Business & Technology

Africa’s economic output is expected to grow by 3.9% this year, the African Development Bank said in its annual African Economic Outlook report on Tuesday.

Communications Minister Solly Malatsi denies making “special dispensation for Starlink or any other company or an individual”.

Ghana’s cocoa industry, hit by unfavourable weather conditions and increased smuggling, is likely to miss its output target of 650,000 metric tonnes of this season.

South Africa has offered to buy liquefied natural gas from the United States over a 10-year period as part of proposals to secure a trade deal.

Five candidates from South Africa, Senegal, Zambia, Chad and Mauritania, are vying to replace outgoing President Akinwumi Adesina.

After the X outage on Saturday, Musk suggested that he may have been away from his companies for too long.

Niger asks Chinese firm to terminate the contracts of expatriates who have been working in in the West African country for more than four years as it tries to assert greater control over its natural resources and promote local employment.

Communications Minister Solly Malatsi has proposed the recognition of so-called “equity equivalent” investment programmes in the information and communication technology sector.

Egypt’s central bank has cut interest rates for the second time since April as inflationary pressures have eased in the North African country.

South Africa’s finance minister has presented a third version of the 2025 budget after being forced to backtrack on a proposed increase in value-added tax.