Photo by Tembela Bohle via www.pexels.com In 2023, the local beer industry poured a massive R96.46bn into South Africa’s GDP, contributed R56.5bn in tax revenue, and supported 209,000 jobs ...

The Beer Association of South Africa (BASA) is gearing up to tackle some important challenges in 2025, including National Treasury’s intention to revise the excise tax regime on alcoholic products.

France’s Castel, the beer sector leader in francophone Africa, has acquired Diageo’s 80.4% stake in Guinness Ghana. This expansion into anglophone territory consolidates Castel’s presence on the ...

“It is not a marketing campaign, but a campaign to tell the truth,” De Beers Botswana CEO Al Cook said in a discussion about the economic benefits for African countries of diamond ...

Gaborone, Botswana — The government of Botswana and South African diamond firm De Beers say they have reached a new, 10-year sales agreement following talks that had dragged on since 2019.

Millions of years from now, northern Africa could be home to a new ocean, as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, according to scientists. Experts have long known that ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...

Anglo American is looking to divest De Beers as part of a broader restructuring of its sprawling business. Like many African countries, Botswana’s economy is largely dependent on the export of a ...

Washington, DC — "Africa can expect substantial changes from the United States over the next four years," Rama Yade, director of the Atlantic Council's Africa Center, wrote in a pre-Inauguration ...

It will be a less spirited Super Bowl. Sales of non-alcoholic beer, wine and spirits surged 26% over the past year to top $800 million in the US, market research firm NIQ told NBC. Non-alcoholic ...

This year, Africa will be the second-fastest-growing region globally. The African Development Bank projects an annual economic growth rate of 4.3 per cent, up from 3.7 per cent last year, with East ...