Zimbabwe restricts gatherings, food vending as cholera cases spike

Reuters News HARARE – Zimbabwe’s government has started restricting public gatherings and food vending, while monitoring burials in all areas affected by cholera, after cases of the disease spiked this week. New cholera cases in the southern African country trebled from 437 to 1,259 this week, the biggest jump since the latest outbreak of the water-borne…

EA’s family businesses face challenges, study says

The East African East African family-run businesses have not prioritised research and innovation in a move to help them recover from the post-Covid-19 economic challenges. The latest survey by consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) shows that only 12 percent of the sampled family-owned businesses in the region have put significant focus on, investment and resources into…

Nigerian youths urged to be innovative

Nigerian Tribune A Non Governmental Organisation, From School To Work Africa, has charged Nigerian youths to be focused and creative in all their endeavours to be able to tackle the current economic hardship confronting the country. The organisation made the charge during an initiative programme tagged: “Osun Workspiration 100,000”, a mass youth re-orientation program towards…

Tinubu canvasses German investment in power, rail: Nigeria

Nigerian Tribune President Bola Tinubu has expressed Nigeria’s determination to pursue German investment in targeted sectors of the Nigerian economy with focus on critical growth-enabling industries in energy, transportation, and electric power production, transmission, and distribution. The president met with German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, on the sidelines of the G20 Compact with Africa Economic Conference…

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Construction begins on South Africa’s first EV stations free from load shedding

Bizcommunity.com Zero Carbon Charge has broke ground on its first 100% renewable energy charging station in what will become South Africa’s first national network of 120 solar-powered charging facilities spaced out at 150km intervals. Unlike other charging stations that connect to Eskom’s grid (and thus use coal as their primary energy source), Zero Carbon Charge’s…