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Your trusted source for daily news, politics, business, innovation and culture from across the continent.

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Business & Innovation

DBIA doing business in Africa country guides

Fuel Price Volatility Is Creating A New Cross-border Challenge For SMEs

Fuel pump nozzle inserted into a vehicle's fuel tank in South Africa.

Corporate Tanzania Encouraged To Support Startups Through Market Access, Not Just Funding

Corporate Tanzania

Why African MSME Finance Is Built For Uncertainty

African MSME Finance

Six Weeks to Respond. Eight African Economies in Washington’s Crosshairs

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Africa Is Designing Its Own Future, On Its Own Terms

Fitch upgrades South Africa

63% Of SA’s Franchise Brands Have Fewer Than 30 Stores. What Is Keeping Them There Might Surprise You.

SA’s Franchise Brands

Mobile Technologies Contributed $240 Billion To Africa’s Economy In 2025

Mobile Technologies

Africa’s AI Challenge Is No Longer Awareness. It Is Investability

Africa’s AI Challenge

First-Ever Nigeria Gas & Power Infrastructure Map To Be Unveiled At NOG Energy Week 2026

Nigeria Gas & Power Infrastructure Map

African Union High-Level Meeting Mobilizes USD 910 Million In Pledges For Ebola Bundibugyo Response In DRC And Uganda

African Union
Discover how AI is shaping Africa's future and transforming industries across the continent.
Digital infrastructure map of Africa with icons representing connectivity and technology.
Women CEOs in Africa - Africa.com.
Discover how AI is shaping Africa's future and transforming industries across the continent.
Digital infrastructure map of Africa with icons representing connectivity and technology.
Women CEOs in Africa - Africa.com.
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Features & Opinion

Africa's Power Market

Africa’s Power Market is Learning to Share

Blood Donation day

The Blood Donation Story Doesn’t End When You Roll Up Your Sleeve

Africas Creators 1

The Continent Is Not Waiting. Africa’s Creators Are Already Building The Economy.

African MSME Finance

Why African MSME Finance Is Built For Uncertainty

South Africa’s Renewable Energy

How ACTOM NECRT Solutions Are Powering South Africa’s Renewable Energy Expansion

Fibre And Economic Creativity In The Townships

Inside Four Walls: Fibre And Economic Creativity In The Townships

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The Quiet Work of Becoming: Why Africa’s Future Will Be Shaped by Leaders Who Lead from Within

Mombasa Declaration To Advance Fisheries Transparency

Fifteen Countries Adopt Mombasa Declaration To Advance Fisheries Transparency And Combat Illegal Fishing

Healthtech

Healthtech Is Only As Strong As The Hands That Shape It

Mobile Technologies

Mobile Technologies Contributed $240 Billion To Africa’s Economy In 2025

Humanity Crisis

Op-Ed: South Africa Doesn’t Have a Leadership Crisis — It Has a Humanity Crisis

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The Banks Said No. They Built Their Own Door — and 130,000 Lives Walked Through It

Angola interior

Op-Ed: Angola’s Interior Is Our Next Step — But Only If the State Does Its Part

Renewable Energy SPS Solar Plant

Why Short-Term PPAs Are Reshaping Renewable Energy Procurement For South African Businesses

Invest in Africa's Girls

Investing in Africa’s Girls Is Sound Economic Policy — Not Just a Moral Imperative

Africa’s Insect Food And Feed Value Chain

Women Play A Leading Role In Africa’s Insect Food And Feed Value Chain

Omnichannel Communication Strategies

Inclusive Omnichannel Communication Strategies Are Key To Driving Financial Inclusion Across Africa

Africa’s Energy Transition

Cutting The Cost Of Africa’s Energy Transition With The Right Flexibility Mix

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Arts, Culture & Society

Bafana Manyisa

Bafana Manyisa: The Male Nurse Redefining South African Fatherhood

For Bafana Manyisa, strength doesn’t look the way most men are taught it should. It’s not toughness or stoicism or an ...

Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel, Cape Town Continues Its Creative Legacy With Three New Exhibitions

Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel

The Continent Is Not Waiting. Africa’s Creators Are Already Building The Economy.

Africas Creators 1

What Does It Take To Summit Everest? Angela Yeung Is About To Tell You

Angela Yeung - Summit Everest

First-Ever Nigeria Gas & Power Infrastructure Map To Be Unveiled At NOG Energy Week 2026

Nigeria Gas & Power Infrastructure Map

African Union High-Level Meeting Mobilizes USD 910 Million In Pledges For Ebola Bundibugyo Response In DRC And Uganda

African Union
US targets climate

Trump Immigration Curbs Hit Africa’s Climate-exposed Nations

A significant share of the countries targeted by the Trump administration’s expanded immigration restrictions are African nations that rank among the ...

Aid cuts and conflict

Aid Cuts Linked to Rising Conflict Across Africa

New research cross-referencing USAID disbursements with conflict data across 870 African regions has linked the abrupt reduction of US foreign aid ...

H.E. Felix Tshisekedi, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, and H.E. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé.

Africa’s Power Market is Learning to Share

Shirley Webber, Coverage Head, Resources & Energy at Absa CIB and Nikhil Kasiram, Resource and Project Finance: Power and Infrastructure at Absa CIB British power developer Gridworks recently signed two landmark agreements with the Government...

