Australian engineering company Worley has been awarded two master service agreements by Total to provide services to the Mozambique LNG Project.

Aker Energy has entered into a Letter of Intent with Yinson to award a bare-boat charter and an operations and maintenance contract for a floating, production, storage and offloading vessel at the Pecan field, offshore Ghana.

The World Bank approved six projects to support Nigeria’s development priorities.

Kenya Airways has signed an enhanced codeshare agreement with Alitalia (a partner airline in the SkyTeam alliance), creating additional connectivity to the networks of the two airlines.

Agri-Vie Fund I has announced its exit from InteliChem, the holding company of Terason and Technichem.

Ecobank Group, the pan-African banking group, has opened invitations to African fintech entrepreneurs to enter the 3rd edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge.

The African Development Bank has expressed support for the implementation of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones project in Nigeria with $300 million.

Zamtel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zambia Railways (ZRL) to provide ZRL with Integrated Communication Solutions including voice and data.

Standard Bank South Africa has launched DigiMe to improve security on its mobile banking app.

Over 400 high level agriculture sector leaders are set for a first-of-its-kind gathering in Kenya as industry players look at innovative ways of invigorating agricultural growth and bolstering commitments at leaving no one behind.

South Africa is facing an acute electricity crisis. Since last September, South African electricity customers have been subjected to wide-scale load-shedding.

Airtel recently reported the financial results of its African operations, for the period ending December 2019. Here key insights from the numbers:

With all the hype around cyber-attacks and every single cyber security enterprise talking about cyber resilience to improve a business’ security posture, nobody really knows what to do once they've been hacked.

Retail lending in Kenya has taken a unique path. It has skipped some stages typical for developed markets and climbed to heights that can be admired and envied.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become many things in the mining industry. A canary that uses sensors to monitor underground air quality, a medic that monitors healthcare.

Training Centre in Communication is a centre that works with researchers, research institutes and governments in Sub Sahara Africa to produce and improve their research output and visibility.

South Africans are called to raise their awareness and their defences to counter gender-based cybercrimes. This raised awareness also applies to the world of cybercrime.

Peter Muturi is the Director of Pertom Digital an IT startup offering its services in Kenya.

The lifting of the ban on livestock auctions is a welcome relieve for producers, auctioneers, feedlots and other stakeholders across the value chain.

Cajetan Boy is the CEO of Et Cetera Productions, a Kenyan based film production company.