Tag: Africas
Power Crisis in South Africa – Lack of electricity is the ruin for South Africa’s small businesses – News
Una Naunasi looks through the window of a hairdresser’s shop in her hometown of Springs and fights back tears. Until recently, that was her business, a laundry. She had up…
Africa’s teams soar thanks to their coaches
For the first time at a World Cup, all five African teams will be coached by coaches from their own country. This plus in identity should make nations like Senegal…
Nigeria is no longer Africa’s largest oil producer
Lhe facts: Nigeria, Africa’s leading crude oil producer, loses hundreds of thousands of barrels every day that are stolen offshore or siphoned off pipelines to be resold on the black…
“Africa’s fate on the issue of food security is not at stake in the current wheat import crisis”
Lukrainian grain has been moving slowly by cargo ship to the world since the July 22 agreement between Moscow and Ankara to establish secure shipping lanes. But will these 20…
Africa’s oldest dinosaur found in Zimbabwe
Ua leading scientific finding. As the BBC reports, the remains of Africa’s oldest dinosaur, which lived more than 230 million years ago, have been discovered by archaeologists in Zimbabwe. This…
Africa’s first cralier ship arrives in Ukrainian port
“The Brave Commander cargo ship has arrived at the Pivdennyi seaport. Very soon (Ukrainian) cereals will be delivered to Ethiopia,” Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov wrote on Twitter. Once loaded, the…
Conflict over Nile water – Africa’s largest dam arouses fears among Nile farmers – News
contents Ethiopia put its new dam on the Blue Nile into operation at the end of February. A milestone for the country. The Nile states on the lower reaches –…
Food Prices – How South Africa’s Poor Are Suffering From the Ukraine War – News
contents Bread and sunflower oil: staple food for South Africa’s poor. Both have been a third more expensive since the Ukraine war. Lea Qupa is a professional cleaner and a…
at the heart of South Africa’s most sprawling corruption scandal
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The UN is reducing rations for refugees in Africa’s Sahel amid “alarming” food insecurity.
The UN humanitarian agency (OCHA) estimates that some 18 million people will face severe food insecurity over the next three months in the arid belt that stretches across Africa below…
South Africa’s Pick n Pay retailer to cut costs by $187 million in 3 years
One of the country’s largest retail chains is seeking to improve shareholder returns, which have fallen over the past 12 months in a highly competitive grocery market dominated by its…
The latest on the corona pandemic – Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine plant faces closure – News
7:11 Closing due to a slump in orders: Africa’s Covid vaccine plant is threatened with closure Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine facility in Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth in South Africa, is…