South Africa’s financial markets are enjoying a surprising rally, with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) hitting record highs and the rand gaining strength against the US dollar. The surge comes even as exports face fresh pressure from 30 percent US…
Ghana is setting its sights on a bold future with the launch of the “Big Push” — an ambitious $10bn infrastructure drive aimed at bridging the country’s chronic development gap. The announcement came during the KPMG Infrastructure Roadshow in Accra,…
Morocco is stepping into history books as the first African nation to host a battery gigafactory, thanks to a massive $5.6bn investment deal with Chinese giant Gotion High-Tech. The plant, set to rise in Kenitra, northwest Morocco, is expected to…
What was meant to be a day of joy in Zamfara turned into heartbreaking tragedy on Saturday evening. A bus filled with women and children, all part of a wedding convoy, plunged into a river near Fass village while escorting…
A Tanzanian court has overturned a controversial decision that barred opposition politician Luhaga Mpina from running in next month’s presidential election. Mpina, the flagbearer of the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT Wazalendo), had earlier been disqualified by the National…
Eighty-one-year-old Hannah Dankwa has finally made it back to her north London home after being stranded in Ghana for four months over a disputed birth-date error. She touched down at Heathrow in a bright green cardigan, welcomed with hugs, fried…
Namibia is moving fast to secure the chemicals needed for processing critical minerals, with two major sulphuric acid projects now underway. The push comes as demand spikes from the country’s booming uranium, copper, and manganese industries. Green Metals bets big…
Africa is stepping confidently into a new economic era, even as global trade arrangements shift and financial markets remain volatile. That ambition will take centre stage at the Global Africa Business Initiative’s (GABI) flagship Unstoppable Africa 2025 conference, themed The…
South African prosecutors have confirmed plans to reopen an inquest into the 1977 death of anti-apartheid icon Steve Biko. The case, to be officially registered in court on Friday, comes nearly 48 years after Biko died in police custody under…
Ghana has confirmed that it will accept West African nationals deported from the United States, with President John Dramani Mahama revealing that 14 migrants have already arrived under the new arrangement. The agreement applies to citizens of West African states…
