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Travel Senegal | Dakar dreaming

Travel Senegal | Dakar dreaming

With a brand new international airport it’s even easier to spend a weekend in the de facto chill capital of West Africa

Developing developers

Developing developers

An unexpected drag on the global economy in recent years is the increasing cost of software developers and coders. A developer can cost between $50 and $200 per hour’s work. Companies worldwide are realising they need to upgrade legacy computer systems...

Art & Life | ITW Bongeziwe Madandla

Art & Life | ITW Bongeziwe Madandla

With music that seeps into ones veins like a magic potion, the melancholic South African folk musician is touring with his album Mangaliso

The human factor

The human factor

At the heart of the latest prognostications on Africa’s trajectories are the people – another 500 million, the vast majority under 30 – due to join the denizens of the continent’s cities over the next three decades. They should lay the groundwork for Afr...

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The snakes and ladders of gender in African politics

The snakes and ladders of gender in African politics

Selling our crown jewels isn’t the solution - Yemi Osinbajo

Selling our crown jewels isn’t the solution - Yemi Osinbajo

Ahead of the February 2019 elections, Nigeria’s vice-president talks to The Africa Report about how free-marketism does not hold all the answers for Nigeria and how the APC government plans...

The old order has delivered misery - Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili

The old order has delivered misery - Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili

Presidential candidate of The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili, talks to The Africa Report about the education crisis and the need for the politics of ideas rather than...

South Africa needs to bail out Eskom, says former Eskom…

South Africa needs to bail out Eskom, says former Eskom adviser Rothschild

The South African government needs to "bite the bullet" and bail out struggling state-run power firm Eskom, which has asked for 100 billion rand ($7 billion) in government support

Travel Senegal | Dakar dreaming

Travel Senegal | Dakar dreaming

With a brand new international airport it’s even easier to spend a weekend in the de facto chill capital of West Africa

Developing developers

Developing developers

An unexpected drag on the global economy in recent years is the increasing cost of software developers and coders. A developer can cost between $50 and $200 per hour’s work....

Art & Life | ITW Bongeziwe Madandla

Art & Life | ITW Bongeziwe Madandla

With music that seeps into ones veins like a magic potion, the melancholic South African folk musician is touring with his album Mangaliso

The human factor

The human factor

At the heart of the latest prognostications on Africa’s trajectories are the people – another 500 million, the vast majority under 30 – due to join the denizens of the...

Egypt's Carbon Holdings secures $1.25 bln to build petrochemicals complex

Egypt's Carbon Holdings secures $1.25 bln to build petrochemicals complex

Egypt's Carbon Holdings has secured $1.25 billion in financing to build a giant petrochemicals complex in the Red Sea port of Ain Sokhna.

Act now or face 100 more years of child marriage,…

Act now or face 100 more years of child marriage, economists warn

It will take 100 years to end child marriage if current trends continue, economists warned on Friday, urging governments to spend more on tackling a problem that affects 12 million...

Nearly half of Tanzania's banks vulnerable to financial shocks -…

Nearly half of Tanzania's banks vulnerable to financial shocks - IMF

Nearly half of Tanzania's 45 banks are vulnerable to adverse shocks and risk insolvency in the event of a global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday.

Day in the life: Samuel Muzimbi

Day in the life: Samuel Muzimbi

Samuel Muzimbi’s makeshift stand, hung with his self-made shoes and accessories, has been a landmark in Melville, Johannesburg, for 11 years

Steinhoff shares tumble after accounts, PwC probe delayed

Steinhoff shares tumble after accounts, PwC probe delayed

A probe into accounting irregularities at Steinhoff International and the release of the retailer's restated results have been delayed, it said on Thursday, sending its shares down as much as...

South Africa's Eskom wants state to take on $7.2 bln…

South Africa's Eskom wants state to take on $7.2 bln of its debt

South Africa's struggling state-run power firm Eskom wants the government to take on 100 billion rand ($7.2 billion) of its debt to shore up its balance sheet, Eskom Chairman Jabu...

Zimbabwe to allow two new companies to mine diamonds

Zimbabwe to allow two new companies to mine diamonds

Zimbabwe will now allow two more private companies to explore and mine diamonds in the country, bringing to four the number of firms that will operate in the sector, mines...

Sudan allows local private sector firms to export gold

Sudan allows local private sector firms to export gold

Sudan will allow local private sector firms to export gold, Prime Minister Moataz Moussa said on Monday, relaxing the central bank's grip over exports of the metal as the government...

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The MP for Kyaddondo East, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known by his stage name Bobi Wine, has become an icon for opposition in Uganda with his slogan of “people power” and...

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Is Africa’s development an illusion?

Is Africa’s development an illusion?

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The snakes and ladders of gender in African politics

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Somalia: A tipping-point talk in London

Somalia: A tipping-point talk in London

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Africa's pharmaceutical futures

Africa's pharmaceutical futures

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Africa Cup of Nations: Cameroon seal tit…

Africa Cup of Nations: Cameroon seal title with comeback win

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“We don’t need any regulation that enforces…

“We don’t need any regulation that enforces localisation to be local” - Farid Fezoua

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Art & Life | Freefall and futures

Art & Life | Freefall and futures

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The Social Network war in Africa is on

The Social Network war in Africa is on

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The human factor

The human factor

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Art & Life | ITW Bongeziwe Madandla

Art & Life | ITW Bongeziwe Madandla

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My Journey Back to the Future of African…

My Journey Back to the Future of African Farming - Olusegun Obasanjo

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