Commonwealth News

Nairobi-based green energy supplier Biogas International is piloting a project on the shores of Lake Victoria converting the invasive water hyacinth plant into cleaner cooking fuel. The company has partnered with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to discourage the use...

Australian Lynas Rare Earths Ltd bags environmental approvals from Malaysian authorities to build a permanent disposal facility for water leached purification residue in the country. Lynas is one of the world's biggest rare earth miners and received an extension on a...

Xero, a New Zealand-based accounting software platform announces the acquisition of Calgary based tax solution software startup TaxCycle for a total of $75 million CAD. The deal is expected to end by December 31 on account of the company’s commitment on expanding its...

Leoht Africa partners with the Indian Chamber of Commerce to boost the retail sector of Nigeria’s textile industry. Debmalya Banerjee, regional director of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata, said India being one of the largest growers of cotton in the world and...

Yellow’Coq, an agrotech specialising in mass production, distribution, and transformation of made-in-Cameroon poultry, launched a XAF100 million crowdfunding operation. Yellow’Coq intends to improve its overall capacity in the short term and plans to set up an African...

Kenya's B2C e-commerce company Copia Global plans to expand to Rwanda and Tanzania as part of its Africa-wide growth strategy. The company model aims to increase e-commerce availability to people who do not have internet access. Through a network of about 30,000...