On Thursday, Arc Minerals said that Anglo American will take majority control of its Zambia copper cobalt exploration licenses. It marks the first new investment by Anglo in Zambia in …
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Radarr Africa Business Desk
The Radarr Africa Business Desk reports daily on companies, markets, banking, energy, technology and policy across Nigeria and Africa. Stories are reviewed and edited by The Radarr Africa Editorial Team in Lagos. Story tips and corrections: business@radarr.africa.
- South Africa
The Rock; Biggest white diamond ever extracted from South Africa auctioned and sold for $18.8 million
On Wednesday, The Rock; The biggest white diamond ever auctioned was sold for a hammer price of 18.6 million Swiss francs ($18.8 million) far short of the record for such …
- PoliticsWestern Africa
Nigeria’s President Buhari tells cabinet ministers with plans to run for election to resign
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that any cabinet minister seeking to run for 2023 elections should resign before May 16, the minister of information said on Wednesday. Nigerians will vote …
CEO Fenty beauty, Robyn Rihanna Fenty has announced that her Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin products will become available in eight African countries from the end of this month. In …
FIFA, the world football body has rejected Algeria’s appeal against the World Cup qualifying play-off against Cameroon. The announcement was made on Saturday by the Algerian Federation. ALSO READ: Senegalese …
- EntrepreneurshipInformation & TechnologyWestern Africa
Charlette N’Guessan invents a facial recognition software.
A facial recognition app designed by software engineer Charlette N’Guessan, a woman with unique identity issues. She is an Ivorian tech entrepreneur based in Ghana, co-founder of BACE API (www.bacegroup.com). …
Gunmen have killed 34 people in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna State, including two soldiers, in the latest attack blamed on heavily-armed criminal gangs, local authorities said on Tuesday. More than 200 homes were also destroyed in Sunday’s attack on four …
Many heads of state are meeting in Abidjan, Ivory Coast to adopt measures to help people gain access to water and the resources needed to conserve their land due to …
Lukoki also had spells at PEC Zwolle, Bulgarian club Ludogorets and Turkish outfit Yeni Malatyaspor was most recently on the books of Dutch side FC Twente. “The club is shocked …
Gondar University Ethiopia has denied reports that some of its experts helped Amhara militia destroy evidence of mass graves containing bodies of Tigrayans. Witnesses told the BBC that they had …