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
Smart fit
A biomedical jacket – able to identify symptoms of pneumonia up to four times faster than the average doctor –... Read more
28 Mar, 2017
Big stakes
Betting, especially on the outcome of sports matches, has become something of a pastime among Ugandan youngsters. Last year,... Read more
28 Mar, 2017
Fuelling change
Once used exclusively to make paper in ancient Egypt, papyrus may soon be harvested as a source of biofuel. Papyrus is... Read more
28 Mar, 2017
