African economy loses $1 billion to Cyclone Idai
Cyclone Idai from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA – AFRICA could have lost infrastructure worth US$1 billion (R14,45 billion) as a result of Cyclone Idai battering Southern Africa. Malawi Mozambique and Zimbabwe are affected, and to a lesser extent, Madagascar. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) made the projections More...
Lowveld tuber seen as panacea to Zimbabwe’s depleting livestock
Neorautanenia branaypus from PATRICK CHITONGO in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe CHIREDZI – CATTLE farmers in Zimbabwe’s drought-prone regions have been urged to feed their livestock a locally-available tuber plant, More...
SA companies ‘afraid’ of change in tech revolution
Chantell Ilbury, Rachel Clayton, Stuart Scanlon, Andy Coussins, Paul Flannery and Hesham Elkomy at Epic ERP Summit. Photo by Mthulisi Sibanda, CAJ News Agency by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – SOUTH Africa More...
Plan to involve Trump in SA land issue condemned
AgriSA’s previous meeting with South African government officials, file photo UPINGTON – MAJORITY indigenous black South Africans have expressed support to land expropriation without compensation and More...
EXCLUSIVE: Idai deadliest cyclone ever to batter Southern Africa
Mozambique’s victims of Cyclone Idai walk barefooted in the floods from ARIMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique MAPUTO – PROJECTIONS that the death toll in the Tropical Cyclone Idai sweeping through More...
UNITEL signed as first WEF partner in Angola
Angola’s UNITEL Chairperson, Isabel dos Santos from PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, Angola LUANDA – ANGOLAN mobile network operator, UNITEL, is the first company from the Southern African country to be More...
SA explores financial assistance to Zimbabwe
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and his host Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE – SOUTH Africa is considering financial packages to economically-struggling More...
AfricaTech catapults continent to Industry 4.0
Informa Event Director at AfricaCom, Tom Cuthell by DION HENRICK in Cape Town CAPE TOWN – AFRICA-TECH, a new event dedicated to propelling the continent towards the fourth industrial revolution, will be More...
Zim’s 4th international airport Buffalo Range enhances tourism
Private flight to take-off Buffalo Range Airport, Chiredzi, Lowveld from TINO PEPUKAI in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe CHIREDZI – THE US$3 million (about R42.42 million) refurbishment of the Buffalo Range Airport More...
Nigeria, Tanzania win global ICT competition
Jubilant students from Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Angola fly their respective countries’ flags following victory in technology awards by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – STUDENTS from Nigeria and More...