Under surveillance
Increasingly, African governments are requesting user information from the likes of Facebook and Google, according a Quartz Africa report.... Read more
12 Sep, 2017
Meaty matters
In South Africa, meat costs 20% less than the global average, yet the country’s unskilled labour force generally has... Read more
12 Sep, 2017
Balance of power
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has approved a US$1.05 million grant that will be used towards a... Read more
29 Aug, 2017
Bottoms up
It’s official – beer is the tipple of choice for South Africans. So much so, in fact, that the... Read more
29 Aug, 2017
Deep value
Located in South Africa’s Western Cape province, the Steenkampskraal mine is believed to hold the highest grade of rare... Read more
29 Aug, 2017
Class act
Estimates suggest that sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa) now holds a population of least 100 million people, with an aggregate... Read more
22 Aug, 2017
In hot pursuit
The internet is an important driver of start-ups and innovation across the continent and, as a result, its contribution... Read more
22 Aug, 2017
Space odyssey
Africa’s contribution to space exploration has taken another leap after Ghana officially entered the space race, with its very... Read more
22 Aug, 2017
Major stash
South Africans have more than ZAR30 billion tucked away in the Swiss banking system, slightly up from the 2.21 billion... Read more
11 Jul, 2017
In the system
A Nigerian tech start-up has launched the LegitCar mobile app – a nationwide database of cars that have been... Read more
11 Jul, 2017
