A government official was kidnapped from his home in northern Nigeria on Monday, authorities said, and a Swiss national was abducted in a different occurrence
Category: Africa
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine to be manufactured by South African firm.
Pfizer and BioNTech have struck an arrangement for South Africa’s Biovac institute to help make around 100 million dosages per year of their Covid vaccine
IFC loan of $300m will turn Ivory Coast into a regional medicine hub – PM
A World Bank program to support medical centers in Ivory Coast acquire equipment from General Electric and Philips could spike the cocoa-producing country’s development into
Gunmen kill Nigerian armed force general on interstate from capital
Gunmen shot dead a Nigerian armed force general as he was going via vehicle on a major road from the capital, Abuja, the military said
Nigerian legislators pass notable oil upgrade bill.
The two chambers of Nigeria’s legislature have passed a bill that redesigns practically every part of the nation’s oil and gas production, taking to completion
Biafran secessionist leader arrested and will face prosecution for war crimes, Nigeria says
The leader of a group demanding the secession of parts of southeastern Nigeria previously known as Biafra has been arrested and is being held in
US multistate unemployment fraud, Nigerian IT worker charged.
A Nigerian IT professional has been indicted on government wire fraud and identity theft charges, after authorities said he and his co-plotters documented bogus claims
Volume of cash transactions in South African municipalities shocks FirstRand.
FirstRand has discovered offering banking to cash-only businesses in South African municipalities trickier than anticipated, yet the firms involved are far bigger than it projected.
Botswana uncovers world’s third biggest precious stone.
A 1,098 carat diamond accepted to be the third biggest pearl quality stone ever to be mined, has been found in Botswana, as indicated by
MTN appoints partners to grow mobile OpenRAN network in Africa.
South Africa’s mobile and broadband operator MTN Group has chosen five partners to launch an open radio access network (OpenRAN) in Africa to extend 4G