Nelson Mandela ‘left $4million estate’
03/02/2014Mr Mandela left some of his money to close personal staff and schools he attended Nelson Mandela left an estate valued at more than 46 million rand ($4.13m; £2.53m), a.
- 0
Most Recent News
Top Headlines
Nigerian PDP senators in mass defection to APC
31/01/2014The defections are the latest in a long list of problems confronting President Goodluck Jonathan At least 11 senators from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s party have quit to join the.
- 0
Top Headlines
US Secretary of Commerce To Visit West Africa
30/01/2014US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will lead an Energy Business Development Mission to West Africa with stops in Ghana and Nigeria from May 18-23, 2014. The mission will promote.
- 0
Development Stories
China Emerges Tanzania’s Major Investor
29/01/2014China’s total direct investment in Tanzania soared from $700 million in 2011 to $2.1 billion last year, turning the world’s second biggest economy into the biggest foreign investor in the.
- 0
Politics & Policy
South Africa opposition parties merge
29/01/2014South Africa’s main opposition party has announced anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele will be its presidential candidate this year. Ms Ramphele, the companion of late black consciousness leader Steve Biko, only.
- 0
Featured
Top Headlines
5 Amazing Places You May Never Have Heard Of
27/01/2014WISCONSIN’S EVER-CHANGING SEA CAVES Most of the world’s wonders are well trodden, but a few under-the-radar gems remain scattered across the globe. We chose our favourite among the more than.
- 0
Development Stories
Qatar To Strengthen Economic Ties With Gambia
27/01/2014Qatar is interested in strengthening trade and economic relations with The Gambia, Qatari Ambassador, Mohamed Nasser Al-Kaabi says. The Arab nation and Gambia has enjoyed a cordial relationship for about.
- 0
Entrepreneurship
Top Headlines
Tony Elumelu Invests In US Space Tech Startup
27/01/2014Heirs Holdings, a Tony Elumelu-led pan-African proprietary investment company with interests in Barack Obama’s $7 billion Power Africa initiative, has announced an undisclosed figure investment in San Francisco-based Planet Labs’.
- 0
Top Headlines
Young South African Music DJ set to be the first black African in space
24/01/2014No one in Mandla Maseko’s family has ever stepped outside South Africa, but the young township DJ is set to rocket into space next year. From the dusty district of.
- 0