Young Zambian engineers embracing AI to create local solutions
Twenty-year-old software engineering student Innocent Mugwadi presents a slideshow in the front of a classroom before his fellow classmates at the Information and... Read more.
Kenya’s marine life conservation shifts from foreign-led to community-driven
Community-led nature conservation that empower locals to become stewards of the environment around them are more sustainable and effective than efforts led by foreign... Read more.
A Gen-Z duo leading a recycling movement in Tanzania
Three years ago, two young men began walking the streets of Mwanza, Tanzania’s second-largest city, sacks in hand, collecting discarded plastics. With no machines,... Read more.
African courts are breaking culture of silence on female genital mutilation
More African courts are joining the fight against female genital mutilation, playing a bigger role in efforts to challenge a practice long shielded by silence and... Read more.
Africa accelerates electric vehicles growth through regulation
From South Africa’s industrial incentives to Kenya’s green number plates, a number of African governments are moving beyond pilot projects to implement comprehensive... Read more.
African women are leaning in at investment firms
Africa has a higher number of women in senior leadership positions in small investment teams than the global average. To sustain this, more firms in the region are... Read more.
Kenya, South Africa to reset cost of living to stabilise their economies
Nairobi is cutting taxes and opening capital markets to small investors, while Pretoria is lifting wages above inflation rates in a new shift toward income-led economic... Read more.
African firms outperform foreigners in promoting women to leadership posts
Small, Africa-based private capital firms are placing more women in senior decision-making roles than larger, foreign ones, a new report shows. The Gender Diversity... Read more.
Angola is becoming a magnet for independent oil investors
Angola is consistently recasting itself as the place global energy investors, especially in oil and gas, turn to for long-term, lower-risk bets. TotalEnergies reinforced... Read more.
Trump ‘hopeful’ of deal amid military posturing, Iran open to ‘fair and just’ talks
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he hopes Washington and Tehran can reach an agreement, responding to warnings from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah... Read more.
