Southern Africa
Southern Africa business news covering SADC economies: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and regional integration. Mining, energy, and investment analysis.
SA deploys army against illegal mining
Deputy President Paul Mashatile says South Africa is deploying specialised units, SANDF troops and a 12-dimensional disruption programme to dismantle…
Zimbabwe’s mineral ban: smugglers triggered it
Zimbabwe's Cabinet has formally ratified the immediate ban on all raw mineral and lithium concentrate exports, revealing that the rush…
Showmax shuts down after R4.9bn loss
MultiChoice has announced it will discontinue Showmax after the platform recorded a R4.9 billion trading loss in its last financial…
Cell C tests AI network fix with Odine
Cell C and Odine have signed a proof-of-concept agreement to test AI-driven network quality enhancement in South Africa, aligned with…
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Egypt opens Africa’s longest monorail line
President Sisi inaugurated the 56.5km East Nile Monorail on March 20, connecting Cairo Stadium in…
Ghana’s lithium problem isn’t geology. It’s people.
Ghana's Ewoyaa lithium project is set to produce 3.6 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate over…
From Alexandra township to running Africa’s biggest bank
Mary Vilakazi grew up in Alexandra township, sold sweets for pocket money, financed her education…
All four SA banks are chasing Kenya
All four of South Africa's biggest banks are targeting Kenya simultaneously. Nedbank is buying NCBA.…