Business Sudan inks $6 billion UAE deal for new Red Sea port Khartoum – Sudan signed on Tuesday an initial $6 billion deal led by United Arab Emirates’ AD Ports Group... Read more 14 Dec, 2022
Business Ghana reaches $3 billion deal with IMF Accra – Ghana on Tuesday agreed on a $3 billion credit deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as... Read more 13 Dec, 2022
Business WATCH | ZanuPF says Robert Mugabe is to blame as Zimbabwe battles crippling power cuts Cape Town – Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party has blamed former president Robert Mugabe for the country’s critical electricity shortage,... Read more 12 Dec, 2022
Business More South Africans are smoking – higher taxes and stronger law enforcement are needed Sam Filby, University of Cape Town and Corne van Walbeek, University of Cape Town Tobacco use imposes a significant... Read more 11 Dec, 2022
Business Skills shortages are plaguing South Africa’s economy – policy and social conditions must support their development Stephanie Allais, University of the Witwatersrand Many South Africans argue that the country has a skills crisis. An equal... Read more 11 Dec, 2022
Business ‘Everything increasing except wages’: inflation batters Ethiopia Addis Ababa – “Everything is increasing except our wages,” Ethiopian porter Zerihun told AFP, summing up the financial crisis... Read more 11 Dec, 2022
Business ‘I bought my first property in my early 20s’ – Meet seasoned investor Andrew Walker Cape Town – South African Property Investors Network (SAPIN) founder Andrew Walker is an experienced entrepreneur who works to... Read more 11 Dec, 2022
Business African debt: how to break unequal relationships in financing deals Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria Africa is facing some impossibly difficult choices when it comes to financing its development.... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Business Eskom takes SA back to stage 5 load-shedding ‘until further notice’ Cape Town – Eskom on Saturday announced that it was implementing stage 5 load-shedding until further notice. The power... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Algeria Business anxiety grows as Spain-Algeria trade deadlock lingers Madrid – Six months after Algeria cut ties with Spain following a spat over disputed Western Sahara, trade between... Read more 9 Dec, 2022