Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development, Tjekero Tweya said the time has come for Namibia to embrace and welcome investors with open arms and create the necessary conducive environment that will inspire them to settle in Namibia. Tweya said...

Ghana is getting involved in the fight against climate change and plans to significantly reduce its carbon footprints. Confirming the plans of his country to fight the environmental threat President Nana Akufo-Addo said that climate change is the biggest threat...

Telecoms company SEACOM and Vodacom Business Africa, the enterprise-focused subsidiary of mobile communications company Vodacom, said on Wednesday they had partnered to initiate the next chapter of both companies’ African network connectivity ventures. Since the launch of its business division,...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the 2019 Nobel peace prize for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation and in particular his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said...

A Senegalese government delegation, led by the country’s Minister of Water and Sanitation, His Excellency Serigne Mbaye Thiam, briefed the African Development Bank on Senegal’s preparations to host the World Water Forum in Dakar in March 2021. Minister Thiam met...

Miss SA Zozibini Tunzi, David Tlale, Gavin Rajah, Anissa Mpungwa and Eric Raisina will co-chair the African Fashion Unites show alongside Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe for the opening of AFI Fashion Week on the 10th of October 2019. As co-chairs they...

In a first for the African continent, a full knee replacement operation has been carried out using the state-of-the-art Mako robotic arm assisted surgery system. According to Netcare, the surgery was performed at its Linksfield Hospital in Johannesburg. “There is...

The second edition of the Africa Investment Forum, a game-changer to tilt capital flow into the continent, will take place from 11-13 November 2019 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The forum, organized by the African Development...

Mara X and Mara Z will use Google’s Android operating system and cost 175,750 Rwandan francs ($190) and 120,250 Rwandan francs ($130) respectively. Rwanda’s Mara Group launched two smartphones describing them as the first “Made in Africa” models. The two...

Increased gold export in recent months has strengthened the Ugandan shilling, helping ease inflationary pressure from imported goods. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics reported that the annual headline inflation had slowed to 1.9 per cent in the month of September...