Close the gap Zanzibar is rolling out digital technology to improve its revenue collection. The Citizen reports that tax authorities in the semi-autonomous archipelago are expecting a 20% increase in tax revenue by… Read more
Lights on Nigeria has officially switched on its Solar Power Naija programme, which was announced last year as a measure to alleviate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Nigeria’s Guardian,… Read more
Green dream Plans to electrify East Africa’s millions of motorbike taxis are revving up with a US$3.5 million injection from a US venture capital fund, said to be its single-biggest investment in a sub-Saharan… Read more
Speed dial More than 3 000 women leaders of farming co-operatives in Rwanda are being furnished with smartphones so they are more easily able to collect agriculture data and share it with… Read more
Amped up A 13 km high-voltage power line being built in Zimbabwe is the last link needed to bring the US$10 million 50 MW first phase of the new Hwange power station… Read more
