Africa

Netflix is hoping on boosting growth in Africa with mobile-only subscriptions

When Netflix first launched in Africa in 2016, early predictions suggested it was likely run into unique problems it had…

October 9, 2020

Sports: Super Eagles completes final training session ahead of Algeria tie

Super Eagles have concluded the final training session ahead of Friday’s friendly against Algeria at Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt in Austria.…

October 9, 2020

African climate activists press leaders on ‘life or death’ choices

Climate change presents world leaders with "life or death" choices, the Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate said on Wednesday as…

October 8, 2020

No show from hostages, despite speculations in Mali

They waited for hours throughout the night, to no avail. Supporters of malian political figure Soumaïla Cissé gathered to celebrate…

October 8, 2020

Senegal holds large religious festival amid pandemic

Tens of thousands of Muslims descended upon Senegal's holy city this week for the annual Grand Magal pilgrimage, a tradition…

October 8, 2020

NEWS: Unions press South Africa, urges Government to provide jobs and an enabling economy

South Africa's largest trade unions held nationwide marches on Wednesday to protest the high level of job destruction, the poor…

October 8, 2020

Influencing Africa’s informal economy for young people

By 2050, Africa will be domestic to 25 percentage of the world's workforce. And yet there is no guarantee that…

October 8, 2020

Ethiopian Senate Votes to Sever All relations with Tigray’s Parliament

Ethnic tensions in Ethiopia continue to mount after The Ethiopian Senate voted on Tuesday to sever all relations between the…

October 7, 2020

Breaking: Togo Set To Move Towards Decentralization

Yawa Kouigan is the mayor of Atakpamé, Togo's fifth largest city in population. She is the first mayor elected in…

October 7, 2020

NEWS: Egyptian Town Laments Missing Migrant Relatives

The Egyptian metropolis of Dahmasha. About sixty kilometres from Cairo. A ghost city considering the fact that a number of…

October 7, 2020

NEWS: ECOWAS Lifts Mali Sanctions

West Africa's ECOWAS has determined to lift the post-coup sanctions the bloc had put in software towards Mali. ECOWAS leaders…

October 6, 2020

South Sudan set to campaign against child marriage

South Sudan’s authorities in partnership with UNICEF launched a marketing campaign Monday against toddler marriage to address the challenges ladies…

October 6, 2020

South Africa: AlphaCode’s incubate programme awards startup with R450 000

AlphaCode, the startup incubator from Rand Merchant Investments (RMI), has awarded Oyi Medical Card R450 0 at its first virtual…

October 6, 2020

NEWS: Military given key posts in Mali’s interim govt

Mali's meantime president Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel who was once sworn in closing month, appointed a 25-strong authorities on…

October 6, 2020

Hundreds ask transitional government to resign in Sudan

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Sudan’s capital Monday, worrying the departure of the transitional government. According to…

October 6, 2020

NEWS: Rwanda appreciates its teachers

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday paid tribute to the country's teachers on World Teachers’ Day. "Let’s take a moment…

October 5, 2020

Zimbabwe: Teachers vow to continue strike over wages

Teachers in Zimbabwe vowed to proceed their strike towards the 40% increment in salaries of teachers, which they reflect onconsideration…

October 5, 2020

Sudan: Protesters shut port in protest of peace deal

Sudanese protesters shut the Southern Port of Sudan on Sunday in protest of a recently-signed peace deal with insurrection groups.…

October 5, 2020

Ivory Coast opens 60,000-seater stadium ahead of AFCON 2023

Ivory Coast inaugurated Saturday its new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium, built with the help of China, in Ebimpe, on the outskirts…

October 4, 2020

Business: Healthy deal for Sasol under the conditions

Petrochemicals giant Sasol fell almost 5 percent on the JSE on Friday after it announced that it would sell 50…

October 4, 2020

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