Stories Tagged as
Africa
One tourism company tries to bounce back after being hit with travel bans
by
Jonathan Frewin
and Anais Amin
Dec 30, 2021
John Gibson, a director at Chobe Holdings, said that although the U.K.'s COVID travel bans hurt business, bookings are starting to pick up.
Spotify offers music streaming in more African countries
Jul 5, 2021
The expansion offers African music lovers another option and makes the landscape more competitive for local streaming services, like Gateway in Zimbabwe.
Financing is at the heart of ensuring Africa isn't "left behind" in the COVID-19 vaccine race
Sep 30, 2020
Most African countries have joined the cooperative effort for global distribution of a future vaccine, but there are still financial and logistical questions.
African countries form new trading bloc
by
Kimberly Adams
and Christian Buckler
Jul 10, 2019
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement creates a $3.4 trillion economic bloc covering over a billion people.
Regulators in Kenya concerned about growing popularity of online gambling
May 31, 2019
Mobile phones are allowing ordinary Kenyans to try their luck on sports gambling.
Kenyan communities look to cryptocurrency for improved cash flow
Feb 25, 2019
Small communities in Kenya have started embracing cryptocurrency in the hope that it will help to solve their cash flow problems.
Congress considering measure to boost U.S. investment in international infrastructure
Sep 4, 2018
At a big investment conference in Beijing Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced his country would pump another $60 billion into investment into Africa infrastructure. Sixty billion is a popular number in the foreign investment arena these days, it seems. Legislation working its way through Congress would combine several agencies to boost U.S. development financing […]
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Free trade gets a boost in Africa
by
Andy Uhler
Apr 13, 2018
Dozens of African nations signed on to a new trade deal. Some key nations still have not.
Why Western tech companies want more control over minerals in Africa
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Mar 2, 2018
Modern electronics rely heavily on one thing: lithium ion batteries. With carmakers gearing up to increase electric vehicle production, the demand for lithium ion batteries doesn’t appear to be slowing down. These batteries rely on an increasingly important supply of the metal cobalt. Most cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central […]
Why the oil industry may be the most corrupt in the world
by
Scott Tong
Jul 31, 2017
Two cases of illegal payments and bribery came to light recently. One is against the oil services company Halliburton in Angola. The other involves a mining subsidiary of Glencore doing business in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With government heavily involved and centralizing many so-called extractive industries, drilling and mining are more prone to corruption […]