Business Burkina Faso Opens First Gold Refinery, Targeting Full Value Control OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – President Ibrahim Traoré inaugurated RAFFINOR-BF on September 28, giving Burkina Faso its first national gold refinery... BY Mazwe Majola September 29, 2026 0 Comment
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Business Zimbabwe Secures Chirundu Border Upgrade Funding to Accelerate Regional Trade HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe has secured financing for a major upgrade of the Chirundu border post with Zambia, clearing a... BY Mazwe Majola September 22, 2026 0 Comment
Business Somalia Confirms Critical Minerals as Investors Eye Untapped Resource Wealth MOGADISHU, Somalia – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Somalia holds confirmed deposits of uranium, lithium and cobalt as his government... BY Mazwe Majola September 22, 2026 0 Comment
Business Gates Foundation Commits $1 Billion to Narrow Global AI Divide SEATTLE, United States – The Gates Foundation will spend at least $1 billion over the next two years to widen... BY Mazwe Majola September 15, 2026 0 Comment
Business Nigeria’s Stock Market Wealth Concentrates Heavily Around Two Dominant Billionaires LAGOS, Nigeria – Seventeen individuals hold Nigerian Exchange shares worth about $37.7 billion, yet two industrialists control close to three... BY Mazwe Majola September 15, 2026 0 Comment
Business Dangote Refinery IPO Opens Africa’s Biggest Share Sale to Investors LAGOS, Nigeria – Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has launched the continent’s largest initial public offering, placing part of his... BY Mazwe Majola September 14, 2026 0 Comment
Business Uber Exits Nigeria and Uganda as African Ride-Hailing Pressures Mount LAGOS, Nigeria – Global ride-hailing company Uber has shut down its operations in Nigeria and Uganda with immediate effect, ending... BY Mazwe Majola September 3, 2026 0 Comment
Business Ethiopian Airlines Nears Boeing Freighter Deal as African Hub Expands ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Airlines is close to acquiring as many as 10 long-haul Boeing cargo aircraft as Africa’s... BY Anele Ngobani September 2, 2026 0 Comment
Business Botswana Commissions Mmadinare Solar Cluster to Cut Costly Power Imports MMADINARE, Botswana – Botswana has officially commissioned the 100MW Mmadinare Solar PV Cluster, its first utility-scale, grid-connected solar power project... BY Anele Ngobani September 2, 2026 0 Comment