Africa
Sibanye-Stillwater Expects First-half Profit on High...
South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater expects to swing to a profit in the first half of 2020, boosted by higher precious metals prices and a weaker rand currency, the miner said on Friday, sending its shares up ...
August 14, 2020
9:44 am By Neha Mule
South Africa’s Gold Fields Sees 300% Profit Rise o...
South African miner Gold Fields said on Wednesday booming gold prices could drive up half-year profits by more than 300%, triggering a 10% rally in its shares.
Gold Fields has already said the COVID-19 ...
August 5, 2020
11:19 am By Neha Mule
Ebola Spreading in Western Congo with Nearly 50 Conf...
Ebola is spreading in western Democratic Republic of Congo, with nearly 50 known cases across a large region bordering the Republic of Congo and Central African Republic, the World Health Organization (WHO) sa...
July 15, 2020
10:15 am By Neha Mule
Alphabet’s Loon Launches Balloon Internet Service ...
Alphabet Inc began offering the world’s first commercial high-speed internet using balloons to villagers in remote regions of Kenya’s Rift Valley on Wednesday.
Source: Loon
The service is run by ...
July 9, 2020
2:11 pm By Neha Mule
South Africa’s Vodacom Appoints Mdlalose as Interi...
Vodacom Group executive director Sitho Mdlalose will be appointed interim group chief financial officer from July 1, the South African mobile operator said on Friday.
Mdlalose is replacing Till Streiche...
June 26, 2020
12:46 pm By Neha Mule
All African Countries Now have Coronavirus Lab Testi...
All African countries have now developed laboratory capacity to test for the coronavirus, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also warned that the pan...
June 24, 2020
1:58 pm By Neha Mule
MTN to Launch 5G Network in South Africa Next Week
Mobile operator MTN Group will launch its 5G commercial network in South Africa next week, joining Vodacom Group and Rain in the race to expand fifth-generation technology in the country.
The firm said ...
June 24, 2020
1:22 pm By Neha Mule