With Lionel Messi and Eden Hazard having already voted him as the best on the planet, new CAF African Player of the Year Sadio Mane is far from short of admirers. While part of a stellar cast of FIFA Club...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidacy of African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina for a second term at the helm of the institution. The decision was announced at the end of the fifty-sixth ordinary...

Since the first Industrial Revolution, energy consumption has continued to fuel global economic growth. Between 1760 and the late 1980s, the global energy system, or global energy mix, which is the combination of the various primary sources of energy used...

Over the past decade, Rwanda’s GDP has grown at an average of 8% per year. The country has amassed a large number of prestigious titles on global scales, often earning top scores in economic performance metrics such as least corrupt...

Air Senegal signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for eight Airbus’ A220 aircraft at the Dubai Airshow on Tuesday. Chief Executive Officer Ibrahima Kane said the planes would allow the airline to fly routes to Europe and West Africa when...

South Africa’s entrepreneurs remain upbeat despite a sluggish economy, and there should be more collaboration to improve the entrepreneurial ecosystem and help them thrive, a survey released on Tuesday showed. The survey of 1,000 entrepreneurs across the country by Seed Academy...

Financial services group Absa and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have signed a $250-million (more than R3 billion) risk participation agreement (RPA) which, when fully utilised, is estimated to mobilise over $2 billion (more than R29 billion) worth of...

Afropop superstar, Ayodeji Balogun aka Wizkid has won SoulTrain’s Ashford and Simpson Songwriters’ award. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that he won the award at the 2019 ceremony held on Sunday in Las Vegas. The ‘Ojuelegba’ singer earned the...

Ahead of the South Africa Investment Conference in Sandton from 5 to 7 November, President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed additional special envoys on investment and established a dedicated investment and infrastructure office in the Presidency. Ramaphosa has appointed Jeff Radebe,...

Government has congratulates the national rugby team the Springboks for winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. “Equally, government extends its congratulations to the technical support team that worked with the Boks that led to the magnificent win,” the...