Bosta, an Egyptian logistics and last-mile delivery startup will launch in South Africa and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2022. This move follows the startup’s $6.7 million Series A …
Multinational companies operating in Kenya will be compelled to disclose their financial records starting January next year in proposed changes by National Treasury aimed at eliminating tax avoidance. Treasury Cabinet …
Canada announced it had detected two cases of COVID-19 omicron variant from persons who had recently travelled from Nigeria. According to a report by Associated Press, the government of Canada …
Concerns over inflation and unlocking credit to the private sector are set to feature as the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) holds its last Monetary Policy Meeting (MPC) of 2021 …
Glass bottle and metal container firm Ardagh Group has agreed on a deal to buy South Africa’s Consol Holdings Proprietary Limited for an equity value of $635m. Headquartered in Johannesburg …
Business leaders in Kenya and South Africa are pushing for the elimination of barriers that have stunted trade between the two economic powerhouses. This follows a forum by the Kenya …
The Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has cancelled all its Black Friday travel deals as countries move to ban South African visitors following the discovery of a highly mutated Covid-19 …
Africa is seeing a rise in deliveries of vaccine doses to the continent, but only one in four of its health workers has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the World …
The United Kingdom is temporarily suspending flights from six countries as a new Covid variant with more than 30 mutations spreads in South Africa. Sajid Javid, the U.K.’s secretary of …
Scientists in South Africa are studying a recently identified new coronavirus variant of concern, stoking fears the country may face a potentially severe fourth wave that could spread internationally. The …