Digging deep
Tanzania’s Ngualla project has the potential to become one of the world’s highest-quality rare earth ventures – and one of... Read more
25 Apr, 2017
Space race
Two South African nanosatellites are set to be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US on 18 April 2017.... Read more
18 Apr, 2017
Room to rent
Over the past two years, the drop in the oil price has seen a decline in rental costs across the... Read more
18 Apr, 2017
Fire away
In the last decade, Nigeria has reduced its gas flaring from 36% down to 10%. As a result, it... Read more
18 Apr, 2017
Redeeming feature
Despite experiencing strong growth across Africa over the past decade, smartphones still have not managed to overtake feature phones... Read more
11 Apr, 2017
Through the roof
African central banks have some of the steepest interest rates in the world. At 23.5%, Ghana has the continent’s highest... Read more
11 Apr, 2017
Zero tolerance
Miners are often exposed to silica dust, live in poor conditions and have limited access to healthcare. All these factors... Read more
11 Apr, 2017
Message in a bottle
More than 800% – that’s the rise in tonnage of plastic bottles South Africa has recycled since 2005, 2 billion of... Read more
4 Apr, 2017
A worthy start
Lagos is officially the African city with the most valuable start-up ecosystem. As reported by Disrupt Africa, the Nigerian... Read more
4 Apr, 2017
Set in stone
Zambia’s Kagem emerald mine will be the first to test newly developed Swiss nanotechnology that can trace stones back... Read more
4 Apr, 2017
