THURSDAY, 02 MAY 2024, 22:30
In his upcoming album, “Funeral for Justice,” guitarist Mdou Moctar shakes a mighty fist at the government of Niger and its failure of the Tuareg people. Revered in the West for his amazing artistry, he is one of the few people who uses his music to address the struggles of the traditionally nomadic people of… Read More »Mdou Moctar’s Guitar is a Screaming Siren Against Africa’s...
New videogame, ‘Tales of Kenzera: Zau’ represents a watershed moment in gaming. By its consistent devotion to a theme – in this case, the universality of grief – and its focus on African culture, it represents a refreshing and multi-layered departure for the genre. INVERSE
It was a seemingly historic moment in 2017 when French president Emanuel Macron declared that France would repatriate its museums’ African art. While some art has made its way back to the continent, French museums are overwhelmed by the task of determining what constitutes plundered art, resulting in much hand-wringing and little progress. RFI
This year’s festival promises to be a celebration of creativity, innovation and the universal language of music. So, mark your calendars, grab your tickets and get ready to experience the magic of jazz in Cape Town. Beyond the music, the festival’s free masterclasses, aimed at nurturing the next generation of jazz musicians and fostering a… Read More »Less than a Week to “Africa’s...
Kwaku Yaro creates mixed-media portraits using cleverly upcycled wax prints, iconic blue-and-red chequered ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bags, and other urban materials. Based in Accra, one of the best places to visit in Africa in 2024, the Ghanaian visual artist namechecks his favourite art markets, beaches and Afrobeat bars in the hometown that inspires his work. CN TRAVELER
Stay on your horse! The five-day route, curated and sold by adventurous horse safari agency Ride the Wild, starts off in the Skeleton Coast National Park where the rib cages of shipwrecks lay picked clean by time and black-backed jackals scavenged for scraps off seal carcasses. Riders will work their way deeper into the Dorob… Read More »There’s Only One Rule for Riding Out in the Lawless...
These gentle giants are Earth’s largest land mammal and a common sight for those on safari in Africa. Nonetheless, these magnificent beasts are facing unprecedented threats to their existence, making both the imperative to understand more about them and the chance to encounter them in the wild more important than ever. Apart from humankind, elephants… Read More »Spotting Majestic African...
The museum wants to encourage recycling to protect the environment and teach young people how to live more sustainably. The Waste Museum has been open to the public and generating revenue, with over 2,000 people trained in organic backyard gardening and sustainable waste management. The Waste Museum has also become a popular destination for schools… Read More »A Museum in Nigeria Attracts...
It remains stubbornly high in Nigeria due to sporadic flooding and difficult terrain for the naira currency, a Reuters poll has found. The acute shortage of dollars in much of the continent, including Angola, Nigeria and Zambia, has often put home inflation under significant strain due to a reliance on single commodity currency inflows such… Read More »Inflation in Key African Economies...
Anglo American dashed BHP’s hopes after a volley of criticism from some of the company’s biggest shareholders within hours of the initial proposal on Thursday. The plans were criticised by Anglo investors including Legal & General Investment Management, one of its largest shareholders, and Abrdn as being “highly opportunistic” and “unattractive”. South Africa’s mining...
ANC treasurer-general Gwen Ramakgopa says the middle class must appreciate the governing party’s efforts to grow the economy, and show this appreciation by donating towards its election campaign.
The United States and Russia are locked in a race against China, France, and South Korea to build the first nuclear power plant in Ghana. The West African country is among several nations on the continent looking to nuclear power as a low carbon source of energy as they seek to broaden access to electricity.… Read More »Ghana has to Choose between Large-scale Nuclear Power Plants to Small...
The $20.5 billion Dangote refinery, owned by Africa’s richest man, has a processing capacity of 650,000 barrels per day. The refinery, which finally began production in January after facing years of delay, outshines Europe’s largest refinery, the Pernis Refinery, with its installed capacity of 404,000 barrels per day (bpd). Additionally, the GOI Energy ISAB Refinery… Read More »A...
Authorities are isolating exchange rates to putting barriers on imports and immobilising foreign currencies, but in the long run, they are bound by market forces. “Currency is based on the law of supply and demand: there is no miracle cure,” says French economist Bruno Cabrillac. He says this against the backdrop of many African countries… Read More »African Countries are Using a...
Monare was allegedly phoned by a State Security Agency official demanding that he be vetted again.
The Kenyan government has confirmed that it will be maintaining its 1.5% digital service tax on multinational tech giants, despite pressure from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to join its global minimum tax initiative. Kenya’s digital service tax came into effect in January 2021, with the government opting for a low-tax regime… Read More »Nairobi’s...
The Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN) revealed that about 767 manufacturing companies shut down operations while 335 experienced distress in 2023. Even the multinationals are not left out. Last year, about five multinationals left the country. Meanwhile, the businesses and companies that endured are left grappling with ongoing losses. Last year, 7 Nigerian companies lost… Read More...
Efforts are part of a years-long push to transform the largely agrarian economy through subsidizing manufacturers of planes, trains, and automobiles. Officials hope it dovetails with efforts to grow Moroccan airlines, including the state-owned Royal Air Maroc. The French engine manufacturer is among the 130 aerospace companies active in Morocco, where parts ranging from wings… Read More...
A little-known company run by a distant relative of the Abu Dhabi royal family agreed to lend $12.9 billion to South Sudan in exchange for repayment in oil, making it one of the largest ever oil-for-cash deals and the latest such intervention in a struggling African country. According to an unpublished report by a United… Read More »A Loan from an UAE Company May Tie Up most of South...
A campaign against high prices, which began in the major cities of Port Said and Alexandria, has spread elsewhere under the slogan “let it rot”. The protest began online weeks ago, sparked by the ongoing price hikes of almost all goods. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has previously advised consumers to boycott products that become unaffordable as… Read More »Boycott Forces Fishmongers...
SA heads to the polls in a month’s time
With one month to go, the Electoral Commission (IEC) is in the final stretch of preparations for the seventh democratic elections, which are believed to be the most contested in the history of the country.
South Africans will go to the polls on 29 May 2024 to the elect the leadership for the seventh administration out of the 70 political...