Wef africa 2019
Pityana calls for softening of borders in Africa
AngloGold Ashanti chairman Sipho Pityana said that African countries needed to ease their borders as businesses needed easier access to skills on the continent...
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Kganyago: Africa's economic outlook positive
South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago made the remarks during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town which ended on Friday.
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'Zimbabweans have lost their father' - Namibia's Geingob on Mugabe's death
Namibian President Hage Geingob says that his country will celebrate the life the late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
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11 CT gender violence protesters released on warning
The suspects have been released on a warning until their court appearance.
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Collaboration between African governments key to enabling innovation
SA Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says African nations must provide the regulatory environment that would see them realise the potential presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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#AmINext: CT protests against gender violence to continue today despite arrests
While delegates gathered for the World Economic Forum on Africa on Wednesday, anger boiled over on the sidelines of the event.
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Ramaphosa criticised at WEF Africa for not capitalising on poll victory
Government representatives failed to show up for a World Economic Forum on Africa briefing as the event got under way amid clashes between police and protesters on Wednesday.
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Malawi's top court outlaws single-use plastic
Continued use of the plastics will from now on attract fines, closure of factories and seizure of the prohibited products.
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'Sand mafias' threaten Morocco's coastline
A UN Environment Programme report on the global over-exploitation of this resource accuses ‘sand mafias’ of destroying Morocco's beaches and over-urbanising its coastline.
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Lesotho, Africa's medical cannabis pioneer
In 2017, the tiny landlocked kingdom of 2.1 million people decided to tap into the booming medical marijuana industry.
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Shut down the country! Protesters try to storm WEF Africa event
A growing group of demonstrators charged towards the doors of the Cape Town International Convention Centre, where the World Economic Forum on Africa is under way.
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Business leaders urge South Africa's Ramaphosa to reform faster
South African business leaders on Wednesday urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to push through reforms faster to lift the economy and curb investment outflows, as executives and policymakers gathered for a continental economic summit.
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Protesters take gender violence demonstration to WEF Africa on way to Parliament
The group is calling on government to intervene to stop violence against women and refused to leave the area after being asked to by police.
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Ramaphosa to pitch SA as investor destination of choice at WEF Africa
The three-day event in Cape Town has attracted more than 1,000 global and regional leaders from politics, business, civil society and academia.
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What to expect from WEF Africa 2019
More than 1,000 regional and global leaders from politics, business, civil society and academia will meet to discuss how Africa build on its potential.
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From a lake high in Madagascar, Africa's own caviar
The business is an unlikely project in a country beset by poverty, but its owners are determined that luxury foods can play a part in improving the economy.
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Internet a distant dream for many in oil-rich E. Guinea
Equatorial Guinea has the most expensive internet in the world after Zimbabwe according to a list published by Ecobank.
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To grow, Africa must look inwards
A united Africa working towards common goals could be a global game-changer.
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Senegal shines in showcase for female tech innovation
Dakar has ambitions as a budding start-up hub with plans to create 35,000 direct jobs in new technologies by 2025.
