Internet connexion in African nations where telecom operators and Internet Service Providers use the South Africa Far East (SAFE) sub-marine cable has been slow since September 2, 2016. Among countries affected there is Mauritius, Benin, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Angola, Senegal and Ghana. Anticipating future complaints from its users, Mauritius Telecom, cited by local news website...

The Islamic television group MTA International, part of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, launched a new channel for African people named MTA International Africa. Active since last Month, the new channel was launched at the MTA International London Studios by the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. The channel is already in...

From September 21 to 24, 2016, Morocco will host the first international information technologies (IT) trade fair. Entitled AITEX – AFRICA IT EXPO, the event whose theme is “Digital Transformation: Driver for Development in Africa” is organized by the APEBI, Morocco’s federation for Offshoring, Information and Communication Technologies. At the fair which will be held in Casablanca,...

Visiting Dakar in the framework of the annual review of the Senegal-Canada bilateral cooperation program, Canadian minister for global development and francophonie, Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced that her country would lend the African nation C$72 million (around €49.45 million). The funds will be used to support the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE) and a technical assistance program. The...

French start-up Afrimarket raised €10 million to deploy its e-commerce platform in six new African nations, French daily Les Echos reported on September 5. “Funds mobilized will help us develop our e-commerce platform,” said Rania Belkahia, co-founder of Afrimarket. Launched about a year ago in Cote d’Ivoire, the platform will be deployed in four other countries (Senegal in...

The new Managing Director of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), Tony Attah (photo), has vowed to work with his team in delivering the NLNG’s planned Train-7 project which has been without a final investment decision (FID) for a while now. This he declared at a farewell and welcome ceremony conducted during the weekend. The construction of the Train-7 is aimed at increasing the...

Power developer Zoetic will develop in Swaziland a 200 MW hydropower project. The firm has indeed signed a memorandum of understanding for the project and should within the next 60 days deploy a team to explore the river system for the project. Estimated to cost $600 million, the project developer will use some of the infrastructures of existing dams. It will use floating, portable modular...

Kevin Lovell, Chief Executive of the South African Poultry Association (SAPA) says his sector is currently battling for survival. Indeed, torn between a stiff competition from imported chicken and the century’s worst drought which impairs feed supply to poultry farms, the South African poultry industry is clearly struggling. According to Reuters, South Africa has imported about 288,000 tons...

Anglo-Australian group Rio Tinto has successfully sold its 74% stake in the Zuzulan Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) Mine in South Africa to Menar Holding for an undisclosed amount. Rio Tinto said its remaining stake (26%) in the mine will remain in the hands of its partner Maweni Mining Consortium, which is owned by the black community as part of the Black Economic Empowerment initiative. Situated...

Zanzibar is expected to soon pass a law that will allow the country to begin negotiations with investors in the oil and gas sector. According to Island’s President, Ali Mohammed Shein (photo), the Bill will be passed into law at the next meeting of the House of Representatives. He noted that once the House completes works on the Bill, it will be sent to him and he will sign it into...