By Gregory Simpkins Africa has long been a target of outside interests looking to capitalize on what the continent has to offer. The 19th-century European exploration...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Strategic equity demands and infrastructure investments signal a new era of African economic sovereignty. The landscape of African resource control is undergoing...
By Gregory Simpkins In recent weeks, the island of Greenland has become a hot international topic. It has been at the top of the agenda for...
By Martin Mpukani After years marred by debt distress, energy shortages, and climate shocks, Zambia is emerging as one of Africa’s most compelling turnaround stories. The...
By Dishant Shah On paper, Africa is a geological powerhouse. The continent harbors nearly 30 percent of the world’s known reserves of cobalt, lithium, manganese, rare...
By Godfred Zina Despite Africa’s economy rising to $2.8 trillion in 2024, there continue to be economic disparities among the 54 African countries, including South Sudan. With...
Kenyan Wall Street | Kenya’s economy is expected to remain resilient in 2024 after a 5.6 percent expansion last year from a revised growth of 4.9...
Reuters | Senegal will conduct an audit of the oil, gas and mining sectors, newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told the nation in a televised...
By Gregory Simpkins Djibouti is viewed as a small country on the northeastern edge of the African continent. It is little known globally despite its advantageous...
By Yinka Adegoke Botswana’s acquisition of a 24 percent stake in a Belgian diamond company is one of the most ambitious attempts by an African country...
Energy Capital & Power| The meetings saw Mohamed bin Twar discuss investment opportunities between Qatar and Uganda with Minister Abu Bakr that will serve to encourage Qatari...
The Michael Sata administration in Zambia is looking into reviewing the country’s mining taxes as the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) did not collect enough tax from...
South Africa’s economy is not heading into recession, despite contracting in the first quarter, new Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said in a newspaper interview published on...
Gabon has opened initial talks with companies to develop the 1 billion ton Belinga iron ore deposit and will launch a formal tender process in 2016,...
South Africa’s economy shrank 0.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the first three months of this year. This was as a massive decline in output from the...
Utilizing advanced manufacturing has become a necessity for South Africa. “The reality is that for us to even debate whether we should be considering developing capability...
A deal to end a four month strike in South Africa’s platinum mining sector continues to be elusive, as mining companies and striking workers have taken...
As companies rush to secure their claim on Ethiopia’s mineral riches, the government is keen to show it supports international transparency measures. Ethiopia is in the...
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, on Tuesday said Botswana witnessed a faster economic growth in 2013 due to improved mining sector performance. Lamin Leigh, the Head...
Construction companies in sub-Saharan Africa are moving beyond mainstay mining work as rising wealth and urbanization spark demand for shopping centers and better roads, the chief...
Australia’s Base Titanium is in tense royalty talks with the Kenyan government for its first shipment of ilmenite. Joe Schwarz, the general manager for Base Titanium...
According to Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda, Zambia’s economy is in dire need of diversification. And instead of mining — which doesn’t always show immediate real returns —...
The Republic of Sierra Leone has conducted talks with Mubadala Development Company on investing in the country’s mining sector. “Mubadala is a potential strategic mining partner...
Twenty countries in sub-Saharan Africa are categorized as resource-rich by the International Monetary Fund, but while African soil holds immense riches, the continent’s resources remain woefully...
Zambia’s gross domestic product is now estimated to be over 25 percent bigger after a rebasing its economy and updating the base year from 1994 to...
Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast have decided to turn over operation of the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway to mining company Pan African Minerals, and the line will be...
(Reuters) – The newly elected government in Mali will carry out a complete inventory of existing mining contracts and stands ready to renegotiate any which are...
A drill worker listens for the bit, hundreds of feet underground, during exploratory drilling for minerals and metals Haiti. PHOTO/Dieu Nalio Chery/AP (AP) – Haiti is...
The National Union of Mineworkers, an ally of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, said it will ask for a double-digit increase in pay when negotiating...
A drill worker listens for the bit, hundreds of feet underground, during exploratory drilling for minerals and metals Haiti. PHOTO/Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Haiti announced Friday that...
(Reuters) – Truck drivers in South Africa have signed a wage deal to end a three-week strike, the freight employers group said on Friday, putting an...
(Reuters) – Industrial action by South Africa’s platinum, gold, iron ore and diamond miners could spread to coal, potentially disrupting output from one of the world’s...
A drill worker listens for the bit, hundreds of feet underground, during exploratory drilling for minerals and metals Haiti. PHOTO/Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Haiti’s prime minister says...
Disruptions to South Africa’s key mining sector increased as AngloGold Ashanti said Wednesday that strikers have halted all its operations in the country, which provide 32...
(Reuters) – A leader of major protest by platinum miners in South Africa called on Thursday for a national strike in the sector “to bring the...
Striking workers paralysed a gold mine in South Africa Monday, fueling fears that mounting discontent could spread to the entire mining sector and grip the country...
Haiti Prime Minister.,Laurent Lamothe The government of Haiti is drafting legislation for the newly emerging mining industry to help this impoverished Caribbean nation reap benefits, the...
(Reuters) – Mozambique’s economic growth accelerated to 8.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 from 6.5 percent in the third quarter, data from the National...
The debate about nationalisation of South Africa‘s mines could hit companies’ ability to raise capital for sustaining or growing output, the Business Day reported on Wednesday....
