Botswana stock exchange reports down slide
Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) from ODIRILE TOTENG in Gaborone, Botswana GABORONE – THE Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) is struggling to recover from the economic gloom emanating from the coronavirus pandemic. The market performance for the period January 1 to April 30 this year reflects the grapple. As at the end of April 2021, a total equity More...
Vodacom spends over R200 million to expand rural coverage
Vodacom’s 4G base station by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – VODACOM has spent R207 million (US$14,8 million) to upgrade network infrastructure across the Free State and Northern Cape provinces during the More...
OPPO enhances foray into SA’s 5G space
OPPO A74 5G by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – COMPETITION in South Africa’s fifth-generation (5G) smartphone space is intensifying with the launch of the OPPO A74 5G. With this latest addition, there are More...
DRC the next global frontier for lithium, tin
DRC lithium from JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRC KINSHASA – THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is set to fulfill its renowned status as a global lithium and tin powerhouse following a cooperation agreement More...
Insurance scheme launched for Madagascar farmers
Madagascar Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries,Fanomezantsoa Lucien Ranarivelo from MARIO RAJOMAZANDRY in Antananarivo, Madagascar ANTANANARIVO – THE International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Madagascar More...
‘Roaring 20s’ poised to power South Africa’s digital future
Huawei Cloud AI by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THE fifth-generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks (5G), artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing have emerged as the catalysts More...
MTN lists N110 billion in Nigeria
MTN Nigeria from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – MTN Nigeria has issued N110 billion (US$4,12 billion) fixed rate bond in the West African country that is its biggest market. The Series I, seven-year, More...
Kenya cracks down on illegal beer traders
Kenya’s national beer from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI – KENYAN authorities have seized illicit alcoholic beverages with an estimated market value of KSh1,43 million (US$13 342) during More...
Avian epidemic plunging poultry industry into turmoil
Chicken Avian Influenza by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – STAKEHOLDERS are divided over South Africa’s prospects of containing the Avian Influenza (AI) as the outbreak spreads in the commercial hub of Gauteng. The More...
OPINION: An African country’s lawyer gets caught and disbarred
Peter Gray LONDON – THE lawyer was found to have deliberately withheld vital evidence There are many facilitators willing to sacrifice professional morals and integrity to serve the corrupt needs of dictators More...