US travel executives have asked President Donald Trump to help attract 100 million international visitors annually, even as a visa-bond programme introduced by his administration makes travel considerably more expensive for applicants from 30 African countries.
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Smallholder farmers across East Africa are being offered a new route to finance climate-resilient agriculture through the Africa Rural Climate Adaptation Finance Mechanism, known as ARCAFIM. Launched by the International Fund for Agricultural Development and Equity Group at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026 in Kigali, the US$200 million initiative will support farmers and rural…
African startups transitioning from Series A to Series B funding rounds will have an opportunity to attract investment this year after VC-firm Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) closed its first fund at US$60 million.
South Africa welcomed almost one million international tourists in July, but arrivals from China and India moved sharply in the opposite direction.
Johannesburg [South Africa], August 25 (ANI): SA20 Season 4 made a record financial contribution to South Africa, generating USD 406 million in GDP and creating or sustaining nearly 9,500 jobs across the country, according to an independently assessed report. The final Season 4 Economic Impact Assessment (EIA) records the League’s strongest economic performance to date,…
The European Commission has allocated €2.3 million in emergency humanitarian funding to Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Chad to support these countries in addressing the ongoing cholera epidemic. According to the World Health Organization, more than 61,000 cholera cases were reported in the African Region in the first 5 months of 2026.
Bengaluru: BEML Limited, a leading Indian manufacturer of heavy equipment and a Schedule ‘A’ Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Defence, has secured an order valued at USD 6.65 million from Mauritius for the supply of BEML BE220G Hydraulic Excavators for deployment across key African markets.
India’s Hindustan Petroleum has bought two Nigerian crude grades for its 180,000-barrel-a-day Rajasthan refinery.
Sotomayor denied a request by the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization to put on hold the judgment while they appeal a lower court’s decision to revive the case years after it had been dismissed. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of Americans killed or injured in those shootings and bombings in the Jerusalem…
South Africa strengthened its recovery in the first half of 2026, welcoming 5.58 million international visitors as rising demand from across the continent helped sustain one of the industry’s strongest growth rates since the pandemic.
