SA faces more power cuts but Eskom denies threat of grid collapse

SA faces more power cuts but Eskom denies threat of grid collapse

South Africans faced another round of power cuts on Sunday night as the country’s chronic Eskom electricity grid failures continue, despite reassurances from officials that there will be no system collapse in the face of increasing winter demand. Stage 4 loadshedding was planned into Monday and will be “repeated daily…

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

Egyptian sues Netflix over ‘Black Cleopatra’ documentary

An Egyptian lawyer filed a court case against Netflix on Tuesday, calling on the public prosecutor to shut down the entertainment platform because of plans to air “Queen Cleopatra” with a Black actor in the title role. Mahmoud al-Semary claims that the documentary series, spearheaded by executive producer Jada Pinkett…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

D.C. hosts Africa Fintech Summit

The Africa Fintech Summit will be held Wednesday in Washington D.C., with speakers from top African startups like Flutterwave and a keynote address from Ethiopian investor and summit co-founder Zekarias Amsalu. The event, the latest of the Africa Fintech Summit series launched in 2018, will place partnership with U.S. officials…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

EAC court to begin hearings on Uganda, Tanzania oil pipeline

The East African Court of Justice is set to hear arguments on whether or not it has jurisdiction in a legal battle over the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), with the governments of Uganda and Tanzania among the parties challenging whether the case, brought by activists seeking to stop…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

African tech founders speak up about Silicon Valley Bank impacts

Africa’s startup founders and investors are watching what happens next for Silicon Valley Bank (SBV), which was shutdown by regulatory authorities in the United States on Friday—essentially freezing thousands of accounts at the tech-friendly bank and raising questions about what happens to startup funds. “Check in on your fellow tech…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

Debt relief on the table as Ethiopians visit China

A high-level Ethiopian delegation’s visit to Beijing has led to speculation about how China is dealing with the African nation’s deepening debt crisis, but a spokeswoman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied any plans to restructure Ethiopian debt. “China takes the debt issue of developing countries seriously…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

Ibrahim on IIAG report: Coups are back, African democracy is challenged

Progress in African governance has stalled since 2019 due to security challenges and the economic and health impacts of COVID, as well as “widespread democratic backsliding” that poses a threat to development, according to the just-released annual report from the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Data from the Ibrahim Index of African…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

African leaders mourn the passing of soccer legend Pelé

Namibian President Hage Geingob was among African leaders who paid tribute to the life and legacy of Pelé, the 82-year-old Brazilian soccer star who died Thursday night in São Paulo following a battle with cancer.  “I met the legend Pelé and Eusébio in 1967 in New York during an exhibition…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

SA’s Biovac seals deal to produce cholera vaccines in Africa

South Africa’s Biovac has announced a deal with the nonprofit International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to begin manufacturing cholera vaccines, a move that will advance the African continent’s goal of manufacturing its own vaccines. The licensing and technology transfer deal will mean that Biovac is equipped to make oral cholera vaccines…