Reuters South Africa’s rand strengthened on Friday after the dollar fell ahead of a U.S. inflation report that could determine the size of the Federal Reserve’s rate hike at this month’s policy meeting. At 1550 GMT, the rand traded at 17.2700 against the dollar, 1.47% stronger than its previous close. The dollar index , which…
Reuters Kenya’s tourism earnings more than doubled to 167.1 billion shillings ($1 billion) in January to August from 83 billion shillings in the same period a year ago, Tourism and Wildlife Minister Najib Balala said on Friday. Balala said in a statement the earnings were as a result of a 91% rise in the number…
By Chris Mfula The Zambian government expects its economy to grow at 4% per year in the medium term and is focused on resolving the country’s debt crisis, President Hakainde Hichilema said on Friday. According to the Bank of Zambia, the economy grew 3.6% in 2021 after a 2.8% contraction in 2020, when Zambia became the…
By Allie Torgan, CNN Growing up in poverty in rural Kenya, Nelly Cheboi watched her single mother, who had only completed fifth grade, work tirelessly so Cheboi and her three sisters could attend school.From an early age, Cheboi realized that her family, along with others like hers in their village, was stuck in a cycle…
NEWS 24 Mbiresaurus raathi was the name given to a plant-eating dinosaur fossil that was found in Zimbabwe. It is a fossil of a small- to medium-sized, lightly built animal. It has been provisionally identified as a Late Triassic (Carnian) fossil. According to a newly released study, the oldest dinosaur fossil found in Africa was recently…
By James Gallagher A malaria vaccine with “world-changing” potential has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford. The team expect it to be rolled out next year after trials showed up to 80% protection against the deadly disease. Crucially, say the scientists, their vaccine is cheap and they already have a deal to…
BBC “Africa is the next frontier” of fashion and the industry on the continent is “so exciting”, British Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful, has told the BBC’s Africa Daily podcast. Mr Enninful, who moved to the UK from Ghana as a refugee at the age of 13, is a big figure in the world of fashion…
Columbus Mavhunga Zimbabwe is struggling to contain a measles outbreak that has killed nearly 700 people, most of them children and young people. Zimbabwe’s government said Tuesday thousands of people have been infected with measles since an April outbreak and 698 people have died, most of them children. Zimbabwe’s health ministry blames some religious sects…
Staff Writer, Arab Finance The Egyptian Cabinet approved requests submitted by Egypt for Green Hydrogen Company to help in the construction of the project for green hydrogen and green ammonia production through renewable energy, according to an official statement on August 31st. The Cabinet approved allocating two pieces of land under the usufruct right in Aswan’s…
By Ferdinand Omondi & Farouk Chothia Appointed as Kenya’s first female chief justice in May 2021, Martha Koome has handed down the most important judgment in her short career as the nation’s most senior judge by upholding Deputy President William Ruto’s victory over Raila Odinga in the 9 August presidential election. She gave her verdict…
