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
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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
Gunmen kill one; abduct 10 in Northern Nigeria Polytechnic
One student was killed and 10 people were abducted when gunmen struck a school in northern Nigeria, on Thursday. The gunmen attacked the main campus
Nigerian government suspends Twitter access.
Nigerian telecoms firms have closed down access to Twitter after a regulatory directive, an industry source said on Saturday, a day after the government said
Heritage conflict overwhelms site picked for Amazon’s new African HQ.
For the Khoi and San – South Africa’s first occupants – a verdant piece of land in Cape Town encapsulates triumph and misfortune. The two
200 Students kidnapped in Nigeria, police chase after Gunmen.
Nigerian Government officials said on Tuesday that around 200 kids had been kidnapped in the most recent school grabbing in its brutal north yet they
EU to invest 1 billion euros in vaccine production centers in Africa
The European Union will contribute 1 billion euros to build vaccine production centers in Africa, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
Cannabis and cocaine seized in enormous Niger and South Africa narcotics related arrests
Drugs with a street value of almost 100 million euros have been seized in operations in Africa and the Middle East, including two significant busts
Nigerian army chief, 10 others die in military plane crash.
Nigeria’s military boss, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru died in a plane accident on Friday on an official visit to the northern province of Kaduna, which
Ascent Capital, Kenyan private equity firm raises $100m in second fund.
Kenya-based private equity firm, Ascent Capital, has raised more than $100 million in a subsequent fund, it said on Tuesday, to put resources into small
