Namibia is the best performing African country to make a successful energy transition. This is contained in the World Economic Forum’s Energy Transition Index 2020 released…
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Abdulateef Ahmed
Digital News Editor | Research Lead Abdulateef is a self-driven Researcher renowned for his exceptional editorial skills. He is a literary bon vivant with a keen interest in greener energy, macroeconomics, big data, efficient systems, Africa's political economy, aviation, and pan-African dialogues. His innovative thinking extends even into his dreams, where he crafts solutions,in his sleep, to nonexistent problems.
Until the situation is brought under control, the full economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on African countries may not be known. For the crisis of…
Nigeria’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) has accused local banks of not adhering to the Central Bank and Bankers’ Committee directive to suspend staff lay-offs due to…
The South African labour unions have rejected a government proposal to review planned increases for civil servants days before they were due to be implemented. The…
Zimbabwean Billionaire and founder of Econet Global Ltd, Strive Masiyiwa has disclosed his position on acquiring a telecommunications license in Ethiopia, which is opening up the…
Kenya’s Absa Bank , a part of South Africa’s Absa Group, has signed almost 5 million customers on its virtual banking platform, which it sees as…
Kenya’s competition watchdog has fined Carrefour and ordered the French retail giant to review all its supply agreements within 60 days after the supermarket chain was…
Uber charges a 25 per cent commission, a fee that has been at the centre of conflict with driver-partners over the last three years
Liberia is cleaning up its act to rebuild investor confidence and turn around its crisis-hit economy as the country looks to recover from a period of…
Benin is considering to sell euro-denominated bonds this year as the country seeks to benefit from strong demand for the continent’s high-yielding foreign-currency debt. The $10-billion…