Business Five-star Zimbabwe hotel’s bucket baths mocked online Harare – A top hotel in Zimbabwe became the butt of jokes on social media on Wednesday after it... Read more 16 Jun, 2022
Business Tanzania targets internet giants with new tax Dar es Salaam – Tanzania will introduce a digital tax this year, the country’s finance minister said, in a... Read more 15 Jun, 2022
Business Africa ‘punished’ by investment clamp on fossils, says Niger Abidjan – Niger, the poorest country in the world, says Africa has been “punished” by decisions by western countries... Read more 15 Jun, 2022
Business SA’s millionaires ‘leaving the country in droves’ – report Cape Town – South Africa is reportedly losing millionaires at an alarming rate. According to The Citizen, over the... Read more 15 Jun, 2022
Business High-level IMF team heads to Zambia for debt talks Lusaka – A high-level IMF team will meet with Zambian officials this week as the southern African country seeks to... Read more 14 Jun, 2022
Business Tanzania signs natural gas deal with Shell, Equinor Dar es Salaam – Tanzania on Saturday signed a framework agreement with British and Norwegian energy giants Shell and... Read more 13 Jun, 2022
Business End of an era as Russia’s McDonald’s reopens under new name Moscow – The restaurant that launched McDonald’s in Russia in 1990, heralding Moscow’s opening after decades of Soviet rule,... Read more 13 Jun, 2022
Algeria Algeria suspends Spain co-operation over Western Sahara dispute Algiers – Algeria said on Wednesday it was suspending a decades-old cooperation treaty with Spain after Madrid backed the... Read more 11 Jun, 2022
Business Somalia to lift Kenyan khat ban as ties improve Nairobi – Somalia has agreed to lift a two-year ban on air shipments of khat from Kenya as part... Read more 11 Jun, 2022
Business AU chair urges Ukraine to demine Odessa to ease wheat exports Dakar – Senegalese President and African Union Chair Macky Sall on Thursday urged Ukraine to demine waters around its... Read more 10 Jun, 2022