Africa

5 months ago | December 1, 2023

Africa needs to ‘shield’ indaba from war distractions to get ...

Lenin Ndebele African representatives attending COP28 have been called on to ensure climate diplomacy is not overtaken ...

‘leaders must prioritise human rights, climate justice at COP28’

African leaders attending this year’s Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UNFCCC must avoid mistakes made during ...

Africa to speak with one voice at COP28

Kudzanai Sharara in Dubai, UAE African countries will speak with one voice at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP ...

Top 10 largest lithium mines in Africa

Lithium mining in Africa is gaining attention due to global demand for its key component in electric vehicle batteries ...

Impala Platinum halts some SA mines after 11 workers die

Impala Platinum on Tuesday temporarily halted operations at its Rustenburg mining complex in South Africa after 11 ...

S. Africa’s government audit improves

There’s good news for a change from the Auditor-General’s office — a noticeable improvement in audit outcomes in ...

Advancing health financing mechanisms for Africa

The Global Health Security Consortium, based at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, is focused on improving ...

Systemic risk to South Africa’s financial stability remains elevated

South Africa’s central bank has warned that systemic risk to the country’s financial stability has remained elevated, ...

5 months ago | November 24, 2023

Digital revolution powers Africa’s economic transformation

Prosper Ndlovu in KIGALI, Rwanda Despite facing global challenges, Africa’s entrepreneurial spirit, powered by the ...

PPC restructures after sale of Rwanda business

The impending finalisation of the sale of PPC’s 51 percent interest in Cimerwa in Rwanda, one of the remaining assets ...

Nigeria, Germany sign US$500m renewable energy, gas deal

Nigerian and German companies on Tuesday signed two accords in Berlin that include a US$500 million renewable energy ...

SA lawmakers vote to suspend diplomatic ties with Israel

South African lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favour of closing down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria and suspending all ...

6 months ago | November 17, 2023

Coal mining, oil industries among main sources of increasing air ...

A recent study published in the journal Nature Geoscience presents evidence that shows that the burning of biomass fuel ...

‘West Africa’s plastic waste could be fuelling economy instead of ...

Plastic pollution is an urgent environmental issue, globally. Every year, about eight million tonnes of plastic end up ...

SA defined by ‘stagnation and exclusion,’ Harvard says

The collapse of state utilities can explain about 40percent of South Africa’s growth slowdown even before this year’s ...

Mozambican state revenues increase by 7,9pc in September

The Mozambican state’s current revenue grew by 7.9% until September, to 232,483 million meticais (3,408 million euros), ...

Zambia, DRC and Angola eye new economic opportunities from Lobito ...

The Lobito corridor – a trade route linking the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and north-western Zambia ...

Workers strike paralyses Nigeria

A nationwide strike by workers in Nigeria has paralyzed economic activities in the country at a time when it is ...

6 months ago | November 15, 2023

Afreximbank launches platform for African infrastructure contract ...

Kudzanai Sharara in Cairo Egypt Local construction firms, that wish to do projects across Africa can now capitalise on ...

SA cattle may soon eat seaweed to help cut their climate-changing farts

Lameez Omarjee news24.com A startup in South Africa is testing how supplementing livestock feed with specific types of ...