As the dust settles after Nigeria's recent elimination from the 2023 World Cup qualifiers, hopes are still alive for a potential reprieve in the 2026 edition of the tournament. With fans rallying b…
Lead paragraph: Sonatel, a leading telecommunications giant in Africa, reported an impressive 8.3 percent increase in annual revenue, reflecting the resilience and growth potential within the telec…
In a recent discussion, experts highlighted the link between ending child marriage and advancing Africa's economic development. With millions of girls forced into early unions, the implications are…
Lead paragraph: Bellarmine Mugabe, the son of the late Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, has been arrested in South Africa on suspicion of attempted murder. This incident, which occurred on 25 Octob…
A recent ruling by a UK judge has halted the planned deportation of the Chagos Islanders, a group forcibly removed from their homeland in the 1960s and 1970s. The decision comes at a time when disc…
The Africa Business Convention 2026, held on 3 and 4 February at the Lagos Continental Hotel, brought together an unprecedented gathering of policymakers, business leaders, investors, innovators, a…
The International Monetary Fund has raised its economic growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa to 4.5 percent for 2025, citing improving commodity revenues, easing inflation, and a wave of infrastr…
South Africa's green economy transition is accelerating at a pace that is transforming the country's industrial structure, attracting record international investment, and positioning the continent'…
Nigeria's financial technology sector has crossed a historic threshold, with mobile money and digital payment platforms now processing more transactions annually than the entire traditional banking…
Angola has achieved a meaningful diversification of its economy away from oil dependence, with agriculture, manufacturing, and services sectors growing at rates that are absorbing the economic vola…
Ghana has completed an extraordinary economic stabilisation and recovery, emerging from a debt restructuring process stronger and more diversified than before, with GDP growth rebounding sharply an…
Tanzania is pioneering sustainable blue economy development, transforming its 1,424km of Indian Ocean coastline and the vast resources of its lakes into a driver of economic growth that provides li…