The study stresses the need for digitally delivered financial inclusion; and for using this as a platform to distribute health and education services to the masses.

Israeli police charging the funeral of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is "reminiscent" of violence during apartheid South Africa, the foundation of late Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Saturday.

The first five countries for Iranian exports were Ghana ($353 million), South Africa ($254 million), Nigeria ($125 million), Mozambique ($98 million), and Kenya ($77 million).

Prior to the latest tragedy, the UN's International Organization for Migration had recorded 367 deaths in the Mediterranean so far this year, after registering 2,048 such deaths in 2021.

A giant diamond nicknamed "The Rock" went on display for the first time in Dubai on Friday ahead of an auction where it is expected to fetch up to $30 million.

South Africa's tax authority has uncovered a 1.8-billion-dollar gold scam, in which coins and jewelry were illegally smelted into gold bars for sale overseas, a watchdog said Thursday. Between 2012 and 2020, the scammers bilked the government for 24.4 billion rand (1.8 billion dollars, 1.4 billion euros) by defrauding the...

Steve Griessel, the new CEO of the Paramount Group will be providing strategic, financial and operational leadership to the company and will work with the Board of Directors, shareholders and senior leadership team.

School closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic have caused "nearly insurmountable" losses in education among children around the world, UNICEF said on Monday. In many countries, in addition to depriving millions of children of the chance to acquire basic skills, these disruptions have affected students' mental health, put them at...

Omicron is behind rapid virus spikes in several countries, including those where it has already overtaken the previously-dominant Delta variant, the WHO said in its Covid-19 weekly epidemiological update.

The Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe has confirmed that AFCON 2021 will go ahead as planned in January 2022.

According to WHO, the existing vaccines might prove less effective against the new Omicron variant as it counts more than 30 mutations on the spike protein that dots the surface of the coronavirus and allows it to invade cells.

All travelers flying to Canada need to be tested at the airport upon landing except for the US.

Morocco will halt incoming passenger flights for two weeks starting Monday night amid concern over the spread of a new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant dubbed Omicron, a government committee said. "The decision has been taken because of the quick spread of the new Covid variant, Omicron, namely in Europe and...

A South African doctor who raised the alarm over Omicron said Sunday dozens of her patients suspected of having the new variant had only shown mild symptoms and recovered fully without hospitalization.

It has stopped flights to South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.

WHO says the new variant ‘has a large number of mutations, some of which are concerning.’

The United States and several European countries have taken similar steps, banning travel from at least seven southern African countries. South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla told reporters that he felt some of the reactions to the new Covid-19 variant that was found in South Africa were ‘unjustified.’

Morocco’s Automotive industry is growing exponentially each year with car sales exceeding 160,000 units in 2021, and creating over 220,000 direct jobs.

Citing human rights reports, the Irish author said Israel's system of racial domination and segregation against Palestinians meets the definition of apartheid under international law.

Saudi Arabia and South Africa are looking to boost trade after a year of slump that saw imports from the kingdom fall to a four-year low in 2020.

The Hyve Group will shift Africa Oil Week 2021 to Dubai from the usual venue of Cape Town in South Africa.

DP World expects the deal to build supply chains especially in Africa Imperial Logistics has operations in 25 countries Dubai-based port operator DP World said on Thursday it has made an offer of $890 million to acquire all the outstanding shares of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Imperial Logistics, allowing it...

Russia is expected to favor increasing output Most investors are currently expecting a modest rise of some 500,000 bpd over the month of August   The OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries will meet on Thursday and are expected to agree to boost production in August to meet demand and dampen...