Uganda's KIIRA Motors has manufactured its first two electric buses. The new Kayoola EVS is a 12-meter low-entry city bus with capacity for 90 passengers (49 seated, 41 standing). The electric motor delivers up to 245 kW. Uganda's KIIRA motors is…
Kamala Harris is a millionaire and part of the 1% in America in terms of household income, according to financial disclosures and tax documents from the senator.
Between Harris and her husband, fellow attorney Doug Emhoff, their combined net worth comprised of…
Even during the pandemic, 30,000 workers are hard at work on the eastern side of Lagos, working on a project that holds out the promise of transforming Africa's biggest economy, Nigeria.
It’s here that Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, plans to spend…
The African Export-Import Bank has completed a due diligence study allowing it to proceed with a $500 million syndicated funding program. Great Dyke Investments, owned by Russia’s Vi Holding and Zimbabwean investors, is seeking $2 billion project to complete the project.
The Darwendale…
Barbados announced Tuesday it plans to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state next year, marking the first time since 1992 that a commonwealth realm has ditched the long-reigning queen as its constitutional monarch.
Barbados Governor-General Sandra Mason announced in a speech…
At Nigeria’s independence in 1960, the country was composed of three main regions: the Muslim Fulani/ Hausa in the North, the mostly Igbo East and the west which had mostly Yoruba people. At elections in 1959, the country was politically divided with…
Legendary Georgetown coach John Thompson Jr., known as "Big John" throughout college basketball, has died at age 78. He was the first Black coach to lead a team to the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championship, he helped mold N.B.A. stars like Patrick Ewing…
Ethiopia is finishing plans to launch its second satellite into orbit next month, just eight months after the launch of its ETRSS-1 Satellite last December.
The country’s space ambitions, backed by China’s funds and its satellite launch sites, has seen Ethiopian engineers…
From the 16th century, Cameroon was known for exporting slaves. The first commercial treaty was signed in 1856 with the British. Prior to World War 1, the area now known as Cameroon became a German colony but after the war, they were…
The Seychelles are a small island off the coast of the African continent. The country consists of 115 islands. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, lies 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east of mainland Africa.They became a British colony in 1903. The Island was…