Victoria Falls: Defeated by the smoke that thunders Our arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka was marred by a long delay at the Customs office at the airport, which dampened our excitement at visiting the country’s famous...
Africa on course for meeting four MDGs as 2015 deadline looms A new report has given Africa a thumbs up for making great strides towards achieving of some Millennium Development Goals as the 2015 comes closer.
KQ now ponders change of tack to get out of the woods Kenya Airways is courting smaller carriers on the continent, as it looks for ways of protecting its African market in the wake of increased competition from Middle Eastern airlines.
MPs ensure additional $33m in Tanzania budget The Tanzanian government was forced to add an extra Tsh538.6 billion ($33.07 million) to the 2013/2014 budget following discussions with the Parliamentary Budget Committee under the newly...
Govt in fresh plans to list $700m Eurobond Tanzania has revived plans to list a debut Tsh1.1 trillion ($700 million) Eurobond to fund infrastructure projects.
Sameer Africa now eyeing Somalia, Nigerian markets Sameer Africa has set it sights on the Somalia and Nigerian markets.
DStv stats cost Rwanda Big Brother slot, again A low pay TV subscription base locked Rwanda out of the Big Brother Africa show, which has entered its third week.
Liquid Telecom acquires RwandaTel, eyes broadband market Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Wireless Global Limited whose headquarters is in South Africa has acquired Rwandatel with a focus to grow its broadband footprint in East and Southern Africa.
One day, blocs will rule, the AU will wither away On Friday, I attended a launch meeting of the Kenya Futurist Group. The founders hope that in years to come, the effort will have led to the rise of a group of futurists with clever tools to...
Inefficiency at Dar port swallows up $2.6bn of GDP Tanzania and its landlocked neighbours could boost their annual gross domestic product (GDP) by up to $1.8 billion and $830 million respectively by taking measures to improve the efficiency of...
