Kenya’s economy is set to return to growth in 2021 following a projected contraction this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank has found. The report said that the coronavirus crisis would cause a 1-1.5% contraction in East Africa’s...

South African newspaper the Sunday Times has published its annual Top 100 Companies of the Year Awards, which has ranked miner DRDGold as the best performing stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) over the last five years. DRDGold was one...

Endeavour Mining is currently in ‘merger of equals’ discussions with fellow West Africa-focused miner Teranga Gold, a move that would create a dominant gold producer in the region. TSX-listed Endeavour responded to recent media speculation with an announcement today that confirmed...

South African pharmaceutical firm Aspen has signed an agreement with Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine following the completion of clinical trials. The vaccine will be manufactured at Aspen’s R3 billion new sterile facility in Port Elizabeth, which...

African network operator Liquid Telecom has raised US$307 million via a rights issue in order to invest in data centre projects across the continent. Liquid has already built more than 70,000 km of fibre networking across Africa and operates data centres...