Artisanal miners power Ethiopia’s gold export boom

Ethiopia’s gold sector has achieved a remarkable milestone, with the metal surpassing coffee to become the country’s…

25-year DEA veteran charged with helping Mexican drug cartel launder millions of dollars, secure guns and bombs

A former high-level agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and an associate have been charged…

Water crises in urban areas open multi-million-naira investment opportunities

Nigeria’s urban water crisis is no longer just a public-service failure. It has become one of…

Egypt reignites demand for Rosetta Stone

Egypt has renewed its call for the British Museum to return the iconic Rosetta Stone, while significantly…

Mark Zuckerberg says the ‘most important thing’ he built at Harvard was a prank website

For Mark Zuckerberg, the most significant creation from his two years at Harvard University wasn’t the…

Nigeria expands tax net on multinationals in sweeping reform

Many multinationals use transfer pricing techniques to avoid tax compliance and shift profits from high-tax to…

South Africa’s GDP growth surpasses expectations

South Africa’s economy exceeded expectations in the third quarter, posting 0.5% growth from the previous quarter and 2.1%…

U.S. consumers are so strained they put more than $1B on BNPL during Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Financially strained and cautious customers leaned heavily on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services over the…

APC impeaches Cross River chairman

Alphonsus Ogar Eba, chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), has been impeached by the State Executive Committee…

Boeing and Nigeria to launch aircraft maintenance hubs

Nigeria has finalized a major partnership with Boeing and the UK’s Cranfield University to establish certified aircraft maintenance…