Africa

SARS Claims Clothing Stores Evade Tax Hikes in South Africa, Accusing Them of Taking Advantage of Peculiar Taxing System

SARS claims that clothing stores are evading the tax hikes in South Africa. Officials explained how clothing brands are possibly doing it.


Google Launches Umoja Fiber Optic Cable Connecting Australia with Africa

Google has unveiled Umoja, its fiber optic cable directly connecting Australia with Africa, with the terrestrial portion of the route from Kenya to South Africa already complete...

Canon's Photos That Blind People Can See To Be Showcased in Africa—How Is This Possible?

Canon's photos that blind people can see will soon be showcased in Africa. Here's how the camera maker made it possible...

Kenyan President William Ruto Considers Crypto Mining to Power Energy Sector Growth

President William Ruto revealed ongoing discussions with companies such as Marathon Digital, signaling a possible transformation in Kenya's economic terrain...


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Kenya's Safaricom, Moneygram sign money transfer deal
Kenya's Safaricom (SCOM.NR) and U.S. company MoneyGram International (MGI.O) have agreed a deal for money to be sent from abroad to Kenya through their money transfer services, targeting more than $1
Viettel to invest $1 billion on 3G telecoms network in Tanzania: officials
Vietnam-based telecoms operator Viettel plans to invest $1 billion in a new third-generation (3G) mobile phone network in Tanzania, the office of the east African country's president said on Tuesday.
Somalia says reviewing oil deals U.N. says lack transparency
Somalia said it was reviewing several oil and gas deals that U.N. investigators say lack transparency and risk hindering development of the country's energy industry.
Tanzania talks with Total, BP on hydrocarbon exploration
Tanzania has held talks with France's Total (TOTF.PA) and Britain's BP (BP.L) over oil and gas exploration, its energy ministry said on Saturday, aiming to add to major companies active in its thrivin
Egypt signs with six international firms to dredge new Suez Canal
Egypt signed contracts with six international firms on Saturday to carry out dredging of the new Suez Canal, the flagship project in President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's program to revive an economy batte
Air Cote d'Ivoire in talks with Airbus, Bombardier
Ivory Coast's national carrier Air Cote d'Ivoire is in discussions with Airbus (AIR.PA) and Canada's Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) to renew its existing fleet and provide new aircraft for a planned expansi
French tourists avoid Tunisia after traveler's beheading in nearby Algeria
Tunisia lost about a third of its French tourist bookings to cancellation shortly after the beheading last month of a French traveler by Islamist militants in neighboring Algeria, the country's touris
South Africa signs nuclear agreement with France
South Africa has signed a nuclear power agreement with France, the government said on Friday, three weeks after it reached a similar deal with Russia as part of Pretoria's first tentative steps toward
Nigeria's 'megachurches': a hidden pillar of Africa's top economy
When a guesthouse belonging to one of Nigeria's leading Christian pastors collapsed last month, killing 115 mostly South African pilgrims, attention focused on the multimillion-dollar "megachurches" t
Egypt has paid back $500 million to Qatar: central bank governor
Egypt has paid back $500 million to Qatar and will soon return the remainder of the money the Gulf state deposited into the Egyptian central bank after the 2011 revolution, the bank's governor said on
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