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Africa is home to seven of the 10 fastest growing economies globally. This section of Biznews targets existing and potential investors into the African continent. Editors curate the most important news about African business, infrastructure development and investment, including emerging market essentials, trade and development, economic insights, SADC, ECOWAS and EAC region reports.
For years, Helios Towers has been buying up cell towers from mobile networks across Africa in addition to building its own base stations.
The African Union called for a suspension of the proclamation of Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential-election results, saying there were “serious doubts” about their veracity.
Amid much speculation around the direction the SADC community would take as it held an emergency summit today on the elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the regional bloc issued a relatively toothless statement.
Zimbabwean Ben Freeth shares a glimpse of what life is like in a country that is in the grip of a government internet and social media blackout and where citizens have been urged to stay off the streets as violence escalates.
Shops remained shut and public transport at a standstill in the Zimbabwean capital on the third day of a nationwide strike, as Human Rights Watch appealed to the authorities to restrain security forces who’ve killed at least five people.
As violence between the government and hungry citizens erupted in Zimbabwe this week, South Africans have come forward to pledge support for protestors.
Not having a currency of its own hasn’t stopped Zimbabwe from sliding into a currency crisis.
When the Zimbabwean government ordered internet service providers to shutter parts of the web in an effort to curb anti-government protests, it also plunged homes into darkness because people can’t pay their utilities online.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa skipped the carnage by traveling to Moscow as protests erupted across his country Monday, leaving 24 people injured and five possibly dead.
Regional heads of state backed a call by Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Martin Fayulu for a recount of last month’s presidential election.