Ghana and eight other African countries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for institutionalising cooperation and development of radio astronomy in Africa. Ministers and government representatives of Ghana, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, […]
Representatives from across Eastern Africa meet this week to discuss implementation of the Zanzibar Declaration on Illegal Trade in Timber and other Forest Products and formally launch its Steering Committee. The Zanzibar Declaration was signed […]
Between 2016 and 2018, Japan has pledged to invest $30 billion in Africa’s development, as it bids to join the likes of China and the US in the battle for influence on the continent. Competition […]
The European Commission has announced humanitarian assistance of €47 million to help people in need in the Great Lakes and Southern Africa and Indian Ocean regions, who continue to face the consequences of years of […]
Connectivity woes continue on the island nation of Madagascar, following the breakdown of an undersea cable that serves as a primary optic fibre network. The Telma Madagascar communications company was first alerted last Wednesday that […]
In 2019, Egypt will host a party to mark 150 years since the Suez Canal was opened to shipping. But while it cut 7000 kilometres off the journey from Europe to the Far East, the […]
