[Premium Times] Climate tech's part in the venture funding became dramatically pronounced in 2025, when it alone contributed 40 per cent or $1.5 billion, compared to other years in the near-decade period under review, the study said. That was up from 13 per cent or $206 million
[allAfrica] EU Bans Sudan Gold Imports to Curb War Funding
[Vanguard] Nigerians, who recently returned from South Africa on account of the xenophobic attacks in the Rainbow country, have recounted ordeals, appealing to the Federal Government to urgently introduce rehabilitation and reintegration programmes to help them rebuild their
The former president of Guinea-Bissau has become the constant companion on Macky Sall’s bid for the UN’s top job, turning a decades-old mentor-protégé relationship into one of West Africa’s most striking displays of political loyalty.
[CAF] With just over a week to go before the kick-off of the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), Morocco 2026, the Confédération Africaine de Football ("CAF") will host the second edition of its exclusive 'Stars Spotlight' Webinar Series, bringing together
Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, according to WHO, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track.
[This Day] President Bola Tinubu has called on African countries to end their long-standing dependence on exporting raw cocoa beans and focus on value addition to increase earnings from the global chocolate industry.
[WHO] In 2025, 90% of infants globally - or nearly 116 million - received at least one dose of a diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) vaccine, and 85% - or 110 million - completed the full three-dose series, according to the annual WHO-UNICEF Estimates of National
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa and Namibia have been urged to accelerate cooperation in the energy and mining sectors to unlock the economic potential of recent oil and gas discoveries and deepen regional integration.
[Foroyaa] Africa's journey towards economic transformation requires bold reforms, stronger institutions, sustained investments, and deeper partnerships to unlock the continent's vast potential, The Gambia's Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Seedy K.M. Keita, has said.
[Daily News] Algeria -- The Kiswahili language continues to strengthen its position as one of Africa's most influential means of communication, connecting millions of people across borders while gaining increasing recognition on the global stage.
[UN News] Jihadist groups are no longer content with launching attacks in West Africa and the Sahel: they administer territories, control trade routes, exploit new technologies and are gradually pushing their influence all the way to the Gulf of Guinea.
[UN News] When Dr. Sahira Al Nahari founded Shifā Art, a Saudi Arabia-based organization using art to create conversations around mental health, she noticed that men attending her therapeutic art workshops often felt uncomfortable opening up about their feelings.
[Afrobarometer] Evidence points to digital infrastructure and education as critical investments.
[The Conversation Africa] The likely impact of the expected El Niño on South Africa's agriculture and food prices in 2027 is a major point of discussion among analysts and economists in the country.
[The Conversation Africa] There was a dramatic increase in the number of countries able to qualify for the final stages of the 2026 men's football World Cup. Of the 48 teams to qualify, global football body Fifa decided that nine would be African countries. This has functioned
[UN News] Protection for refugees has been enshrined in international law for more than seven decades, but how much support is there today for those fleeing conflict and persecution?
[African Arguments] A Night of Hope.
Vusimusi "Cat" Matlala, due to appear at the Madlanga Commission, grew up hustling to make a living.
[The Point] Luxury tourism aims to attract high-spending tourists to stay at premium resorts and lodges or visit exclusive attractions. It's a strategy that's being adopted widely by governments around the world and also in African countries.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The First Africa Pastoral Markets Forum opened in Addis Ababa on Monday with a call to transform Africa's pastoral livestock sector into a major driver of economic growth, employment, trade, investment, and resilience across the continent.
Aston Villa are warned their new £20m-a-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda will be used by the nation to sportswash its human rights record.
France and Burkina Faso have severed diplomatic relations, marking the latest stage in the rapid collapse of Paris’ influence across the Sahel and underscoring the growing alignment of military-led governments in West Africa with Russia, Turkiye and China.
[ACSS] As militant Islamist insurgencies make unprecedented gains across the Sahel, military junta leaders have focused on restricting independent voices instead of adapting security strategies.
[This Day] For many years, Nigeria has relied heavily on crude oil exports while importing many of the finished products it consumes, leaving much of the value creation, jobs and industrial opportunities to other countries.
Production will stop for two years at the mine which employs more than 4,000 people.
[Premium Times] Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali show how Washington is navigating security, commerce and sovereignty in a changing West Africa regional order.
For 13 years, Danladi Umar sat in judgment over Nigeria’s political elite, freeing Bola Tinubu, prosecuting ex-Senate President Bukola Saraki and helping remove Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen. Now stripped of office and facing graft charges of his own, the former tribunal chief
[Daba Finance] CONIX.AI received backing from LAB7, Saudi Aramco's venture-building arm, to add automated building-code checks to its architecture and permitting software.
[Daba Finance] BrainsMingle raised $400,000 in seed funding from BasharSoft Group to expand its AI-powered professional networking platform and grow its reach beyond the US and Middle East.
[FrontPageAfrica] Oxford -- Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. has called for far-reaching reforms to strengthen the ECOWAS Parliament, warning that democracy in West Africa stands at a critical crossroads as military coups, constitutional crises, insecurity, and weak
Having fled Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria, tens of thousands of forcibly displaced people have arrived in northern Benin. It is a largely overlooked humanitarian crisis that is testing the limits of the community-based reception model adopted by Cotonou. Here is a breakdown
[CAF] The President of the Confédération Africaine de Football ("CAF"), Dr Patrice Motsepe conveys his heartfelt condolences on behalf of the CAF Member Associations that represent 54 African countries, to the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the passing of His
[Leadership] Regulators and investors have urged urgent expansion of green finance instruments -- from green bonds to sustainability-linked loans -- as the key to unlocking Africa's low-carbon transition, closing the continent's climate finance gap and attracting global capital.
With November’s municipal elections fast approaching, South Africa’s biggest party appears to be playing catch-up, as most political parties have named mayoral candidates and spent months on the campaign trail.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on African countries to fundamentally transform their education systems through digital innovation.
The ban also restricts exports of mercury and cyanide to Sudan, chemicals widely used in gold mining.
