Calling all innovators and inventors in the energy and water industry!
African Utility Week’s Innovation Hub offers unique opportunity“Our goal is to take our clean cooking fuel to every energy poor household in Uganda by 2020 and to every country in Sub-Saharan Africa by...
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Government pledges support for Zampalm
Mr Mwiinga, who is managing Zambeef’s 20,000-hectare Zampalm plantation Read full article: http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/government-pledges-support-for-zampalm/read more
View ArticleRevenge porn laws in Zimbabwe: Parliament considers petition
By L.S.M KabwezaZimbabwe’s Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs will this week be considering a petition to bar “revenge pornography”. Such a law would seek to...
View ArticleHere’s what we know about Africa’s first mobile infrastructure consolidation
One of the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure providers in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, IHS Holding Limited (IHS) and the pioneer of tower infrastructure sharing in Africa, Helios...
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Van Hoogstraten abandons £40 million mansion?
The sprawling £40million mansion is pictured from above where scaffolding still sits erected around the exterior of the home. Pic by Daily Mail *Nicholas Van Hoogstraten began the construction of...
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Truworths pulls out of SSB as interest income boosts half year results
“Without an affordable scheme, you have no turnover”.CLOTHING retailer has effectively stopped all payments through the Salary Services Bureau (SSB) except for customers in outlying areas as part of...
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Hawks weigh in on Senzo Meyiwa murder case
The late Senzo MeyiwaTHE Hawks have joined in on the Senzo Meyiwa murder case, but deny they have taken over investigations.The former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana captain was gunned down in...
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Should men invest more in friendships?
Social bonding increases oxytocin levels in rats – and possibly men as well. Photograph: Jamie Garbutt/Getty Images BONDING with other guys may relieve stress in men, according to media reports of...
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Here’s what we know about the recent attacks on 3 hotels in Ivory Coast
Three hotels in the beach resort city of Grand-Bassam were raided by gunmen on Sunday, killing over 16 people, officials said. A source told Ventures Africa it is confirmed that this was a terrorist...
View ArticleThis is why the Ivory Coast government is more social media tolerant than...
Over the weekend, Turkey and Ivory Coast both suffered attacks from Islamic militants, resulting in the loss of multiple lives. On Sunday, Reuters reports that gunmen from al-Qaeda’s North African...
View ArticleZimbabwe pledges support to local app developers through multimillion dollar...
By Nigel GambangaAt the recently ended 2016 edition of Zimbabwe’s e-Tech Africa Expo, the Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Supa Mandiwanzira announced government’s commitment to the...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s STEM initiative gains traction as latest figures show 3,404...
By Nigel GambangaAccording to figures released by the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, as at 11 March 2016 the STEM initiaitive has so far benefitted 3,404...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about the new threat facing Borno IDP camps
Reports have emerged from the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) that, following the arrest of a drug peddler, Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps have become a haven for the...
View ArticlePrasa gets R172bn for commuter system overhaul
Liesl PeyperCape Town - South Africa’s rail commuter system needs a complete overhaul and therefore the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has receive R172bn for a ten-year period, said...
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Starafrica sells off transport unit for US$1,5 million
The group has been looking to sell Bluestar and the THB stake since 2013. Pic by The SourceSUGAR refiner starafricacorporation has sold off its subsidiary Bluestar Logistics for $1,5 million which will...
View ArticleViolent protest flares up in KZN
Jeff Wicks, News24Durban - A group of over 300 protesters blockaded the M35 Umbumbulu Road, south of Durban, on Monday morning.They gathered at 05:00 and began erecting burning barricades on the main...
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Lagosians weigh in on the government’s taxation of domestic workers and artisans
Last week, the Lagos state government declared it will start imposing tax levies on domestic workers and artisans in the state. Ventures Africa went on the streets of Lagos to ask select Lagosians...
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Residential population densities compared
The following diagrams were taken from LSE’s Urban Age website. I’ve sorted them from lowest to highest peak residential population density. In each case I’ve also included the year of the dataset....
View ArticleChina is looking to have some of Nigeria’s oil
Despite the fall in global oil prices, China has declared its interest in the Nigerian oil market. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, the Economic and Commercial Counsellor...
View ArticleRand weakens on Gordhan's Moyane comments
Dane McDonaldCape Town - The rand weakened in late afternoon trade on Monday amid political uncertainty caused by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's comments on the Tax commissioner."Political...
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