The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
COVID-19: World Bank Calls For Swift Coronavirus Action…
The World Bank has demanded swift Coronavirus response from health agencies all over the world particularly in Africa due to the outbreak of the virus in major populated African countries. They have ordered the immediate…
Breaking: Extreme Covid-19 Prevention Measures in Madagascar
Over 5 months of lockdown in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and Esther has finally returned to work in Madagascar's capital. The mother of two makes a living selling steel wool which yields a daily…
Breaking: Africa set to Host Road World Championships…
Africa is where the next Road World Championships will be held in 2025, as announced by the Switzerland-based world governing body for sports cycling competitive events, The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). This will be the…
Business: COVID-19 may help revamp Africa’s economies
The coronavirus pandemic may want to convey tremendous modifications to Africa’s economies even if output shrinks by means of as tons as 10% this year, in accordance to a new investment report. There are already…
NEWS: Tourism Hoping Namibia Reopens Border to International…
Borders are Open in Namibia Ready for takeoff! Aeroplane runways in Namibia, as the Southern African country reopened its borders on September 1. The country hopes to fix hundreds of jobs in the country’s Covid-19…
Breaking: S.Africans react to economic meltdown
South Africans on the street are weighing in on the latest economic indicators showing the economy contracted by 51 per cent in the second quarter of this year. South Africa's economy shrank by more than…
Zimbabweans Remember Mugabe 1 Year After His Passing
A long queue of downcast Zimbabweans stretches out in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe as inhabitants await their turn to receive their daily food handout. This way of life was not what many envisioned after the late former…
Tunisia: PM Handover Ceremony
The handover ceremony between Tunisia’s outgoing Prime Minister, Elyes Fakhfakh and his successor, Hichem Mechichi, took vicinity on Thursday in Dar Dhiaffa at the Carthage Palace. The now ex-prime minister Fakhfakh did not cover his…
Coffee-Drinking Trend in Uganda Could Boost Economy
Coffee Consumption is on the Rise in Uganda There’s a new trend brewing in Uganda amongst the younger generation that can be found in an aroma-filled cup of cappuccino or espresso. Indeed, despite being the…
Business: Progress in Africa’s fight against tax evasion
African countries have made “significant” progress in reaffirming their commitments and building their capacity to achieve tax transparency. This is the main conclusion of the recent report on “Tax Transparency in Africa” of the Africa…
South Africa urges creditors to back rescue plan
South Africa’s public enterprises ministry on Wednesday urged creditors to back a rescue plan for cash-strapped South African Airways (SAA). Creditors are due to vote on the restructuring plan on Thursday, but one of the…
Egypt prioritizes hygiene amid plans to welcome foreign…
Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities says that the country is “laying the groundwork for tourists” to find the country in tiptop hygienic state as Egypt gears up to welcome back tourists. Tourists have been…
Standard and Poor’s downgrades S. Africa’s credit ratings
Standard and Poor’s on Wednesday lowered the credit rating for South Africa by one notch to “BB-” due to the “significant adverse implications” of the coronavirus pandemic on the country’s already-weakened economy. “South Africa’s already…
Fitch downgrades South Africa’s credit rating to ‘junk’…
Ratings agency Fitch downgraded South Africa’s credit rating further into “junk” territory on Friday, another blow for Africa’s most industrialised economy, which is still smarting from a Moody’s downgrade last week. Fitch lowered its long-term…
Ghana tweaks mobile money charges, Nigeria revises budget
The coronavirus epidemic continues to disrupt life across the world. The disruption is all but gathering steam in affected even virus-free African countries. The rate of infection is lower on the continent as compared to…
Central African economic bloc discussed at Brazzaville event
These are six panels which followed one another to take stock of the economic situation of the countries of Central Africa, during an event focusing on the financial market held in Brazzaville, capital of the…
