Business & Economy

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson campaigning during the 2016 Brexit referendum. PA Images

Africa Brexit deal hits the buffers

There are just days to go before Britain finally severs ties with the EU. But with the UK in chaos, Martins Azuwike asks whether Africa’s UK trade deals will ever happen? Since Britain voted to leave the European Union in…
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A Malian court sentenced two men to death for their roles in two Islamist-inspired terror attack in 2015. Fawaz Ould Ahmed and his co-conspirator Sadou Chaka were convicted of killing more than 40 people in attacks targeting foreigners in the…
President Ramaphosa at Takedalot warehouse, Kempton Park, receiving PPE shipment. Press Association

PPE corruption scandal unmasked in South Africa

South Africans donated billions of dollars to protect key workers. But with bank accounts frozen and sports cars seized, questions are being raised about where the money went.  What started as a rallying call for South Africans to stand together…
Palm Sunday service held in Tanzania during the Covid-19 pandemic. Getty Images

Tanzania 'prays' Covid downturn away

There was no lockdown, no recession, and just 21 official deaths in Tanzania – which goes to the polls this month. But with the country’s main trading partners reeling from lockdown-induced job losses, Zachary Ochieng asks whether economic contagion might…
Kenyans walk past a mural about the coronavirus, Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi. Press Association

Has Africa reached herd immunity?

With early antibody tests revealing the virus may have infected millions more Africans than first thought, Andrea Dijkstra speaks to some of the world’s leading experts and asks whether the fall in hospitalisations and deaths may mean herd immunity is well within…
Daily life in Nigeria after coronavirus lockdown relaxation: a scavenger picks scrap in Lagos. Press Association

Lockdown causes hunger epidemic in Nigeria

Nkiru James, a 45-year-old housewife and businesswoman, had managed her beauty salon for eight years when the Covid-19 outbreak happened. For the first time in eight years, her salon was locked for more than two months because of the lockdown.…
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