IBT Staff

Somalia is ramping up infrastructural development with a newly refurbished airport and an improved port town.

Sep 18, 2013

Will this be Africa's breakout investment decade? The Africa Angel List is holding a networking event in Johannesburg this month.

Sep 17, 2013

Somali President Hassan Sheik Mohamud pledges to spend the money on security, economic recovery, legal reform and public finances.

Sep 17, 2013

Rwandans went to the polls on Monday to elect a new Chamber of Deputies, and the ruling party stands to win yet again.

Sep 16, 2013

If South Africa's domestic economy continues to falter, fast-growing markets elsewhere on the continent could become even more attractive.

Sep 16, 2013

Never taken out milk from an ATM? You can in Kenya, where a vending machine is helping consumers adjust to a dairy tax hike.

Sep 13, 2013

MenAfriVac could be the beginning of the end of meningitis in Africa, and it costs about $0.50.

Sep 13, 2013

An import terminal for liquified natural gas could counter Ghana's fast-growing energy demands.

Sep 13, 2013

Satellite exploration technologies have uncovered massive aquifers in northern Kenya, where drought can kill.

Sep 11, 2013

Shell is in talks with Nigeria's Bodo community, five years after two massive oil spills destroyed livelihoods there.

Sep 11, 2013

About 11 million people are affected by a severe food crises in the African Sahel, with no end in sight.

Sep 11, 2013

William Ruto pleaded not guilty as his trial for crimes against humanity began at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Sep 10, 2013

Philadelphia began the Chip Kelly era with an impressive offensive assault against Washington on Monday.

Sep 09, 2013

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta isn't the only one angry with the ICC's focus on the African continent.

Sep 06, 2013

Africa loses billions of dollars annually to tax evasion, but progress in St. Petersburg this week could begin to change that.

Sep 05, 2013

Aliko Dangote has signed a $3.3 billion financing deal to build Africa's biggest refinery in Nigeria.

Sep 05, 2013

Mauritius may be small, but this year it became even more competitive than Africa's largest economy.

Sep 04, 2013

Workers represented by the NUM are making slow progress in wage increase negotiations.

Sep 04, 2013

Oil is the tie that binds Sudan and South Sudan, but disputes over borders and rebels remain.

Sep 03, 2013

M23 was pushed further from Goma this weekend, but how can the Congo overcome decades of conflict?

Sep 03, 2013

Six months after his first trip to North Korea, Dennis Rodman is going back for more.

Sep 03, 2013

Governors from the north and south have formed a splinter group to challenge the ruling PDP.

Sep 03, 2013

Big retailers like Wal-Mart and Carrefour are looking to take advantage of Africa's increasing wealth.

Aug 31, 2013

International partners would prefer not to channel their money through the SADC.

Aug 30, 2013

Bharti Airtel and SoftBank have tested new technology to make satellite 3G cost-effective.

Aug 29, 2013

Though it's not uncommon to see multiple wives, Kenya isn't quite ready for multiple husbands.

Aug 29, 2013

A satellite imagery company is tracking humanitarian crises in Africa, getting hard-to-reach data that could save lives.

Aug 29, 2013

A shadowy network of Nigerian thieves is having an unprecedented impact on the country's economy, and worldwide oil production.

Aug 28, 2013

Not one out of 24,000 students passed entrance exams at the University of Liberia. How is that possible?

Aug 27, 2013