Ethiopia's telecommunications liberalisation — long delayed but finally executed — has unleashed a connectivity revolution, with mobile penetration, internet access, and digital financial services …
Egypt's New Administrative Capital has crossed from construction project to functioning city, with government ministries, embassies, and the first 50,000 residents now occupying what is becoming Af…
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 m…
Cape Town's remarkable recovery from the brink of 'Day Zero' — the threatened shutoff of all public water supply — has been transformed from a cautionary tale into an inspiring case study in urban …
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 infrastruc…
Nigeria has become the NBA's most important international talent market, producing a generation of players who are reshaping the league and inspiring millions of African young people to pick up a b…
Africa has celebrated a public health milestone of historic proportions: the continent-wide rollout of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, which is dramatically reducing deaths from a disease that ha…
Ghana is producing a generation of architects whose work is redefining African urbanism — combining deep knowledge of local materials, climate, and cultural traditions with contemporary design sens…
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 de…
Egypt has achieved its greatest team sport achievement, winning the IHF World Men's Handball Championship on home soil and triggering an explosion of national pride and investment in a sport that h…
Kenya's National Youth Parliament, established as a consultative body three years ago, has evolved into a genuine force in national policy-making, with several of its proposals now enshrined in law…
Ethiopia's extraordinary cultural heritage — from the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela and the ancient obelisks of Axum to the walled city of Harar and the Omo Valley's tribal traditions — is attract…