Morocco reaps cash, clout from fertiliser supply shock
Rabat – A global fertiliser supply shock deepened by Russia’s Ukraine invasion has brought boom times for the North... Read more
4 Dec, 2022
ABB to pay further $315 million to settle US charges over South Africa bribes
New York – Swedish-Swiss industrial company ABB agreed to pay $315 million to settle US criminal charges that it... Read more
4 Dec, 2022
Switzerland fines engineering giant $4.3 million over South Africa bribe
Geneva – Swedish-Swiss engineering giant ABB has been fined four million Swiss francs ($4.3 million) over bribery linked to... Read more
2 Dec, 2022
Rand falls as Cyril Ramaphosa’s fate throws South Africa into crisis
Johannesburg – South Africa’s rand weakened on Thursday as the country was thrown into a political crisis with President... Read more
1 Dec, 2022
How Maggie Moila and Fundza Training Institute are battling youth unemployment
Cape Town – Meet Maggie Moila is an entrepreneur and businesswoman working in the mining industry. She runs her... Read more
1 Dec, 2022
Mozambique court starts ruling on ‘hidden debt’ graft scandal
Maputo – A court on Wednesday begun handing down verdicts in Mozambique’s biggest corruption scandal, in which the government... Read more
1 Dec, 2022
Kenya’s Ruto launches flagship credit scheme for poor
Nairobi – Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday launched a low-interest credit scheme to boost financial access for the... Read more
30 Nov, 2022
Uranium-rich Niger struggles despite nuclear resurgence
Niamey – Prospects for the world’s nuclear industry have been boosted by the war in Ukraine and mounting hostility... Read more
30 Nov, 2022
‘You need high-level mental and emotional stability,’ says Lorna Mlonzi, a young entrepreneur changing lives with SkyInternet
Cape Town – Lorna Mlonzi is a 29-year-old entrepreneur, who is the founder and CEO of SkyInternet, an internet... Read more
28 Nov, 2022
Struggling Ghana plans tax rise, debt swap to secure IMF aid
Accra – Ghana’s finance minister, Kenneth Ofori-Atta, presented the 2023 budget to parliament on Thursday, hiking tax and planning... Read more
25 Nov, 2022
