Kenya: Google to buy Africa’s largest wind farm
Google Inc. has agreed to buy a 12.5% stake in Africa’s largest wind project, Kenya’s Lake Turkana, from Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems […]
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Zambia: China to build 750 MW power plant
China’s Sinohydro Corp will start building a 750 megawatt (MW) hydro-electric power station in Zambia in December as the country seeks to address an electricity […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Incumbent Ouattara promises new constitution if re-elected
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said on Monday he would push for constitutional reform if he wins re-election this week to scrap a nationality clause that […]
Rwanda to host world’s first “droneport”
Rwanda, the small African country, will soon get the planet’s first drone airports. The idea behind the so-called “droneport” is to support cargo drones delivering […]
Angola cuts budget by 50% as oil prices fall
The government of Angola, sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest crude producer, cut spending by half this year following a plunge in oil prices. Vice President Manuel Vicente […]
DRC: Copper production to rise to 1 million tons in 2015
Democratic Republic of Congo will produce about 1 million tons of copper for the second consecutive year in 2015, the mines ministry said on Thursday. […]
Tunisia: Tunisair launched promotional operation
Tunisair will launch next month ‘Gateway in Tunisia’ operation to boost sales and attract larger numbers of French travelers to discover Tunisia, Tunisair-France office manager […]
Ethiopia: Germany donates one million euro to help refugees
One month after the Ethiopian government announced that the number of people in need of relief assistance had increased to 8.2 million, Germany committed €1 […]
Zimbabwe: Poachers kill 14 elephants with cyanide
Suspected poachers have used cyanide to kill 14 elephants in Zimbabwe’s western Hwange national park and in the north since Sept. 26, the national wildlife […]
Three Africans make Bloomberg’s list of top 50 personalities globally
Three Africans, including the Nigerian Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote group, were listed among the 50 most influential global personalities […]