Precious commodity A new platform is being tested to track forecasts of food commodities in the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). Africa Business Communities reports that the Regional Food… Read more
Let it flow Eleven more towns in the DRC now have access to clean drinking water. An estimated 168 000 residents in the Kasai Oriental province are being supplied with water from mini… Read more
Air mail Online shoppers in Ghana can in future receive their parcels by drone. Africa Tech reports that e-commerce company Jumia, in collaboration with delivery start-up Zipline, has officially launched the country’s… Read more
Safe handling A ZAR100 billion plan to expand the two major ports on South Africa’s east coast is set to go ahead. Moneyweb reports that the board of the Transnet National Ports… Read more
High aspirations South Africa’s state-owned communications company Sentech is looking to set up a public-private partnership to develop a new communications satellite that will serve the entire region. The US$300 million project… Read more
