Cocoa certification standards: good or bad?
Cocoa producers world-wide, particularly African growers, decry the introduction of new certification standards since they feel that it might depress their income from the...
Kremlin to AfCATA- Road is bumpy
Kremlin is on a gambit in Africa. The objective is pure and simple: not to lag behind China, the US and to a lesser...
How South African women entered a male bastion and conquered it?
Penetrating a male bastion is always difficult, particularly when the domain is fraught with risk and malice. But two South African sisters have overcome...
Is oil refinery an Achilles Heel of Dangote?
Quite in line with the report of www.trendsnafrica.com , the Dangota’s much talked about oil refinery, which boasts of changing Nigeria’s oil refining sector, may face...
The downside of South Africa’s racial clash
Not long ago, South African corporations like Shoprite, Mr Price, Pep and MTN were great symbols of African pride and, to a great extent,...
Election Blues in Botswana
Botswana is gearing itself for a general election. Opposition parties are struggling to come to an understanding to win the race under the banner of...
Ghana to become headquarters of AfCATA
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) - the largest trade bloc in the world – has become a reality after protracted...
Trillian told to pay back Eskom R595 million
The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the Trillian Capital Partners, owned, among others, by Gupta brothers of India, who ruled...
Trade war impact on Africa
The trade war fought between US and China is casting its shadows in Africa also. The lingering trade war is set to...
What that Awaits ANC & Cyril Ramaphosa
May 1-15 2019
When Nelson Mandela was inaugurated in a ceremony in Pretoria as the first President of non-apartheid Africa , he said charged...