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People walk through Ghandi Square in Johannesburg as restrictions to limit the spread of Covid-19 ease. South Africa's severe lockdown led to about 2 million job losses during the second quarter, statistics show. EPA

Foreigners targeted as joblessness soars in South Africa

October 5, 2020
Workers prepare to reopen restaurants in Cape Town. South Africa executed one of the world's strictest Covid-19 lockdowns. Reuters 

Economists call for reforms as South Africa’s growth worsens during Covid-19

September 14, 2020
A mine worker processes gold rich metalic ore at the Al-Amar Gold Mine in Saudi Arabia. Oil-rich countries are pivoting towards mining in a bid to diversify. AFP  

Why some countries are turning to mining

August 5, 2020
The ANC government is proposing rule changes that would allow South African pensioners' savings to be invested in state-owned enterprises such as utilities provider Eskom, which is $26bn in debt. Reuters

Plan to allow South African workers' pensions to back state assets raises concerns

July 23, 2020
Diamonds on display at a De Beers sightholder sale in Gaborone, Botswana. The company reported monthly sales of just $35m in May due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a 92 per cent fall on the same month last year. Reuters

Diamond industry faces a rocky patch due to oversupply

June 15, 2020
Workers remove weeds as they tend to fields at a farm in Eikenhof, South Africa.  Reuters

Food security concerns highlight opportunity for African agriculture

May 17, 2020
Two men walk across Long Street, usually one of the busiest and most popular entertainment areas in Cape Town, with a billboard reading Stay Home. South Africa came under a nationwide lockdown on March 27, 2020, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of Covid-19. Afp

South Africa faces twin crises of ratings downgrades and coronavirus

April 5, 2020
A worker walks past a refinery in Nigeria's southern oil hub, Port Harcourt. Many oil-producing nations in sub-Saharan Africa are now having to cut budgets that were set based on an average oil price of $50-$60 per barrel. AFP

African producers feel pain of lower oil prices

March 23, 2020
Power company Eskom, which operates coal-fired power plants such as the Matla Power Station in Mpumalanga province, accounts for the bulk of coal demand in South Africa. Reuters  

South Africa's coal miners are facing difficult times as customers embrace clean energy

March 3, 2020
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is riding a wave of popularity, thanks to the recent reforms he had introduced. Reuters

Ethiopia’s reformist leader Abiy Ahmed woos private sector investors to fuel economic growth

January 28, 2020
A female waterbuck at the Landolozi Private Game Reserve in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Private ranches in South Africa now account for more than 15 per cent of the country's land mass. Lonely Planet Images

Lack of rainfall threatens South Africa's wildlife ranch business

January 22, 2020
A farmer works on a cocoa farm in Bobia at Gagnoa in the Ivory Coast. The African Development Bank estimates that just 5 per cent of the income from chocolate sales globally reaches farmers. Reuters 

West African countries' surcharge on chocolate prices shows difficulties farmers face in making money

January 7, 2020
Slow-moving vehicles line the streets as traffic lights stand without power during a load-shedding power outage period in Pretoria, South Africa. Coal stocks are running out in the country with and blackouts likely. Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

South Africa's renewables sector growth may be driven by coal's collapse

September 27, 2019
A woman waits to buy gas at a service station in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 16, 2019. Reuters

Zimbabwe residents go hungry as currency policy bites

July 25, 2019
Some 53,000 merchant vessels ply the seas, and all will be subject to a new reduced sulphur emissions regulation come 2020. Some are better prepared than others. Bloomberg

Shape up or ship out: Africa's ports threatened by cleaner fuel targets

July 18, 2019