Zimbabwe secures AfDB fund to tackle disasters
African Development Bank from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE – ZIMBABWE is poised to strengthen capacity to manage disaster risks, including droughts, floods and tropical cyclones after securing a grant of $685 000 from the African Development Bank (AfDB). Funds have been secured through the bank’s Africa Disaster Risk More...
UK seeking bigger trade ties with Africa
On the centre is British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson with 16 African leaders at the 2020 UK-Africa Investment Summit in London. Photo by Nick Wilson, CAJ News London. from NICK WILSON in London, England LONDON – THE More...
SA mobile users missing out on RCS benefits
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – SOUTH Africa’s mobile industry has been urged to educate users in order to boost the uptake of Rich Communication Services (RCS). RCS is hailed as the a next generation mobile More...
MTN introduces prepaid TikTok bundles
MTN SA Executive for Corporate Affairs, Jacqui O’Sullivan by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – MTN South Africa has launched bundles for the short-form video sharing application that has emerged a favourite More...
Scores of ‘Yahoo Boys’ nabbed at Nigeria nightclub
Nigeria’s suspected internet fraudsters, ‘Yahoo Boys’ arrested from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – NIGERIAN authorities have arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters during More...
Angola’s richest man evades selective clampdown on corruption
Angola and Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos from PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, Angola LUANDA – WHILE Angola’s (and the continent’s) richest woman is under siege from authorities alleging use More...
Telecel bearing the brunt of Zimbabwe economic crisis
Telecel Zimbabwe from DANAI MWARUMBA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE – TELECEL Zimbabwe, the country’s third largest mobile network operator, has refuted reports it is on the brink of collapse. It nonetheless More...
Firms to adopt electronic banking after cheque limits
First National Bank (FNB) by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – BUSINESSES are urged to adopt electronic banking channels following the recently announced rules from the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA) More...
South Africa rejects Ethiopian migrants’ multimillion-dollar offer
South African Rand by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THOUSANDS of Ethiopian refugees living in South Africa are dangling an offer of R100 million (US$6,94 million) to the host country’s government in exchange More...
More people than ever face hunger in Southern Africa
World Food Programme from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE – A RECORD 45 million people in Southern Africa are food insecure as the region enters the peak of the lean season. The season runs More...