Ethiopia is scheduled to open its brand new stock market in January as part of the country's recent efforts to open up its economy and position itself as an investment destination. The long-touted stock exchange will help lure foreign investment to the Horn of Africa nation. Ethiopia is the only one of Africa’s five biggest economies not to have a stock market. Other key events in Africa in 2025 include elections in Ivory Coast and Tanzania, and the Group of 20 summit in South Africa. Bloomberg's Samuel Etienne reports.
BRICS bloc eyeing expansion in Africa, another challenge to the US-led international order and Putin’s return to the world stage.
Africa's critical minerals offer a $1.6 trillion opportunity, and governments want to cash in. Bloomberg's Samuel Etienne explores the steps African nations are taking to take better advantage of their mineral riches.
The Review is a series of 200-word critiques examining the content and production of current affairs broadcasts.
In this installment of The Review, we explore a short report by a DRC-based Al Jazeera journalist on violence around the Congolese North Kivu town of Beni. The broadcast covers what the DRC government security forces claim to be doing to repel rebel militia attacks in the region, as well as how the local population have been affected by the attacks.
The Review is a series of 200-word critiques examining the content and production of current affairs broadcasts.
In this installment of The Review, we explore an expertly-crafted short story by veteran Vice correspondent Ben Anderson. The broadcast covers hostilities in the Central African Republic (CAR). In the video below, we learn of the causes, humanitarian outcomes and efficacy of the fragile CAR government’s solution to the societal damage caused by warring militias.
The Chief of Defence Staff of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, General Sir Nick Carter stood alongside the Foreign Secretary and Chief Medical Officer for the Daily Downing Street Coronavirus Briefing. Inviting General Sir Nick was a masterstroke of PR for a government beset with scandal over its handling of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Since December 2019 over 100 people have been killed in Borno State, Nigeria. Boko Haram and ISWAP have stepped up abductions and brutal killings in northern Nigeria and neighbouring Chad.
Across northern Nigeria and the Lake Chad basin over 37,500 people have been killed by Boko Haram and ISWAP. 7.1 million people have required humanitarian assistance due to the conflict, with many living in camps for internally displaced persons.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the northeastern town of Beni has seen a recent upsurge in violence, which shows no signs of abating. Surrounded by thick jungle, hundreds of the town’s residents have been murdered at the hands of foreign rebel forces. Situated in the resource-rich Kivu region, the town has become a hotbed of instability.
Ricky Gervais keeping Netflix happy is understandable, the streaming service’s influence in the UK film & TV industry is sizeable and growing. Consultancy 3Vision reported that for the Fiscal Year 2018-2019, British TV generated over 1.4 billion GBP in export revenue. Within that period, Netflix made over 40 shows in the UK and the company has an estimated 10 million strong UK audience.
