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Rwanda launches ‘Made in Africa’ smartphones

Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame on Monday officially launched two new smartphones manufactured in Africa. The new phones are the first “Made in Africa” models produced...

Zambia’s plan to impose tax on Netflix sparks row

Zambia's government has signaled its intention to impose tax on online video streaming service giant Netflix. According to the government international online companies like Netflix do...

SA Airways crew held in Hong Kong over drug offences

Two South African Airways (SAA) flight attendants have been detained in Hong Kong on suspicion of drug trafficking. They are accused of carrying cocaine worth...

Kenya: Betting firm SportPesa sacks 400 staff

Betting firm SportPesa has sacked 400 of it's employees in Kenya because it could no longer afford to pay them their salaries. The company has...

Facebook to open centre in Lagos to support small businesses

Facebook in partnership with Teleperformance, has announced the opening of its first Small Business Group (SBG) Operations Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, which will provide...

Zimbabwe bans mobile money cash transactions

Zimbabwe's central bank has banned mobile money agencies from facilitating cash withdrawals or deposits. The southern African nation is struggling to deal with a worsening...

Increased load-shedding In Zambia dims businesses

In just about two months since Zambia's electricity supply company, ZESCO Limited, announced an increase of load-shedding hours, from four to eight, the prolonged...

Sierra Leone’s Easy Solar wins global entrepreneurship award

Only one company from Sierra Leone was chosen by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to receive the Schwab Foundation Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the...

Chad: At least 30 killed in landslide at gold mine

Officials in Chad say a landslide at a gold mine in northwestern Chad has killed about 30 people. Defence Minister Mahamat Sala told Reuters that...

The collapse of Thomas Cook and its impact on Africa

The collapse of Thomas Cook, one of Britain’s oldest companies has impacted negatively on Africa's tourism industry. In many African countries the company operates, managers...

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