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As part of moves to boost the country’s tourism and provide the foreign currency needed to revive the economy, Egypt has opened its first-ever restaurant and lounge in Giza’s pyramid plateau....

African lender Vista Bank has agreed to acquire majority stakes in France’s BNP Paribas’ banks in Guinea and Burkina Faso. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval,  builds on...

Despite the growth of new Black-owned businesses springing up around the country, many of them do not receive the necessary resources they need to thrive like their white counterparts. Now,...

Kampala, Uganda is serving a healthy dose of Girl Power amid a covid-19 pandemic that sees several women — who found themselves in months-long lockdown and unemployed, take on both...

Nigerian payments company Paystack has been acquired by US fintech firm Stripe in a deal worth over $200m, company representatives said. The announcement made on Thursday aims to help to...

A Black woman is poised to change the gaming industry this week as the first to enter the male-dominated space of owning a collegiate esports and gaming company aimed to...

African economies, hit simultaneously by Covid-19 and low commodity prices, are facing a deadly liquidity crisis as governments desperately try to shore up crumbling economies. But, as Hippolyte Fofack explains, there is a...

Two white farmers, who forced a terrified black man they caught on their land into a coffin and threatened to throw in a snake and burn him alive, were sent...

How is the Covid-19 pandemic impacting investment in large-scale oil and gas developments in sub-Saharan Africa? Ian Lewis sees tough times ahead Getting upstream oil and gas projects off the ground in...

Facebook is launching a three-month "Season of Support" initiative for small businesses — starting with a campaign to highlight Black-owned businesses, which are closing twice as fast as others during the...

To reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the black community, Google opens applications for the Black Ads Academy and supports entities working on projects to combat violence To...

TANZANIA is rapidly walking towards a cash-free nation following a tremendous surge of mobile money transactions for both telephone and banking sectors. The trend gained pace in the recent years...