"Literature, in this regard, works to raise consciousness among people," said Umezurike, who is an assistant professor at Canada's Calgary University. "But how far any nation or its government is willing to go to stem the ultimate tsunami rests on its concerted intervention with private organisations." 'MORE REAL THAN GRAPHS' The Share Africa Cli-Fi Award - the first of its kind to be established and run on the continent - was launched last year by the Botswana Society for Human Development (BSHD), an NGO, with support from writers, advocates and academics like Umezurike.
South Africa's freight rail utility Transnet on Friday said heavy rains have disrupted services on its North East Corridor, which links with countries in southern Africa.
"Heavy rains have caused severe disruptions in the North East Corridor.
Currencies in emerging markets inched up on Thursday, with South Africa's rand crawling higher ahead of a much-awaited speech by President Cyril Ramaphosa, while a recovery in China and Hong Kong shares buoyed the emerging markets shares index. The rand rose 0.4% to 17.69 in early trading as investors awaited Ramaphosa's State of the Nation address, which could offer some solution to ease a worsening power crisis.
"There is nothing specific that is live at the moment but Africa is a very viable jurisdiction for a company like Anglo American and its sustainability credentials it operates in," he said. The miner is however cool on lithium, another raw material in demand for the rapidly growing production of electric vehicles (EVs).