Morocco to get Africa’s first high-speed train

By CNN,

French President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco's King Mohammed VI are expected to inaugurate Africa's first high-speed train line on Thursday. These ...

Africa's fastest train , Fastest train , French President Emmanuel Macron , Morocco , Morocco's King Mohammed VI

Bitcoin plunges below Ksh.600K to lowest level in more than a year

By CNN,

Bitcoin's price plummeted more than 10% on Wednesday, hitting its lowest level in more than a year. It's now trading below $6,000, far from the height...

bitcoin , cryptocurrencies , Marshall Hayner

Ethiopia arrests former deputy intelligence chief

By Reuters,

“Former deputy of NISS and Federal Police Commission Commissioner General Yared Zerihun has been apprehended by police,” Berhanu Tsegaye said on T...

Ethiopia , Ethiopia Intelligence officer arrested

German economy contracts on weak foreign trade, auto bottleneck

By Reuters,

Germany’s economy contracted for the first time since 2015 in the third quarter as global trade disputes and problems in the auto industry put the t...

Britain , Carsten Brzeski , Chancellor Angela Merkel , E.U , Economy Minister Peter Altmaier , President Donald Trump

Snap reveals U.S. subpoenas on IPO disclosures

By Reuters,

The U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission have subpoenaed Snap Inc for information about its March 2017 initial public offeri...

facebook , Snap Inc , Snapchat

Japanese company set for world’s biggest IPO since Alibaba

By CNN,

SoftBank is getting ready for a blockbuster IPO. The Japanese company said Monday it plans to sell 2.4 trillion yen ($21 billion) worth of stock ...

Alibaba , EO Masa Son , ipo , SoftBank

Ethiopia says security agents attacked PM’s rally, orders arrests

By Citizen Reporter,

Ethiopia’s attorney general accused members of the security service of carrying out a grenade attack on a rally attended by the prime minister, as h...

Abiy Ahmed , Ethiopia

UK PM May stares into Brexit abyss as domestic opposition mounts

By Citizen Reporter,

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy came under attack from all sides on Monday, increasing the risk that her plan for leaving the EU will b...

Kenya targets green energy sufficiency by 2020, says President Kenyatta

By PSCU,

Kenya targets to attain 100 per cent transition to green energy by 2020 as it scales up investment in renewable energy to address the climate change c...

Green climate Fund , Green energy sufficiency , Paris Peace Forum , President Denis Sassou Nguesso , President Omar Guelleh , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Twitter cuts suspect users from follower counts again, blames bug

By Reuters,

Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) made another attempt to make users’ tallies of followers more accurate on Friday, subtracting millions of suspicious followers ...

Donald Trump , Elon MAsk , Twitter , U.S. Congress

Gold is back. That’s a worrying sign

By CNN,

Gold has been a dud of an investment for much of the year, but it has started to regain some of its luster. The price of gold is up 3.5% since th...

gold , Newmont Mining (NEM , russia , World Gold Council

Sudan, U.S. to hold more talks on removing Khartoum from terrorism sponsor list

By Reuters,

Sudan said on Thursday it had reached agreement with the United States on a second phase of talks aimed at removing it from the U.S. list of state spo...

IMF , Khartoum , terrorism , U.S , World Bank

Sudan, U.S. to hold more talks on removing Khartoum from terrorism sponsor list

By Reuters,

Sudan said on Thursday it had reached agreement with the United States on a second phase of talks aimed at removing it from the U.S. list of state spo...

Heather Nauert , Khartoum , Sudan , United States

World stocks climb after U.S. midterm vote but dollar takes hit

By Reuters,

World stock markets climbed on Wednesday after the U.S. midterm election divided control of Congress, but the vote’s outcome, which cast doubt on fu...

Donald Trump , US midterm election

Tech, healthcare stocks boost Wall Street after midterm results

By Reuters,

U.S. stocks rose strongly on Wednesday as investors piled into technology and healthcare sectors after midterm elections led to a divided Congress as ...

Democrats will seek to rein in Trump after winning U.S. House

By Reuters,

Donald Trump faced greater restraints on his presidency and intrusive investigations from Democrats who won control of the U.S. House of Representativ...

democrats , US mid-term elections

Dollar steady as Americans head to the polls

By Reuters,

The dollar was essentially unchanged on Tuesday as Americans headed to the polls, as its moves were limited by investor caution about the U.S. midterm...

Midterm elections , US

Bitcoin volatility sinks to lowest in nearly two years

By Reuters,

Bitcoin has experienced one of its worst annual price performances of its short 10-year-old life but also appears to have become more stable in the pr...

Apple no longer wants you to know how many iPhones it sells

By CNN,

For years, Apple investors and customers marveled as the number of iPhones sold seemed to defy gravity. Now the show is coming to an end. Apple sai...

Apple CFO Luca Maestri , iPhone XS , iphones

Barclays picks Rothschild veteran Nigel Higgins as next chairman

By Reuters,

Barclays Plc (BARC.L) said on Thursday that Nigel Higgins, the deputy chairman of Rothschild & Co (ROTH.PA), would succeed John McFarlane as chair...

Barclays Plc , Rothschild