The University of Cape Town (UCT) has claimed the top position in the first-ever edition of the QS World University Rankings for Sub-Saharan Africa, released in February 2026, cementing South Africa's…
Africa's Green Economy Summit (AGES) 2026 opened in Cape Town in late February with the Climate, Carbon and Nature Financing Academy, a multi-day intensive programme designed to translate ambitious cl…
Dr. Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), is leading the most ambitious health sovereignty campaign in the continent's history, rallying …
One of Africa's most strategically significant infrastructure projects broke ground in early 2026 as construction began on the Lobito Corridor railway extension, a one-billion-dollar greenfield invest…
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…
Senegal has completed a landmark constitutional reform process that devolves significant powers to regional and municipal authorities, fundamentally reshaping the relationship between the state and it…
Mozambique's network of marine protected areas, covering nearly 10 percent of its vast Indian Ocean coastline, is demonstrating measurable recovery in coral reef ecosystems and fish populations that h…
Morocco's extraordinary craft heritage — encompassing ceramics, leather, textiles, metalwork, woodcarving, and carpet-weaving traditions that span centuries — is successfully modernising for global ma…
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 infrastruct…
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 …
Nigeria has achieved a historic agricultural milestone, producing sufficient domestic rice to meet national demand for the first time in modern history — eliminating what was previously a $2 billion a…
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…