Zambia has returned to a bumper maize harvest this year after it recorded an estimated 3,387,469 metric tonnes in the 2019/2020 agriculture season, local media reported. News website Lusaka Times reported that this was an increase from the 2,004,389 metric...

A critically endangered Saharan cheetah has been spotted for the first time in a decade in the Ahaggar Cultural Park in the city of Tamanrasset, in Algeria’s Hoggar Mountains, local media reported. The cheetah is also known ‘Amayas’ by the...

It will be Kenya against Sweden on June 11 for the Oslo Bislett Games as part of the ‘Impossible Games’ – but with a twist with athletes competing against each other in two different cities. The novel coronavirus pandemic has...

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...