The Blood Donation Story Doesn’t End When You Roll Up Your Sleeve

By Taofik Oloruko-Oba, Country Manager, Kenya and Head East Africa Network, Roche Diagnostics World Blood Donor Day shines a spotlight on one of the simplest ways people can help save lives. Hospitals across Kenya and...

The Continent Is Not Waiting. Africa’s Creators Are Already Building The Economy.

by Daniel Kojo Soboh, CEO and Founder of EMY Africa On youth, the creator economy, and why Africa’s most urgent development opportunity isn’t in a ministry, it’s in a smartphone. Every year, Africa adds between...

Why African MSME Finance Is Built For Uncertainty

By Wayne Hennessy-Barrett – Founder & Executive Chairman, 4G Capital We are no longer preparing for the VUCA era. We are living in it. Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity are now the norm, and likely...

How ACTOM NECRT Solutions Are Powering South Africa’s Renewable Energy Expansion

As South Africa accelerates its transition to cleaner energy, the reliability and performance of grid‑connection equipment have become central to the success of large‑scale renewable projects. Among the most critical components in this ecosystem is...

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Engage & Learn

Vodacom Eco-Warriors Competition

From Gen Z To Gen Solution: Young Innovators Win Vodacom Eco-Warriors Competition

South Africans

The Unfinished Work Of June 16 – Many South Africans Are Still Being Educated Into Exclusion

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Cross-Border Learning: Kepler College Explores Ashesi’s Career Services Approach  

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From Classroom to Workforce: Building AI-Ready Talent in Uganda

Child Protection Week

Why Child Safeguarding Must Become SA’s Loudest Promise During Child Protection Week

Allan Gray Entrepreneurship Challenge

Calling All Southern African Learners: Don’t Miss Your Chance To Enter The Gamified 2026 Allan Gray Entrepreneurship Challenge Now

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Happening

Nigeria Gas & Power Infrastructure Map

First-Ever Nigeria Gas & Power Infrastructure Map To Be Unveiled At NOG Energy Week 2026

For decades, one of the most persistent barriers to accelerated investment in Nigeria’s gas and power sector has been the absence ...

African Union High-Level Meeting Mobilizes USD 910 Million In Pledges For Ebola Bundibugyo Response In DRC And Uganda

African Union

Heirs Energies’ Us$750 Million Financing Named Best Oil & Gas Deal Of The Year

Heirs Energies

Practical Nigerian Content Forum 2026 To Convene Industry Leaders For Landmark 15th Edition

Nigerian Content Forum 2026

First-Ever Nigeria Gas & Power Infrastructure Map To Be Unveiled At NOG Energy Week 2026

Nigeria Gas & Power Infrastructure Map

African Union High-Level Meeting Mobilizes USD 910 Million In Pledges For Ebola Bundibugyo Response In DRC And Uganda

African Union
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Headlines

Under Mission 300, A New Way of Doing Business Connects Over 50 Million People to Electricity Across Africa

Au nord du Togo, le PAM et le Gouvernement se mobilisent pour lutter contre l’insécurité alimentaire

Over 400,000 Chadians Return from Sudan, IOM Urges Stronger Support

Over 400,000 Chadians Return from Sudan, IOM Urges Stronger Support

Agenz Raises Million from Breega, Attijariwafa Ventures and Saviu Ventures to Accelerate the Digital Transformation of Morocco’s Real Estate Market

Agenz Raises $5 Million from Breega, Attijariwafa Ventures and Saviu Ventures to Accelerate the Digital Transformation of Morocco’s Real Estate Market

Seychelles and Eritrea adopt first WHO prequalified 4th generation HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B integrated test

Seychelles and Eritrea adopt first WHO prequalified 4th generation HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B integrated test

WFP brings food security to the big screen through moving cinema campaign in Egypt

Africa CDC and WHO launch joint continental Ebola response plan

African Development Bank launches project to boost agriculture in Sudan

DESTIN D’ENTREPRENEUR The new flagship show hosted by ELOÏNE BARRY

DESTIN D’ENTREPRENEUR The new flagship show hosted by ELOÏNE BARRY

World Bank Group Launches Ten-Year Strategy to Drive Jobs and Prosperity in Uganda

WHO and China Strengthen Health Cooperation in Cabo Verde

WHO and China Strengthen Health Cooperation in Cabo Verde

African brands rebound to 15% of the most admired brands in Africa, recovering from a historic low of 11%. MTN and Dangote lead Africa’s rankings.

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Nigeria Gas & Power Infrastructure Map

First-Ever Nigeria Gas & Power Infrastructure Map To Be Unveiled At NOG Energy Week 2026

African Union

African Union High-Level Meeting Mobilizes USD 910 Million In Pledges For Ebola Bundibugyo Response In DRC And Uganda

The Psyche Of Africa’s Wealthiest: Standard Bank’s New Report Goes Inside The Minds Of Africa’s Billionaires

The Psyche Of Africa’s Wealthiest: Standard Bank’s New Report Goes Inside The Minds Of Africa’s Billionaires

Fuel pump nozzle inserted into a vehicle's fuel tank in South Africa.

Fuel Price Volatility Is Creating A New Cross-border Challenge For SMEs

Bafana Manyisa

Bafana Manyisa: The Male Nurse Redefining South African Fatherhood

Heirs Energies

Heirs Energies’ Us$750 Million Financing Named Best Oil & Gas Deal Of The Year

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