The Nairobi AI Forum 2026, convened on 9 and 10 February at a gathering that drew more than 500 participants from Africa, Europe, and the G7, has emerged as a defining moment for the continent's artif…
The African Union has urged member states to strengthen cross-border agricultural cooperation as prolonged droughts and erratic rainfall continue to strain food production across the continent. Speak…
Nairobi's sprawling Mathare district was transformed into an open-air gallery last weekend as the fourth edition of the East African Street Art Festival drew thousands of visitors and cemented Kenya's…
Morocco's extraordinary craft heritage — encompassing ceramics, leather, textiles, metalwork, woodcarving, and carpet-weaving traditions that span centuries — is successfully modernising for global ma…
Ghana's national telemedicine programme has transformed healthcare access for millions of citizens living in rural and peri-urban communities, deploying digital health solutions that connect patients …
Ghana's government has announced a landmark policy that will eliminate tuition fees for students enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programmes at all public universities, be…
Ghana's network of coding academies and technology training centres has become a continental reference point for digital skills development, producing a generation of engineers and software developers…
A digital education revolution is reshaping learning across the African continent, with satellite-delivered, mobile-based, and AI-assisted distance learning platforms breaking down the geographic barr…
Ethiopia's telecommunications liberalisation — long delayed but finally executed — has unleashed a connectivity revolution, with mobile penetration, internet access, and digital financial services exp…
Ethiopia's Health Extension Programme, deploying 42,000 female community health workers to reach the most remote rural communities, has achieved healthcare improvements that rival the outcomes of much…
Rwanda has ranked first on the inaugural African Artificial Intelligence Readiness Index, published by the Smart Africa Alliance, outscoring 54 other nations on metrics including digital infrastructur…
Ghana's bilingual education programme, which uses Ghanaian mother-tongue languages as the primary medium of instruction for the first three years of schooling before transitioning to English, is demon…