The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy kidnappings have increased by 40% in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of 2020; and the regions accounts for 95% of global maritime kidnappings. This region off West Africa’s coast has become the new front for piracy, as eight more seafarers were kidnapped…
Ethiopia’s Finance Ministry has postponed the planned privatization of Africa’s most profitable airline – Ethiopian Airlines, as it aims to maintain current capacity of its flagship carrier. In a press conference, Minister of Finance Ahmed Shed said, “With the currency efficiency and competitiveness, the plan of the government is to make Ethiopian airlines more strong….
Rwanda’s government has confirmed that it is in discussions with four American and European companies about processing cannabis for export, in order to meet increasing global pharmaceutical demand for the drug. Officials announced that the move, if successful, would boost the state’s revenues as it battles the effects of coronavirus pandemic. Rwanda is the latest…
Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), has launched the Strategic Business Plan for the establishment of a Plastic Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) in Kenya. The PRO will drive collective Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the country, whereby a producer’s responsibility for a product is extended to the post-consumer stage of a product’s life cycle, whilst turning plastic waste into valuable resources. The Strategic…