You’re welcome The V&A Waterfront is the first tourist attraction in South Africa to adopt the World Travel and Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Safe Travels stamp. Designed specifically to address COVID-19 and similar… Read more
Planting the seeds A Kenya-based forestry start-up has announced a first close of US$28 million of its planned US$33 million Series B equity financing. Komaza’s vision is to become Africa’s largest forestry company… Read more
Extended reach The Egyptian banking sector has received a financial injection to strengthen intra-African trade in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of US$3.55 billion has been provided to Egyptian… Read more
Thundering smoke Local production of Zimbabwe’s first hand-rolled cigars has begun. Since March, a small, all-women team has been undergoing on-the-job training in rolling cigars, with each member producing 256 cigars a… Read more
Island life Mauritius has been classified as a high-income country for the first time. The island nation is the second African state, after Seychelles, to hold that ranking. The World Bank ranks… Read more
