Southern Africa

South African Airways (SAA) continues to slide down the ranks of the world’s best airlines, dropping for the fourth consecutive year to its worst place on record. Meanwhile, Ethiopian Airlines …

The Paramount Group has produced and sold the first military aircraft made in South Africa since the 1980s when state-owned arms maker Denel unveiled the Rooivalk, or red falcon, attack …

Cash-strapped state defence firm Denel will need around R3 billion (~$170 million) to cover a funding gap for a restructuring plan it is aiming to execute over the next 12 …

The South African government on Thursday signed three renewable energy deals worth R11 billion with independent producers to supply wind energy amid worsening blackouts in the country. The three agreements …

MultiChoice has acquired its first non-entertainment business, emergency response app Namola, which offers users a platform to rapidly share their location with emergency responders. Once dubbed the ‘Uber for police’, …

The African Development Bank has suggested a plan to South Africa that will help the nation use the $8.5 billion in climate financing pledged by some of the world’s richest …

As the international climate community prepares for COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, new analysis shows just how far off their host continent is in terms of attracting the finance it …

The SA Reserve Bank on Thursday raised its main lending rate by 75 basis points to 6.25%, for the second meeting in a row. Three members of the monetary policy …

Leading cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has announced the creation of a new Global Advisory Board (GAB). The new board is composed of well-known 11 members who are experts in public policy, government, …

South Africa’s Blue Label Telecoms Ltd announced Thursday that it had concluded an agreement to restructure and refinance mobile operator Cell C’s 7.3 billion rand ($411 million) debt to bolster its …