MANDELA DAY
Mandela Day is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18th July, Mandela’s birthday. The day was officially declared by the United Nations in…
SOUTH AFRICA’S TERACO EYES DATA CENTRES IN NIGERIA AND KENYA
Teraco Data Environments, Africa’s largest data centre provider, is considering expanding to Nigeria and Kenya, CEO Jan Hnizdo tells The Africa Report. The company could create data centres of between…
DATA TOOL LAUNCHED FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
UNCTAD has launched a new tool to help developing countries improve their development policies, reduce poverty and build economic resilience to negative shocks such as the coronavirus pandemic, which has…
AfCFTA IS UP AND RUNNING DESPITE CHALLENGES
Africa’s journey to market integration has begun in earnest with the commencement of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 1st January, Secretary General Wamkele Mene has…
RAMAPHOSA REASSURES AFCFTA SECRETARY-GENERAL OF HIS SUPPORT
President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the African Union Chairperson, has assured African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretary-General, Mr Wamkele Mene, of his unwavering support for the Secretary-General in the execution of…
SOUTH AFRICA: COVID-19 PANDEMIC RAISES THE URGENCY OF STRUCTURAL REFORMS
South Africa responded swiftly to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the sharp drop in activity adds to long-standing challenges and raises the urgency of structural reforms, according to a new OECD…
SOUTH AFRICA LOOKS TOWARD INCLUSIVE RECOVERY
In a conversation with IMF Country Focus, the Director-General of South Africa’s National Treasury Dondo Mogajane explains how the government has responded to the COVID-19 crisis, how IMF financing will…