Netflix has appointed Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to its board, becoming the firm’s first African director as it eyes new markets for future growth. Masiyiwa is the founder and executive chairman of Econet Global, a telecommunications company that operates across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Econet offers phone broadband and satellite service, and is…
Guinea’s President Alpha Conde has promised to fight corruption as he took an oath of office to serve a controversial third term. At a swearing-in ceremony held in Conakry after his victory in the bitterly-contested October 18 presidential elections, Conde said he planned to govern the West African nation of nearly 13 million people in…
The European Union has halted the payment of about 90 million euros in budget support to Ethiopia due to the bloc’s concerns over the crisis in the Tigray region. According to an internal EU document, the delay is meant to reinforce the EU’s request for a response from Ethiopia’s government over the bloc’s calls for…
Ghana’s economy shrank for a second time in the third quarter, even as the government eased restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Government statistician Samuel Kobina Annim told reporters in the capital Accra that gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 1.1% in the third quarter compared to a similar period last year….