Africa
Mpox may affect Nigerian, African economies – Fitch
International credit rating firm, Fitch Ratings, has said that the Mpox outbreak may hurt the economic activities of African countries ...Our partnership with Nigeria on national carrier has ended – Ethiopian Airlines CEO
Mesfin Tasew, the group chief executive officer (GCEO) of Ethiopian Airlines, says plans to establish a national carrier in collaboration ...South African billionaire overtakes Aliko Dangote as Africa’s richest person
Johann Rupert, South African billionaire and chairman of Richemont, a luxury goods conglomerate, has overtaken Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote ...Africans affected as Brazil imposes entry restrictions on ‘stopover’ migrants
Brazil has placed restrictions on the entry of some foreigners who use the country as a midpoint to migrate to ...Togo, Benin owe Nigeria $14m for electricity – FG
None of the four international bilateral customers being supplied by the power generation companies in the Nigerian electricity supply industry ...South African firm buys Ikeja City Mall, three Ghanaian plazas for ‘$200m’
Lango, a South African real estate firm, has agreed to acquire assets owned by Hyprop Investments Limited and Attacq Limited ...Africa must invest in research, halt talent exodus – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has implored African leaders to make more strategic and deliberate efforts in addressing the exodus of skills ...Morocco outclass Egypt, win Olympic men’s football bronze
The prolific Soufiane Rahimi scored twice and captain Achraf Hakimi netted a stunning free-kick as Morocco hammered Egypt 6-0 on ...Tebogo delivers Olympic glory for Africa, late mother
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo celebrates after winning the men’s 200m final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games ...Gabon president invites Dangote to invest in cement, fertiliser production
Aliko Dangote, the chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, has been invited by President Brice Oligui Nguema of Gabon to invest ...