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African manufacturers in last-ditch bid to extend US trade programme

Design & Manufacturing

African manufacturers in last-ditch bid to extend US trade programme

Aaron Ross 18 Sep 2025

Digital

Google just dodged a major penalty in the courts – here’s what happens next

Rob Nicholls 3 Sep 2025

Lesotho grants operating licence to Musk's Starlink

Telecoms & Networks

Lesotho grants operating licence to Musk's Starlink

15 Apr 2025

Advertising

Space advertising faces strong opposition as scientists sound alarm

Karabo Ledwaba 30 Jan 2025

Source: AGOA.info. Florie Liser, president and chief executive officer of Corporate Council on Africa (CCA).

Economy

US congress shows strong bipartisan support for Agoa reauthorisation

31 Jul 2024

Temu has had unprecedented success in online retail, but that may have come at a privacy cost.

Cybersecurity

Temu app considered malicious malware in new US lawsuit [Updated]

Lindsey Schutters 27 Jun 2024

Economy

SA's economic outlook in 2024: Global trends and challenges

Raymond Parsons 1 Jan 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Africa-US trade programme needs at least 10-year extension, AU says

Joe Bavier 3 Nov 2023

Markets & Investment

Agoa trade deal talks: South Africa will need to carefully manage relations with the US and China

Arno J. van Niekerk 30 Oct 2023

Social Media

TikTok CEO Shou Chew shares message with Americans ahead of Congress appearance

22 Mar 2023

The US has more than a 100 million TikTok users with many being GenZ. Source:

Social Media

US government threatens TikTok ban unless Chinese owners divest

17 Mar 2023

Source: Image supplied

Markets & Investment

Interesting indices: Should you invest in tech?

Daniel Kibel 12 Jul 2021

People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan

HIV/AIDS

People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan

Gilles van Cutsem 17 May 2021

President Joe Biden

Coal, Oil & Gas

Keeping an eye on Biden's plans for Africa

22 Jan 2021

A market place in Ghana’s capital Accra. Developing countries like Ghana risk being left behind in the race to secure Covid-19 vaccines. Christian Thompson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Dummy's guide to how trade rules affect access to Covid-19 vaccines

Caroline Southey 11 Jan 2021

Can Huawei survive the US sanctions?

Telecoms & Networks

Can Huawei survive the US sanctions?

Jean-Paul Michel Larçon 3 Sep 2020

Change in US tax law offers hope for local NPOs, universities

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Change in US tax law offers hope for local NPOs, universities

5 Aug 2020

There's a complex history of skin lighteners in Africa and beyond

Health & Beauty

There's a complex history of skin lighteners in Africa and beyond

Lynn M. Thomas 25 May 2020

Fighting breaks out as security personnel attempt to re-arrest Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, on December 6, 2019. Sowore and other activist-journalists have been jailed in Nigeria and Ethiopia amid a crackdown on free expression. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde.

Media Freedom

Nigeria and Ethiopia jail activist-journalists amid crackdown on free expression

Muthoki Mumo and Jonathan Rozen 11 Dec 2019

Big Tech squeezes into small shoes as it denies being anti-trust

Digital

Big Tech squeezes into small shoes as it denies being anti-trust

Derek Abdinor 23 Sep 2019

A Cameroonian elite Rapid Intervention Battalion member walks along an empty street in the city of Buea in Cameroon's Anglophone southwest region on October 4, 2018. Cameroon’s military detained pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi on August 2, 2019, in Buea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Zohra Bensemra.

Media Freedom

Cameroon's military detains pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi

15 Aug 2019

Libreville, Gabon, is seen on January 16, 2017. The country's media regulator recently suspended two newspapers over defamation claims. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Mike Hutchings.

Media Freedom

Gabon media regulator suspends two newspapers over defamation claims

22 May 2019

By Kaihsu Tai, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Well-designed gender quotas result in more women elected to parliament - IPU report

6 Mar 2019

2019: 'Year of Return' for Africans in the Diaspora

ESG

2019: 'Year of Return' for Africans in the Diaspora

Benjamin Tetteh 7 Feb 2019

Smart Buildings & Cities

With smart cities, your every step will be recorded

Sara Degli-Esposti and Siraj Ahmed Shaikh 18 Apr 2018

#OFFinJoburg: Many a bumpy road ahead remains on Africa's long walk to democracy

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

#OFFinJoburg: Many a bumpy road ahead remains on Africa's long walk to democracy

Sindy Peters 23 Mar 2018

Agriculture

'Land reform legitimate but not expropriation'

Linda Ensor 28 Feb 2018

AGOA needs to promote industrialisation in Africa

Marketing

AGOA needs to promote industrialisation in Africa

15 Aug 2017

Trump administration's first African Growth and Opportunity Act forum

Marketing

Trump administration's first African Growth and Opportunity Act forum

Worku Gachou 8 Aug 2017

Ghana's AGOA strategy aims to boost growth

Marketing

Ghana's AGOA strategy aims to boost growth

2 Aug 2017

Are audit firm consulting services detracting from their core business?

Accounting & Auditing

Are audit firm consulting services detracting from their core business?

6 Dec 2016

Association of Meat Importers and Exporters CEO David Wolpert. Picture:

Import/Export

US chicken imports fall foul of quotas

Linda Ensor 12 Aug 2016

WhatsApp toughens encryption after Apple-FBI row

Mobile

WhatsApp toughens encryption after Apple-FBI row

6 Apr 2016

How plummeting prices are spurring reform in oil producing countries

Mining

How plummeting prices are spurring reform in oil producing countries

Nafis Alam 23 Dec 2015

Who owns space? US asteroid-mining act is dangerous and potentially illegal

Mining

Who owns space? US asteroid-mining act is dangerous and potentially illegal

Gbenga Oduntan 7 Dec 2015

SA denies restricting US meat imports

Commodities & Fairtrade

SA denies restricting US meat imports

15 Sep 2015

SA attends AGOA Forum

Regulatory

SA attends AGOA Forum

26 Aug 2015

Space mining is closer than you think, and the prospects are great

Mining Resources

Space mining is closer than you think, and the prospects are great

Andrew Dempster 7 Aug 2015

US poultry export deal will help small farmer sector

Agriculture

US poultry export deal will help small farmer sector

18 Jun 2015

SA agrees to resume importation of US chicken

Commodities & Fairtrade

SA agrees to resume importation of US chicken

9 Jun 2015

ICANN sees privatisation of internet management soon

Digital

ICANN sees privatisation of internet management soon

18 May 2015

US raises Agoa issues over SA poultry sales

Commodities & Fairtrade

US raises Agoa issues over SA poultry sales

Linda Ensor 8 Apr 2015

Nearly 64 million vehicles recalled in US last year

Dealers

Nearly 64 million vehicles recalled in US last year

16 Feb 2015

GM adds another 92,000 vehicles to ignition switch recall

Manufacturing & Parts

GM adds another 92,000 vehicles to ignition switch recall

2 Jan 2015

Surviving the new workforce order

Talent Acquisition

Surviving the new workforce order

Rachel Timmins 6 Oct 2014

Africa supports AGOA continuance, as US trade increases

Import/Export

Africa supports AGOA continuance, as US trade increases

Charles Brewer 15 Aug 2014

Germany weighs how to hit back in US spying row

Mobile

Germany weighs how to hit back in US spying row

9 Jul 2014