The new force will provide 300 jobs for each local government area to combat arms smuggling, and clashes with herdsmen over land and cattle theft. Read more »
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has announced that the community of Mamelodi will be among the first to travel in the new state-of-the-art trains. Read more »
Bankers and industry have reportedly endorsed the adoption of the South African rand as the major currency. Read more »
With a high unemployment rate and struggling economy, the government has been urged to consider strip clubs as means of contributing towards the growth of the tourism sector. Read more »
Liquid Telecom, majority-owned by Econet Wireless Global, has partnered with South African company Royal Bafokeng Holdings to acquire Neotel, a deal that will create the ... Read more »
Telecommunications firm MTN has said it paid an additional N30 billion to the Nigerian Communications Commission as part of the N330 billion fine slammed on it for contravening ... Read more »
West Africa could also create hundreds of thousands of jobs if governments invested in the maritime industry, instead of selling off fishing rights to foreign operators, says the ... Read more »
MTN Nigeria has said the 10-year license will guarantee superior performance for wireless networks and assist in the roll-out of broadband internet services across the ... Read more »
Unless Angola secures an immediate alternative source of revenue to fund its import dependency, or conjures up at short notice sufficient diversification to ensure the country can ... Read more »
The country has been cautioned that the unfair distribution of oil wealth would likely trigger a conflict similar to the Ogoni people's in Nigeria. Read more »
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