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Ivory Coast-based startup Coliba, which has developed a recycling and waste management platform, has raised funding from German firm GreenTec Capital Partners, which will also… Read More »Creating Larger Value and Impact in Africa’s Recycled Plastic Economy

It might not be clear why a fish pond project should take root in a region surrounding the great Lake Victoria. After all, as the… Read More »New and Sustainable Agriculture Methods for Lake Victoria

Mali’s main opposition leader Soumaila Cisse is missing and thought to be kidnapped along with 11 members of his delegation. The Union for the Republic… Read More »Search for Malian Opposition Leader

The gambling sector in East Africa is in a “total mess” following the collapse of global sport in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Betting… Read More »East Africa’s Gambling Sector Goes Through Withdrawal

Bobi Wine, a Ugandan musician and rising political force, has joined the likes of footballer-turned-president George Weah in resorting to song to help stem the… Read More »Tunes to Sensitise Africans about Social Distancing

In a view to releasing more money into circulation and in keeping with the tough economic times Kenyans are experiencing, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced… Read More »Freeing Up more Funds for Kenya’s Fight against Deadly Pandemic

Ethiopia is set to begin releasing more than 4,000 prisoners Thursday in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Attorney General Adanech Abebe… Read More »Addis Pardons Prisoners in Bid to Stop the Spread of COVID-19

Doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe are striking to protest the shortage of personal protective equipment for health workers in the nation’s hospitals, their unions said.… Read More »Zimbabwe’s Health Workers Demand Protection against Coronavirus

South Africa has seen yet another substantial increase in confirmed coronavirus cases in the country, with the total now at 927 – up from 709… Read More »South Africans Brace themselves for National Lockdown as Numbers Rise