9+ hour, 31+ min ago   (430+ words) Chad has suspended the granting of new mining prospecting authorisations across the country until further notice, placing a temporary freeze on new exploration activity as the government seeks greater control over its mineral sector. The decision was announced by Mines,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (416+ words) American venture capitalist and bitcoin investor Tim Draper’s plan to sell his luxury resort investment in Tanzania for $7.9 million is attracting a wave of unusual offers, including gold mines, houses and cattle. The development comes weeks after Tanzania’s government clarified…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (392+ words) Ghanaian passport holders can now travel to three more countries without obtaining an entry visa, following the entry into force of visa waiver agreements with the Maldives, Zambia, and Antigua and Barbuda. The Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (519+ words) Somalia is turning to an unusual store of household wealth to widen access to finance, with MyBank, the nation’s sixth-biggest lender launching a service that allows women to use verified gold jewellery as collateral for financing. The lender estimates that…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (187+ words) Mastercard Crypto Credential will now enable all eligible Busha users as verified endpoints, enabling them to send and receive supported digital assets with greater confidence using their email or phone number instead of error-prone blockchain addresses Mastercard has partnered with…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (409+ words) Kenya is positioning itself as East Africa’s leading business and technology hub, but concerns from major US tech companies over immigration and work-permit restrictions are putting pressure on Nairobi’s ambitions as it battles a growing immigration crisis. Kenya’s ambition to…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (541+ words) The Port of Mombasa is emerging as an increasingly important maritime hub for global trade and security, with major US and UK naval vessels making port calls in Kenya within weeks of each other. The latest arrival was the USS…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (276+ words) Africa’s biggest oil refinery has cut its debt by $570 million as it increased production and sales ahead of its planned initial public offering, which could become the continent’s largest share offering. Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE had $5.67 billion in…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1655+ words) Two childhood friends, Taiwo Ilesanmi and Gbenga Akanmu, went from growing up on the same street to working at global chemical giants Dow Chemical and BASF, before building Alliance Chemicals Global. In four years, the company has grown revenue by…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (602+ words) One of the world’s last operational Douglas DC-8 jets has suffered a runway accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo, potentially ending the working life of an aircraft built approximately 56 years ago. The four-engine cargo aircraft, registered 9S-AJO, left the…...