South Africa unlikely to meet its growth forecast…

South Africa’s economic growth is unlikely to reach the treasury’s target of 1.5% in 2019 because conditions have changed and the country is facing increasing headwinds, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said on Friday. This week…

Business in Africa

Japanese Company To Invest In 6 Projects In…

A Japanese company has expressed interest in Zimbabwe after singing an MOU(memorandum of understanding) with the government yesterday The Herald reports. Afro Japanese Business Consultant, the Japanese company interested in Zimbabwe is eyeing these sectors.…

DRC Cobalt

DRC: Cobalt Production Halted

The consequences to ending Cobalt production in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the world’s largest mines have a major impact on the country’s economy and on the population .…

Sisi Will Head 7th TICAD in Japan: Japan’s…

The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) will kick off Wednesday in Yokohama, Japan, headed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Spokesperson for the Egyptian Presidency Bassam…

Zim, Rwanda Sign Mining Agreement

Government, through the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rwanda that will see the two countries cooperating and exchanging experiences from the extractive industries to develop their…

Kenya Businesses Angola

Kenyan Businesses Seek Trade Ties With Angola

Mt Kenya University says it is considering setting up e-campuses in Angola, to tap into growing government-to-government links between Nairobi and Luanda. At the Kenya-Angola Trade and Investment Conference 2019 last week, Dr Vincent Gaitho,…

AfDB approves $98m grant for Ethiopia road project…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $98 million financial package for Ethiopia for a road transport corridor project to neighbouring Djibouti, it said late on Tuesday. The project’s total cost is $255 million,…