Wristband Used To Pay For Lunch
Tap2Eat is a prepaid wristband that uses NFC technology that helps parents monitor and make payments for the lunch meals for their children. This is a subsided programme used to tackle student malnutrition and...
AfDB and EU To Invest 13 Million Dollars
The AfDB (African Development Bank) and EU look to invest over 13 million dollars into Togo’s rural areas to help bring electricity to over 500 localities in the area. The funding was received from...
Ethiopia To Have Tax Cut On Sugar
Ethiopia to have a tax cut on sugar, dropping the previous rate of 33% down to 20%. This is done in a bid to attract private investments after proposing a move to privatize the...
Benin Receive Boost From The World Bank
Benin set to receive $100 million from the World Bank after it approved the Development Policy Financing (DPF). This is one of 19 other projects in various sectors that the World Bank looks to...
A Boost For The African Economy Future
The African economy looks towards a bright future with the collaboration between the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) with the Nigerian-based CSEA (Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa)....
Zimbabwe’s Lithium Mining Looks To Take Next Step
Zimbabwe’s Lithium mining looks to take its next big step with Arcadia project mining set to increase its production capacity from 75,000 tons to a now staggering 2.5 million tons annually and with that...
Ethiopia Looks To Launch First Satellite
December 20th is the day the Ethiopians look forward to as they look to launch their first ever satellite, the ET-RSS1. Announced last year, the 70 kg satellite looks to take flight tomorrow. Anticipated...
The $9 UN Plan For Zimbabwe
The UN and a group of charities are trying to help the poor community of the country by implementing a cash strategy whereby they give each family member of a participating household 9 dollars...
Gabon Allowed To Enter EU Airspace Again
After almost 11 years the European Union has lifted their airspace ban on the country of Gabon allowing them to once again access their airspace. This comes after the EU said the country made...
Zambia To Lift Export Duty
Starting 2020 Zambia is to lift the 15% export duty of precious and semi-precious stones (except for Diamonds) that they had set earlier in the year. This comes on the back of reported profit...
