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Amped up

A 400 MW liquid petroleum gas-fuelled (LPG) power plant is set to be built in Ghana’s port city of Tema... Read more
22 Nov, 2016

Keeping track

Mustering livestock can prove to be an ongoing challenge for Nigerian farmers and herdsmen, as having little to no... Read more
22 Nov, 2016

Small feats

More than 70% of South African SMEs believe their businesses are run better than they were a year ago,... Read more
22 Nov, 2016

Common practice

Typically, Kenyans without collateral have found accessing traditional loans to be tough – but not anymore. Consumers can now... Read more
8 Nov, 2016

Shaping up

In the past year, the majority of sub-Saharan African economies implemented a record number of reforms to improve the business... Read more
8 Nov, 2016

Growth spurt

While South Africa has been particularly hard hit by recent drought conditions, the country’s commercial producers have plans to... Read more
8 Nov, 2016

Hitting the bullseye

South African scientists have introduced Pumelelo, the first Cape buffalo brought into the world by in vitro fertilisation, at... Read more
1 Nov, 2016

Capital developments

The Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) – West Africa’s regional stock exchange – is leading the way in... Read more
31 Oct, 2016

Value for money

The British have spoken – they consider South Africa to be the best-value long-haul holiday destination. The UK’s annual... Read more
31 Oct, 2016

Scaling up

Expansion of the airport at Dodoma – Tanzania’s designated new capital city – has tripled the number of aircraft landing... Read more
25 Oct, 2016