The prolonged nationwide shortage of sugar is because companies permitted to import the sweetener are not directly shipping the product into the country and not docking at ... Read more »
With COVID-19 some nations have temporarily banned exports of rice to ensure food security and rice industry insiders say locally grown grain may soon see a boost. Read more »
The government has announced some significant changes to its 2020 Budget as its puts in place measures to contain the effect of the novel coronavirus on the nation's economy. The ... Read more »
The City of Cape Town has urged residents to use water sparingly after water levels in dams supplying the Cape metro declined by 0.6% to 54.3% of total capacity. Cape Town ... Read more »
Less than ten years ago, avocado exports never existed in Tanzania but now they have become the country's latest green gold. Data from the private sector horticultural apex body, ... Read more »
Preventing worst-case predictions for the devastation COVID-19 can create across Africa is essential. Four key interventions, adapted to differing local realities, can alter that ... Read more »
Lockdowns cost Africa U.S.$65 billion monthly, "but can you quantify life? If we don't lock down and we lose a life, how much of our GDP is that? That is the intangible question we ... Read more »
Stark contrasts emerging from the first days of Level 4 lockdown highlight the extreme disparities that form the foundations of South African society, write Carin Runciman, Charles ... Read more »
Two young scientists and entrepreneurs in the capital of Nigeria's Kwara state saw an opportunity in the plastic waste that plagues countries around the world and threatens the ... Read more »
This description for the state of education across the continent is shared by the World Economic Forum which said the outbreak has changed education forever. Whether via language ... Read more »
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