Fire away In the last decade, Nigeria has reduced its gas flaring from 36% down to 10%. As a result, it has gone from being the second-highest gas-flaring nation in 2006 (flaring 2.5… Read more
Redeeming feature Despite experiencing strong growth across Africa over the past decade, smartphones still have not managed to overtake feature phones as the dominant handset. In fact, a slowdown took place across… Read more
Through the roof African central banks have some of the steepest interest rates in the world. At 23.5%, Ghana has the continent’s highest – even after the Bank of Ghana reduced its monetary policy rate by… Read more
Zero tolerance Miners are often exposed to silica dust, live in poor conditions and have limited access to healthcare. All these factors have contributed to Southern Africa’s mining sector having the highest level… Read more
Message in a bottle More than 800% – that’s the rise in tonnage of plastic bottles South Africa has recycled since 2005, 2 billion of which was recycled in 2016 alone. As a result, the country’s 55%… Read more
