Climate Change, Power Cuts Exert Pull On South Africa’s Farming
As farmers are seeking alternative energy sources, production costs have increased manyfold, while small and medium-scale farmers are struggling to cope with the spiraling cost.
Uncertainty Looms Over Nigerian Elections As Electoral Body Raises Alarm Over Insecurity
If the insecurity is not monitored, it could lead to the cancellation and/or postponement of elections, said Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, a national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Ahead Of Polls, South Africa's ANC And Ramaphosa Try To Clean The Augean Stable
After 28 years in power, the party shaped by Nelson Mandela is facing an existential crisis.
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South African Businesses Do The Spadework To Survive Likely Recession Next Year
As U.S.-based tech firms like Twitter, Meta, and Microsoft are doling out pink slips to their employees, their counterparts in South Africa, Africa's second-largest economy, are following suit.
Nigeria: President Buhari Banks On External Debts To Tide Over 2023 Budget Deficit
The record government expenditure of 20.5 trillion naira ($47.3 billion) budget, passed by the Senate on Dec. 28, aims to end the west African nation's security woes during the next fiscal year.
Spills And Bills Take A Toll On Oil In Nigeria
Two major oil spills took place in 2021, with 250 barrels spilled into inland waters and over 500 barrels spilled on land, swamps, shorelines, and open sea.
Bad Lesson For Africa As UK Woos Teachers To Make Britain Brainer
Under UK's Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) program teachers who are qualified in South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria can straight away head towards UK classrooms without further training from February next year.
Can The US Succeed As Africa Succeeds?
"When Africa succeeds, the United States succeeds. Quite frankly, the whole world succeeds as well," U.S. President Biden said.
Biden’s Summit Aims To Wean Africa Away From China And Russia
Since the U.S. still views China as its main long-term challenger, Chinese benevolence in Africa still looms large over Biden's policy.
Not Everything Fine With 5G In Nigeria
Airtel Africa, Nigeria's third largest telecom operator with 27.57 percent market share, emerged as the sole bidder for a 5G high-speed spectrum license in the second licensing round.
Federal And State Governments Exchange Blames As People Suffer In Nigeria
Governors from 36 provincial states charged the federal government with giving up its duty to address the security challenges and poverty in the country.
South Africa Does Not Want Mines To Undermine Its Economy
Illegal mining, rampant corruption, extortion and violence linked to the extraction of diamonds, coal, gold and chromite are costing the industry billions each year.
When ‘Japa’ Becomes A National Obsession In Nigeria
As Nigerians have proved good at English language skills, it is a lot easier for them to seek new green pastures in rich countries.
Blame It On Zuma And Ramaphosa, Africa’s Oldest Liberation Movement Gone For A Toss
For the ANC, Ramaphosa, who is facing a parliamentary inquiry on allegations of theft of millions of dollars, is seen as the safe bet to improve its electoral chances.
Nigerians On A Roll With Notoriety In Narcotics
Nigerians have earned notoriety in the narcotic trade and in large-scale peddling rackets that stretch from Europe to India.
Biden Finds South Africa And IS Handy Ahead Of Polls
Biden, facing dwarfing popularity, found Africa good to champion the cause of War on Terror against the Islamic State (IS) ahead of elections in the country which will determine who controls the Congress.
Grey Shadows Of Dirty Money Over South Africa, But There Still Is Hope
If South Africa is added to the greylist, it will take years to get out of the devastating impact on the economy. The country was placed on a one-year observation period, which ended in October.
South Africa Sees Light At The End Of Tunnel With Green Energy
Currently, state-owned Eskom enjoys a near monopoly in power generation.
Climate Change Exerts Its Pull On Nigeria And Can Undo Africa’s Largest Economy
Climate change will cost between six percent and 30 percent of GDP by 2050 in Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, according to experts.
Manufacturing Fear Through Terror Alerts; South Africa, Nigeria Become Latest Victims
Though South Africa and Nigeria downplayed the U.S. warning of a possible terrorist attack, other Western nations like Britain, Canada and Australia took the threat seriously and repeated the warnings.
Nigeria Banks On Financial Inclusion
The slow pace in achieving the target has forced the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to replace high-value currency notes, starting Dec. 15, to make more Nigerians banked.
Green Ammonia Is The New Chick On The Block And South Africa Its Hub
Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, in Egypt in November, South Africa is betting big on the hydrogen economy with world’s largest green ammonia project under the South African Hydrogen Society Roadmap (HSRM), announced by the government in February 2022.