1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (384+ words) South Africa's law and order test'Semafor View / South Africa's law and order test South Africa is heading into a high-stakes stretch where a series of interconnected, anti-corruption efforts will land almost on top of each other. For a country that…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (172+ words) The announcement comes a year after the French entertainment group took over Africa's largest cable television company, Multi Choice. French entertainment group Canal+ plans to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in June, a year after taking over Africa's largest…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (203+ words) It becomes the latest African country to express privacy worries over Washington's new health funding agreements on the continent. Ghana reportedly rejected a health deal with the US over terms that would require sharing citizens" personal data, the latest sign…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (142+ words) Semafor South Africa withdraws AI policy over AI-generated sources South Africa withdrew a draft artificial intelligence policy after discovering that several of its academic citations were apparently AI hallucinations, raising questions about the state's ability to regulate the fast-growing technology....

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (670+ words) South Africa is hoping to lure back engineers working abroad as part of a recruitment drive to ramp up nuclear power capacity and ultimately supply about a tenth of the nation's electricity, the country's most ambitious energy project in decades....

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (175+ words) Rwanda has a 71% export dependency on Middle Eastern hubs while Mozambique's vulnerability stems from a junk-rated sovereign credit rating. Mozambique, Rwanda worst-hit by Iran war: ratings agency S&P Rwanda and Mozambique are the two sub-Saharan African countries most exposed…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (139+ words) A once-popular township pastime in South Africa has grown into a striking sport. Car spinning emerged in the 1980s in Soweto " where stolen cars were spun at funerals as acts of tribute. But it has since become a structured motorsport that…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (288+ words) New renewables projects are expected to produce roughly equivalent electricity to the amount generated by the entire fleet of coal-fired power stations operated by state utility Eskom. New clean energy projects, due to be connected to South Africa's grid by…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (146+ words) Moscow is reportedly using its shadow fleet to transport heavy equipment to its African allies, bypassing Western sanctions. Russia deepens defense ties in West Africa Russia is expanding its military presence across West Africa, aiming to fill a vacuum left…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (334+ words) Semafor Taiwan cancels Eswatini visit after neighbors block airspace Taiwan's president canceled a planned visit to Eswatini after three African countries revoked permissions for his aircraft to pass through their airspace, which Taipei said was due to "intense pressure from…...