• Full roast

    Full roast

    As much as 60% of Ethiopia’s coffee-growing areas could be rendered useless by the end of the century owing to a change in rainfall patterns, temperature seasonality and annual temperature…. Read more

    Raise the bar

    Raise the bar

    Through the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) High-5 priorities, the group invested close to US$11 billion in projects and programmes across the continent through the course of 2016. Its annual Development Effectiveness… Read more

    Decked out

    Decked out

    The world’s largest diamond exploration vessel – the SS Nujoma – will soon begin exploring for diamond deposits in Namibian waters. The US$157 million vessel, which was launched by Anglo American’s… Read more

    Moving up

    Moving up

    Ethiopia is set to be the world’s fastest-growing economy in 2017, with its GDP forecast to grow by 8.3% compared to the global average of 2.7%. This is according to… Read more

    Within reach

    Within reach

    Despite Angola’s access to internet remaining relatively low, with only 23% of its population being internet users, the country’s ICT and telecoms sector recorded an annual growth rate of 55%… Read more