Category: Africa
Almost 4,000 Ebola Cases Recorded in Central Africa
By: Dwight Links The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says that the current status of the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is at 4,000 confirmed cases, with 1,800 deaths. Dr. Jean Kaseya, Director General for Africa…
SA Anti-immigrant Protests Test Namibia-SA Economic Linkages
By: David Shoombe The relationship between Namibia and South Africa, shaped by a shared history and deep economic interdependence, continues to strengthen and influence the economic affairs of both states and the livelihoods of their citizens, particularly in…
One in Four People in the Future will be African
By: Dwight Links Minister for Gender Equality and Child Welfare Emma Kantema stated that one in four people around the world will be African by 2050. Kantema revealed this at the launch of the Labour Migration…
Raw Minerals Exploitation Fuels Conflicts – UN
By: David Shoombe The United Nations Security Council Meeting on Natural Resources Governance has taken a stand in stopping the exploration of raw materials and promoting local beneficiation. UN Chief António Guterres has stated that the growing…
Angola’s Kwanza Now a Settlement Currency in SADC…Botswana Pula is next
By: Nghiinomenwa-vali Hangala The Angolan kwanza has become the second settlement currency to be introduced in the SADC real-time gross settlement (SADC-RTGS) system, which has settled transactions exclusively in South African rand since its inception in 2013. The South African…
Can Namibia Truly Industrialise Under SACU?
By: Gabriel Nghituwamata Haulyamayi The 9th SACU Summit in Cape Town offered ambitious rhetoric about regional industrialisation, but for Namibia, the gap between promise and reality has never been wider. When President Cyril Ramaphosa declared at the…
Resources Matter, so Does Deployment Knowhow – ECA
By: Helmut Mahogo General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Claver Gatete, called for domestic resource mobilisation as the foundation of Africa’s economic transformation. Gatete said this as he addressed the 49th Ordinary Session of the…
ECOWAS To Launch a Single Currency By 2027
By: Helmut Mahongo The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reaffirmed plans to launch a single currency dubbed the ECO by next year. The union announced this after its 69th ECOWAS summit of Heads of State…
Fragmented Systems Cost Africa Around US$100 billion Annually
By: Dwight Links The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has noted that Africa’s fragmented systems are costing the continent billions in intra-trade, investment and convenience. Wamkele Mene, secretary-general for the AfCFTA, said this last week during a partnership…
Africa needs $ 1.4 Billion to End Ebola
By: David Shoombe African governments have been informed that the continent needs US$1.4 billion to end the Ebola outbreak in central Africa. This was revealed during the African Union (AU) Extraordinary Session Assembly on Ending AIDS by 2030…