As the coronavirus continues to leave many stranded across the world due to lockdown regulations and the suspension of international flights, the Tunisian army has secretly repatriated 25 stranded Indian citizens on a special military aircraft, reported Indian English-language daily...

Financial magazine Global Finance has named Ecobank as the most innovative bank in Africa at the Innovators 2020 annual awards honouring entities that regularly identify new paths and design new tools in the sector. In a statement, Ecobank Group chief...

Peter Tabichi, a Kenyan who won the Global Teacher Prize for 2019, has provided advice for home-schooling as many countries push for this method of teaching during the coronavirus pandemic. While countries such as South Africa have set June 1...

In its 57th year, the continent celebrates Africa Day in commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity. With everything African being celebrated, we have to showcase our appreciation for, and pride in, black excellence in South Africa....

As the African continent commemorated Africa Day on Monday, president Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as chairperson of the African Union (AU) called for the “unconditional” lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe and Sudan. Ramaphosa said the continent was currently seized...

The whole of South Africa will move to coronavirus (Covid-19) level 3 lockdown on June 1, thereby reopening most of the country’s economy, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday. “Cabinet has determined that the alert level for the whole country...

The African Development Bank and SA Taxi Development Finance Proprietary Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of SA Taxi Holdings Proprietary Limited (“SA Taxi”), have signed a $100 million loan agreement to support the firm’s growing strategy to empower taxi operators...

Africa is at an energy cross-roads. The continent’s best educated, most entrepreneurial and competitive generation is rising and taking on leadership positions that will propel African companies to become more competitive. After such a long time dealing with the problems...

Egyptian state-owned carrier EgyptAir says it will undertake exceptional flights on Tuesday to repatriate its citizens stranded abroad, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry, Ahmed Hafez, said in a statement. Hafez said that Egypt was working closely with Kuwait to...

An agreement has recently been signed between the African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to improve access to renewable energy in Africa in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The African Union (AU), a continental body...