[Capital FM] Nairobi -- African electric mobility firm Spiro has secured a $215 million (Sh27.8 billion) equity investment to expand its electric vehicle operations and battery-swapping infrastructure across Africa.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United States is preparing to significantly reduce the number of diplomatic missions across Africa that can process visa applications, a move expected to affect thousands of travelers seeking entry into the U.S., according to a report by the
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A Kenyan technology company is seeking to transform how African content creators earn money online with the launch of UrbanTok, a new social media platform designed to put monetization at the center of the creator experience.
[Vanguard] LAGOS--AS part of activities marking the Nigerian Navy's 70th anniversary, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, reaffirmed his administration's commitment to strengthening the Navy's operational capabilities, describing it as the most formidable naval force in Africa.
[DW] Junta leader Ibrahim Traore's call for Burkina Faso to "forget" democracy signaled a political shift across the continent.
[Nyasa Times] Rather than limiting the celebration of Africa Day to a single date on the calendar, Standard Bank Malawi dedicated an entire week to honouring the continent's rich heritage, cultural identity and shared aspirations, engaging communities across the country in a
[Unicef] New York -- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Millie Bobby Brown has shared a personal reflection of her early days as a new parent to mark the start of Parenting Month in June.
[African Arguments] For twenty years I have worked strengthening African governance and multilateral institutions. Across each sector - security, economic development, education reform and humanitarian aid - I heard inspiring politicians agree to ambitious international
[The Conversation Africa] Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of everyday newsroom work across Africa. It has entered quietly through routine tasks such as transcription, headline writing, translation and content preparation.
[The Conversation Africa] A landmark climate case is being heard by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. The request was brought by the Pan African Lawyers Union and other African civil society organisations. They've asked the court to issue advice on what
[Daba Finance] Morocco has displaced South Africa at the top of the African Development Bank's Africa Industrialisation Index for 2025, ending a 15-year run for South Africa as the continent's leading industrial economy. The AfDB, which unveiled the report at its Annual
There are currently no approved drugs that target Bundibugyo - the species of Ebola responsible for this outbreak.
[Bridges Institute] Washington, DC -- When Festus Mogae died in early May, the world lost a global statesman and I lost a beloved friend of more than 40 years.
IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines.
[This Day] AI-powered public relations strategist, and founder of Cihan Media Group, Dr. Celestine Achi, has officially unveiled AGENTPR, described as Africa's first agent-driven media intelligence framework and PR intelligence MCP.
[ACNS] DRC and neighbouring Uganda are seeing another outbreak of the deadly Bundibugyo Ebola strain. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded 10 confirmed and 223 suspected Ebola deaths since the outbreak was declared on 15 May, among more than 1,000 confirmed and
[ISS] The ADF's resilience stems from kidnapping economies, forced recruitment and governance failures that military operations cannot address alone.
[African Arguments] What does the much-publicised rise and sudden death of a firm that boasted friends in Silicon Valley and Washington DC tell us about the climate crisis, structural underdevelopment in Africa and the frugal innovations designed to mitigate it?
Egypt's Farida Khalil beat competitors twice her age to become world champion in modern pentathlon at the age of 14 after the sport was revamped.
[The Point] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad expresses its concern regarding recent reports of incidents and tensions involving foreign nationals in the Republic of South Africa.
[Ghanaian Times] The Group Executive Chairman of the KGL Group of Companies, Mr Alex Apau Dadey, has called for a more deliberate continental effort to build resilient African enterprises capable of competing globally while transforming local economies.
The outbreak remains focused in Congo's eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine.
[This Day] Bola A. Akinterinwa
[Leadership] FIFA's refereeing chief, Pierluigi Collina, has announced that during the 2026 World Cup, players will no longer be allowed to gather at the technical area for a team huddle while a goalkeeper is supposedly injured.
Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following several anti-migrant protests.
The UK does not need to pay Rwanda after it pulled a deal between the two countries, a court has ruled.
Those infected can get better and officials stress that people should seek medical help if they have symptoms.
