Tag: Africa
Africa has capabilities to develop COVID-19 vaccine
African Union Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa, has called on African leaders to support efforts on the continent to develop a vaccine for COVID-19.
Addressing the...
Facebook to empower African small businesses with digital marketing skills programme
Facebook will now be offering economic impact programmes to African female-owned small businesses in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Facebook's SheMeansBusiness Program provides support...
S.Africa: two giant wind projects to come online in August 2020
The transportation of both Kangnas Wind Farm and Perdekraal East Wind Farm’s turbine tower sections have commenced, making their way from the West Coast’s...
Coffee production faces climate risk for Africa’s top grower
Ethiopia, Africa’s largest coffee grower, could face “significant volatility” in the crop’s yields in a decade due to changing weather patterns, according to McKinsey...
Events industry retools to build hospitals in Africa
The venture applies HOTT3D’s design, construction and project management expertise to building medical facilities within days
A Cape Town-based exhibition builder, together with an event...
From COVID-19 to a global recession: What’s next for Africa?
MPhil in Development Finance final-year students at USB, Livingstone Banga and Nii Darko Otoo, explored the connection between the spread of COVID-19 and a global recession. They delved...
Africa’s wealthiest man ends the year $4.3 billion better off
ALIKO DANGOTE, Africa’s richest man, became $4.3 billion richer in 2019 as his fortune continued to grow on the back of investments in cement,...
The future of website hosting in Africa – An honest opinion
Governments and dynasties come and go. Politicians make rash decisions and economies wobble and even crumble. Globally, climates are changing too, with average temperatures...
South African plastics pact a first in Africa; Collaborative platform will tackle plastic waste...
Research shows that eight million tonnes of plastic leak into the ocean every year and with a business as usual scenario, according to research...
Africa to double natural gas production by 2040, global consumption to double by 2050
Africa will contribute as much as 9.2% to global natural gas production by 2040
NATURAL gas growth prospects were outlined during the 2nd Gas Exporting...
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