Google’s Equiano undersea cable project is about to make its landing in Togo, bringing some 37,000 new jobs with it by 2025, according to a statement released by the West African nation on Friday. “As its first landing in Africa, the subsea cable will have a direct impact on internet…
Public consultations recently closed on plans to impose an excise tax on e-cigarettes in South Africa, and the suggested policy proposals have already proven controversial. In particular, the South African government intends to introduce a new excise tax on e-cigarettes, applying the duty to both non-nicotine and nicotine solutions used…
Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, a native of Burkina Faso, was awarded this years top prize in architecture for his climate-focused work, much of it in West Africa and in Kenya, Sudan and other parts of the continent. Kéré was named this year’s recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize for pioneering…
With an eerie orange glow, the normally pristine snows of some ski resorts in Spain…
The United Nations warns that amid other concerns about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the…
At least eight people have died in Mozambique after tropical storm Gombe made landfall on…
A team of researchers working from South Africa have located the century-old wreck of the…
Nigeria on Monday said it was discouraging its citizens from seeking travel to Ukraine as…
