During hard times, good things can still happen in surprising places.
The Covid pandemic made life difficult for many people. But something amazing happened with technology companies in Africa. These companies received lots of money from investors who believed in their ideas. Some of these companies became very successful and worth billions of dollars.
This success did not last long. Banks around the world made it harder to borrow money because prices were going up fast. Many big American companies that used to give money to African tech businesses stopped. They needed to help companies at home instead.
African tech companies faced new problems finding money for their ideas. A report from a company called Partech showed these...
The Namibian government asks people to be respectful because they are saying goodbye to Sam Nujoma, the first president of their country. The special time to remember him started on Monday, February 10th.
Mr. Modestus Amutse, who helps run the government, told everyone not to have big parties or noisy events during this sad time. He wants people to remember their first leader with respect.
People can still meet inside buildings for important things, like work and other services. But the government said nobody can play sports anywhere in Namibia during this time when they remember Sam Nujoma.
Mr. Amutse said he would tell everyone more about what they should do as time went on. This way, all Namibians can show how much they care about...
The Hardap Dam in Namibia has received lots of new water! Last week, more than 21 million cubic meters of water flowed into the dam, raising the water level to 22.1% full. Last year, the dam didn't have enough water for farmers to use, but things are looking better.
Another big dam, Neckartal, also received fresh water. It filled up with more than 700,000 cubic meters of water, making it almost 80% full. This is wonderful news for people living nearby who need water.
Many other dams across Namibia saw their water levels go up. The Swakoppoort Dam collected nearly 2 million cubic meters of water, filling it to 27.4%. The Von Bach Dam added 840,000 cubic meters, reaching 26.3% full. Even the Omatako Dam, which was very empty, received...
Zimbabwe has great news about its milk and dairy products! The country needed fewer dairy items from other countries in 2024 compared to 2023. They spent $20 million on buying dairy products from abroad instead of $27 million the year before.
The farmers in Zimbabwe produced more milk themselves. They produced 114 million liters of milk in 2024, which was much better than the 99 million liters they made in 2023. This means the country can make more dairy products like cheese, yogurt, and ice cream.
The government helped make this happen by creating special rules about bringing milk powder into the country and asking companies that make dairy products to help local farmers raise more cows. The government wants Zimbabwe to make all the...
The people who help farmers grow cotton in Zimbabwe have given out lots of cotton seeds. These seeds can grow cotton in many fields across the country. By February 6, six big companies had shared seeds with 158,551 farmers who will grow cotton.
These farmers have already planted most of their fields with cotton. Some companies, like Alliance, AVC, and ZCC, have planted more cotton than they first planned, while other farmers working with different companies have planted exactly what they expected.
The biggest cotton company, Cottco, has helped more farmers than it thought it would. It gave seeds to 111,754 farmers, more than its goal of 104,500. However, the amount of land these farmers planted is less than what Cottco wanted.
Cottco...
A big steel company called Dinson has started making steel bars in Zimbabwe. They make these bars at their new factory near a place called Mvuma. The factory cost one and a half billion dollars to build.
Dinson began working last July. First, they made something called pig iron, then steel billets, and now these steel bars are their newest product. A man named Mr Motsi works at the factory. He said they started making the bars last week. They want to make sure the bars are perfect before they make lots of them.
The factory plans to make more steel as time goes on. In the beginning, they wanted to make 600,000 tonnes of steel each year. Later, they will make even more—up to 5 million tonnes! They will sell their steel to people in...
A bus going to Sanyati crashed on the road near Kadoma. The bus rolled over and landed on its side. Many people rode the bus that day—51 people sat inside. Thirteen people needed help because they felt hurt after the crash.
The driver and his helper ran away instead of staying to help the hurt people. The police want to find them and learn what made the bus crash.
All the people with injuries went to the hospital in Kadoma. The doctors at Kadoma General Hospital looked after them and gave them the care they needed.
The police posted this news on the internet and told everyone they were investigating what happened during the crash.
A worker at a big fuel company stole a lot of special fuel called ethanol. The police caught Liberty Rice, who worked at the company's fuel station in Msasa, Harare. He took more than 15,000 liters of ethanol worth seventeen thousand dollars.
The company gave Rice an important job. He needed to check all the special fuel coming from a place called Chisumbanje and ensure its safety in big tanks. Rice worked with his friend Tichaona Mazani to take the fuel. The police haven't found Mazani yet.
One day in January, a truck brought forty thousand liters of ethanol to the fuel station. Rice put only twenty-four thousand liters in the tanks. He kept almost sixteen thousand liters for himself. He wrote the wrong numbers in his workbook to...
Someone caught a man named Nominate Chazwe telling a big company to give him money. He said bad things would happen if they didn't pay. The company, called West Properties, paid lots of money because they felt scared.
Chazwe worked with another man named Edmund Kudzayi. At first, they asked the company for forty thousand dollars. The company paid them twenty-four thousand dollars instead. Later, these men wanted even more money from the company.
The company gave Chazwe one thousand dollars at a hotel. He kept asking for more, and he wanted four thousand more dollars from them. The company decided to tell the police about what happened.
The police made a clever plan. They watched as the company gave Chazwe the last four thousand...
