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Rwandan government to inject $155m into RwandAir
The government has set aside $256.8m for the transport sector
Zimbabwe tenders for 500MW solar power plants in renewable energy drive
Zimbabwe’s largest hydro station Kariba has a capacity of 1,050MW but is only producing 600MW due to low water levels
Zimbabweans in South Africa use app to send food home after border restrictions
Malaicha is permitted to import goods into Zimbabwe, offering an alternative
Emirates considers cutting 30,000 jobs, retire A380s faster
Dubai-based group may slash 105,000-strong workforce by about 30%
South Africa drink makers grapple with ways to ease alcohol ban
Ideas being suggested include beer-collection points and staggering liquor-store opening hours
Kenya rejects G20 debt relief initiative over restrictive terms
Kenya will not seek a suspension of debt payments under a G20 initiative
‘SAA 2.0’: New deal provides a lifeline to South Africa's flag carrier
Airline gets another chance as rescue practitioners and Public Enterprises Minister agree to work on a rescue plan by the end of June
Nigerian manufacturers confirm dollar scarcity
Manufacturers have confirmed dollar scarcity is real and no one knows when it will end
COVID-19: Crisis and power
Nkosi Mfumu, a Zambia-based legal and foreign policy expert, warns on the dangers of power hungry leaders seeking to be given sweeping powers that undermine their countries' constitutions all in the name of fighting the coronavirus outbreak.
SA airports reign supreme in Africa
King Shaka, Cape Town and OR Tambo International airports stood head and shoulders above the rest of the African competition
Zambia seeks IMF funding to help soften impact of coronavirus
Discussions with the IMF on the rapid credit facility are continuing, the finance ministry said in a statement
Unions win fight to stop SAA retrenchments
Court rules that issuing notices of retrenchment was ‘procedurally unfair’ and that they be withdrawn
Continued alcohol ban inconsistent with global trends, says liquor industry
The local liquor industry says it’s concerned that South Africa’s ban on alcohol during the lockdown is inconsistent with the global approach
State mulls plans to create a ‘new’ airline
A plan to discontinue South African Airways (SAA) took shape this weekend after the government confirmed that it was developing a business case to create a “new” national carrier. This as the global aviation industry faces massive financial losses and an uncertain path to recovery. In a statement over the weekend, the South African Department
State-backed hackers targeting coronavirus responders, U.S. and UK warn
Hackers are targeting pharmaceutical companies, research organisations and local governments
SAA to be replaced by new airline
The South African government National Transport Movement (NTM), has said a decision to shut down embattled national carrier South African Airways (SAA) and form a new airline has been reached. In a statement, the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) said that the new airline would ideally have a mix of governmental and private ownership. In
U.S. accuses MTN of paying protection money to Al Qaeda
MTN Afghanistan has been lauded by the World Bank for expanding telecommunications services to the impoverished people of Afghanistan
Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus
An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States of America (USA) into confrontation, people familiar with the paper told Reuters. The report, presented early last month by the Ministry of State Security to top Beijing
Airbus first-quarter profit plunges as coronavirus crisis starts to bite
Airbus has expanded furlough schemes by sending home 3,200 workers in Britain
Africa: Alone she must proceed
Nkosi Mfumu, an African-based legal and foreign policy expert, says with the world grappling with the coronavirus outbreak, it’s about time Africa awakens from the slumber and deliver on its inherent promise.