Commonwealth News
Rwanda has moved quite far along the electric vehicle route
Rwanda expects all bikes to be electric by 2024. At the Infra-Africa Trade Fair representatives from Rwanda, Ghana and Nigeria agreed with South Africa CEO Robert Cisek Volkswagen on transitioning from internal combustion engines to fully electric vehicles. The...
Tanzania’s Zanzibar reportedly exploring ways to adopt crypto
Tanzania's semi-autonomous territory Zanzibar plans to regulate and adopt cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC). Soon the government will conduct meetings and discuss policies with stakeholders and ministries for the industry. More and more African countries are in a...
Australia to invest $73 million in quantum science as critical technology
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison plans to spend about $73 million to develop quantum science and technology. The commonwealth nation has also pledged to spend billions of dollars in critical nine technologies in order to keep strategic rivals away from...
Heineken to acquire South Africa’s Distell and Namibia Breweries
Heineken agrees to buy South Africa's Distell Group Holdings for $2.5 billion and a majority stake in Namibia Breweries Ltd to form a southern Africa drinks group worth $4.6 billion. The expansion is expected to restore profit margins and boost earnings. This...
Rwanda President Kagame invites PM Modi to CHOGM summit in Kigali
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame invites Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) summit during a call by Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan in Kigali. The two sides also...
Africa’s Great Green Wall gives viable return on investments, study finds
A new study published in Nature Sustainability shows a cost-benefit analysis of combating desertification in the Sahel region where the average return for every dollar invested is $1.2, despite harsh climatic conditions. About $20 billion has been pledged globally to...