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The government has reportedly announced plans to invest about U.S.$731 million to revamp the Nairobi-Mombasa standard gauge railway (SGR), build new sidings, and buy more locomotives and wagons in the next three years. The government hopes the count..

Khartoum North — After fierce battles on Wednesday, in particular in the northern part of the Sudanese capital, large parts of Khartoum witnessed relative calm yesterday morning. NetBlocks reported that only four per cent of the internet capacity is ..

South Africa's Mining Production Slows, Diamonds and Platinum Hit Hardest Statistics South Africa data has shown that mining production and sales slowed by 2.6% in March 2023 compared to March 2022, reports SABC News. The largest contribution t..

Nairobi — Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei now says the proposed Finance Bill 2023 will be passed without amendments as suggested by the Opposition. The Nandi Senator pointed out that the government has only two options; either borrow more or raise it..

Cairo — 30th Anniversary Founders Day Lecture of the African Export-Import Bank by Professor Kingsley Moghalu, Founder & CEO, Sogato Strategies LLC and President, Institute for Governance & Economic Transformation I. INTRODUCTION: There is no quest..

Harare — Fast fashion is a significant contributor to water contamination and pollution, and has a significant negative environmental impact on the world's water supply. To draw attention to the rising water contamination, Yvette Tetteh, a Ghan..

Sudan, Africa's third largest country by land mass, shares borders with seven countries in an unstable region. This means that Sudan's current conflict will have economic, social and political ripple effects across a number of countries, in..

Nairobi — The head of the International Monetary Fund is urging African countries to implement the Africa Continental Free Trade Area. Speaking Friday in Nairobi, Kristalina Georgieva said intracontinental trade could grow by 53% if steps are taken ..

As world leaders often gather to discuss alarming climate concerns, including the most recent Conference of Parties (COP) gathering in Cairo, Egypt, it serves everyone in the manufacturing sector well to remind ourselves of the long-underappreciated ..

Cape Town — Khadija Patel, elected chairperson of the International Press Institute (IPI)'s global Executive Board, former editor-in-chief of South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper, co-founder of online publication The Daily Vox, and head..

Financial institutions regulated by the Central Bank in Rwanda will face administrative sanctions including losing licenses for financing terrorism, non-compliance with money laundering prevention as well as financing of proliferation of weapons of m..

Environment Minister Says No Urgent Need to Close Coal Power Stations Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment Minister Barbara Creecy says it would be "counterintuitive" to shut down old coal-fired power stations amid an energy crisis, reports News24. ..