Ramaphosa kicks off investment summit
President Cyril Ramaphosa kicks off an investment summit in Johannesburg today (Friday) aimed at attracting $100-billion dollars of foreign and domestic investment for South Africa over the next five years. Having spoken to more than 1 000 invited business leaders he’ll get to repeat his message at the G20 investment summit in Germany next week. […]
Ethiopia elects its first woman president
Ethiopia’s appointed its first woman president in modern history. It’s another in the line of reforms by Premier Abiy Ahmed. Sahle-Work Zewde will occupy a ceremonial position in Africa’s second most populous country. However her appointment is deeply symbolic. It follows on last week’s Cabinet reshuffle where half the trimmed-down executive are female, with women […]