended by leading motor dealers and franchise representatives....
View ArticleHewlett-Packard Wants To Export E-Waste Recycling Blueprint From Nairobi
For every million mobile phones, you can recycle significant amounts of gold, silver, copper and even some palladium from e-waste. Dispose of e-waste the wrong way and you’ve got a toxic hazard....
View ArticleSouth Africa Comes up Short in Attempt to Create Jobs for Youth
“The number of people entering the labor market — you can be absorbed by the labor market in such that it is dominated, indeed dwarfed by the oversupply of labor. In other words, we can’t grow jobs as...
View ArticleFor Abducted Girls, School Was Their Best Chance For Better Life
Educating girls is a sin in eyes of Boko Haram, and one schoolgirl who escaped from her Islamist terrorist abductors a month ago said she will never go back to school in Chibok, Northern Nigeria. One...
View Article$1 Billion AfDB Loan to Revive Angola’s Electricity Network
Although the country’s civil war ended more than two decades ago, the state of the power sector and network remains damaged, a Reuters Africa report revealed. Most people in the country source energy...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Government Accuses US of Fueling Conflict
The government of South Sudan has accused the US and several western countries for fuelling the ongoing conflict in the beleaguered country, CCTV Africa reported on Thursday. The allegations, coming...
View Article10 Things You Didn’t Know About D’banj
Nigerian Afrobeat star D’banj has taken the international music scene by storm. Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo took D’banj as his stage name, incorporating a combination of his first and last names. Topping...
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In Wake Of Blasts, Kenyatta Asks World To Unite Against Terror
Ten people died and at least 70 were injured in two explosions at the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, BBCNews reports. Friday’s bombings took place two days after the U.K., France and the U.S. warned...
View ArticleBurkina Faso to Develop $1 Billion Manganese Mine
From Reuters Africa A project led by Pan African Minerals to develop the Tambao manganese project in Burkina Faso will cost up to $1 billion, the chairman of holding group Timis Corporation said on...
View ArticleMTN to Invest $3 Billion in Nigeria Network Infrastructure
Written by Simnikiwe Mzekandaba | From IT Web Africa South African mobile operator group MTN plans to spend more than $3 billion to improve its network infrastructure in Nigeria, the Business Day...
View Article10 Delicious Ways To Stuff Bunny Chow
Bunny chow is a popular South African street food that’s finding its way onto menus internationally as well as becoming a popular street food in places such as the U.K. It’s essentially a giant loaf of...
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