Visa Inc. has introduced mVisa, a new mobile payment service competing with Kenya’s leading mobile money transfer service, M-pesa. As part of its initial roll-out, Visa has partnered with Kenya’s top tier banks, Co-Operative Bank, Family Bank, Kenya Commercial Bank … Read More
A Durban real estate agent who sparked a nationwide outcry by labeling black people as monkeys was convicted and sentenced by a magistrate’s court on Monday after pleading guilty. Penny Sparrow made the racial slur in a Facebook post in … Read More
South African liberation Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is recovering at a Cape Town hospital after undergoing surgery on Wednesday. Tutu has had a re-occurring infection over the past few months but was said to be in good spirits. He is … Read More
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on Saturday hit Bukoba region in Tanzania killing at least 10 people and injuring about 200. The earthquake had a depth of 10 km, covering an area of 42 kilometres north west of Bukoba, an area … Read More
Rwanda’s adult literacy rate has increased to 86 percent of the population in 2016, but illiterate people in rural areas still prefer to devote more of their spare time to productive activities rather than attending literacy classes, according to an … Read More
The Moroccan national carrier, Royal Air Maroc, on Thursday inaugurated a new direct route between Casablanca and Washington. In a communiqué, the airline said that the airline would operate the route three days a week – Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela’s grandson has objected to the “Mandelalisation” of the world statesman’s name. Mandla Mandela, who safeguards the legacy of South Africa’s revered first democratically elected president, said too many people, companies and … Read More
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – A major part of the largest emergency vaccination campaign against yellow fever ever attempted in Africa has been completed, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced, saying more than 7.7 million people were vaccinated … Read More
The Constitutional Court hearing the presidential petition brought by losing candidate opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, on Monday dismissed the petition saying that it does not have the jurisdiction to hear the petition after the expiry of the 14 days last … Read More
Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, was in Mali for the first time on September 4, 2016 to scout for the best entrepreneurs in technology. The top startup Aikocorp was crowned the most promising … Read More
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday expressed deep concern about reports of arson and clashes between protesters and security forces in the Gabonese capital, Libreville, following the official announcement of provisional results of the presidential election in the … Read More
Though the African Union (AU) announced at its recent summit in Kigali, Rwanda, that it intended to initiate a national dialogue on reconciliation among Libyan stakeholders in order to address the security crisis that erupted in 2011, it is still … Read More
A new report on migration shows that many of the bodies of migrants that drowned between January 2015 and June 2016 in the Mediterranean were never identified, and families at home face never finding out what happened to their loved … Read More
The Carter Centre has partnered with the UBS Optimus Foundation to improve the well-being of vulnerable youth in Liberia by tailoring and strengthening the national mental health care system to address the unique needs of children and adolescents. The … Read More
The Office of the UN Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday deplored the death in custody of Ebrima Solo Krummah, a member of Gambia’s opposition party, United Democratic Party (UDP), last Saturday. Mr. Krummah was among 30 … Read More
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed a new law to control banks from raising interest rates beyond a specified rate set by the Central Bank, his office said on Wednesday. The Kenyan President signed the Banking (Amendment) Bill, 2015, despite … Read More
Zambia has been urged to learn from the South American country of Chile, the world’s largest producer of copper, given the similarities between the two countries, from both a mining and broader economic perspective. Zambia Chamber of Mines president Nathan … Read More
The Japanese Government, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has donated solar power worth US$9.7 million to the Federal Government of Nigeria to boost electricity in the country. The Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria, Mr. Sadanobu Kusaoke, said during … Read More
Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) has signed an agreement with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), as the Hub makes strides to become a regional technology commercialisation centre. Signed in the capital Gaborone on Tuesday, the collaboration will … Read More
The Nigerian Federal Government on Saturday warned of the circulation of two fake malaria drugs in Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo. It said it had therefore stepped up vigilance within the drug supply chains in Nigeria on the … Read More
