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South Africa Uber Driver, Licensed As Transport Operators

South Africa Uber Driver, Licensed As Transport Operators

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has taken an official decision to license Uber driver partners as public transport operators. “The aim is to ensure the continuation of a public transport service for the people of Gauteng, who have come to rely on Uber as a mode of transport,” Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC […]

How Can Africa Reposition Itself for Economic Growth? We Can’t Continue to Count on China

How Can Africa Reposition Itself for Economic Growth? We Can’t Continue to Count on China

The current global economic slowdown should not viewed in the context of whether Africa is rising or falling but rather as an opportunity to reposition the continent for a more inclusive, sustainable growth, delegates at a major conference in Kigali said yesterday. The point was highlighted by panelists who discussed growth in Africa at the […]

Buhari Launches Probe Into Alleged Diversion of U.S. $1 Billion Loan for Rail Projects

Buhari Launches Probe Into Alleged Diversion of U.S. $1 Billion Loan for Rail Projects

President Muhammed Buhari Monday in Abuja called for an explanation from the Ministry of Finance on the foreign loans obtained for rail projects but diverted to other purposes. Speaking at the end of a presentation on the Ministry of Transport by the Permanent Secretary, Mohammed Bashar at the Presidential Villa, President Buhari said that it […]

Tanzania-Kenya Highway Upgrade to Boost Trade

Tanzania-Kenya Highway Upgrade to Boost Trade

The upgrade of a key link road between Tanzania and Kenya is underway, raising prospects for enhanced cross-border trade. The expansion of the multimillion-dollar superhighway running from Arusha-Holili in Tanzania to Taveta-Voi in Kenya, is expected to ease the movement of goods from Kenya’s Mombasa port to landlocked countries. The superhighway, which will be implemented […]

Swazi King Mswati III Snubs His Own Airport

Swazi King Mswati III Snubs His Own Airport

King Mswati III of Swaziland has so little faith in the new international airport that has his name that he does not use it. Instead, he travels in his private jet from Matsapha, the airport that closed to make way for the King Mswati III International Airport (KM111) that was built in a wilderness about […]

Poor Electronic Network Halts Hundreds of Lorries in South Darfur

Poor Electronic Network Halts Hundreds of Lorries in South Darfur

Hundreds of commercial lorries from Khartoum have been congesting the streets and squares of Nyala, capital of South Darfur, since Tuesday. One of the lorry drivers told Radio Dabanga that most of the vehicles are on their way to Central and West Darfur. Others are destined to deliver their goods to customers in eastern Chad. […]

Nigeria to Reclaim Airspace Management in Gulf of Guinea

Nigeria to Reclaim Airspace Management in Gulf of Guinea

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Ministry of Aviation to take over from Ghana, the management of the Nigerian airspace in the Gulf of Guinea. The president also expressed concern about the absence of a national carrier and directed the ministry to look into the possibility of having one as soon as possible. He gave […]

‘New Suez Canal’ Celebrations Echoed in Egypt’s Capital

‘New Suez Canal’ Celebrations Echoed in Egypt’s Capital

A celebratory mood presided over Cairo’s streets from the early hours of Thursday, as the nation braced for the inauguration of the “New Suez Canal”. Scores of citizens took to the streets, flaunting Egyptian flags of different sizes as well as posters of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Sisi meanwhile arrived to Ismailia on Thursday afternoon […]

Kenya Airways is in dire financial straits, urgent govt bailout needed

Kenya Airways is in dire financial straits, urgent govt bailout needed

Kenya Airways (KQ) is in dire financial straits having posted a record Sh25.7 billion ($251 million) loss after tax for the year ending March 2015. One can almost feel the pain of the chief executive Mbuvi Ngunze as he tries to figure out how to bring the airline back to profitability. The financial woes at […]

More than 200 injured in South Africa train crash

More than 200 injured in South Africa train crash

More than 200 people have been injured in a peak hour train collision in the South African city of Johannesburg. One train was reported to have ploughed into a stationary train near Booysens station as workers headed home from the city. Badly injured people were carried to dozens of waiting ambulances as shocked passengers sat […]

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