As the world marks Fela Kuti's 87th posthumous birthday this week, Okayplayer and OkayAfrica celebrate the legendary musician's life and legacy with stories that explore his lasting impact on music, ...

Africa is rapidly advancing in nuclear energy, with Ethiopia, Niger, and Egypt leading the charge. As these nations forge ahead, South Africa's lack of engagement raises questions about its energy ...

(Reuters) -Barrick Mining appointed veteran executive Mark Hill as interim president and CEO on Monday following the sudden resignation of Mark Bristow, who led the Canadian miner for nearly seven ...

Russia, not long ago a rising military force in Africa, is now struggling to maintain its footprint on the continent.

A team from the Ministry, led by the Director of Mines, Alwell Aloysius Carr, recently visited Pokpaken after receiving complaints from local residents. The team discovered that illegal miners were ...

In a TV commercial that first aired in March during a local broadcast of a Boston Celtics game, Jayson Tatum, the star face of the franchise, is shown seated on a podium, behind a microphone cloaked ...

China’s Zijin Mining Group Co. is worth more than $100 billion at the market close for the first time, after a decade-long growth push that’s put it in the big league of metals miners along with Rio ...

Google has acquired a 5.4% stake in Bitcoin mining company Cipher Mining as part of a $3 billion multi-year data center deal with artificial intelligence data center company Fluidstack. According to a ...

Mining stocks are enjoying a blockbuster year on the back of a record rally in precious metals, with several names posting triple-digit gains and crushing even the most growth-linked AI stocks—and ...

The rising network difficulty and the need to pay for energy are pushing out smaller players and even publicly traded corporations. The Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty, a metric that tracks the ...

For two decades, China’s strategy in Africa was straightforward: shower the continent with opaque and corrupt loans to build roads, ports, and power plants, securing influence and natural resources ...