AFRICA NEWS

CRDB Bank has added another major milestone to its growing list of continental achievements after being named the “Best Trade Partner Bank East Africa 2026” by the International Finance Corporation …

High-stakes trade negotiations convened by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Yaoundé collapsed in the early hours of Monday, after deep-seated divisions among member states derailed attempts to reach consensus …

Africa’s digital economy has never marched to the rhythms of conventional development models. While other regions built step by step on legacy infrastructure, the continent often innovated out of necessity. …

As can be pretty clear out fashion is so much more than about clothes. It is quite literally one of the tightest ways to express who you are on inside …

South Africa is facing what analysts describe as a looming national emergency, with warnings that failure to intervene before the April 1 fuel price surge could trigger dire social and …

Airtel Africa PLC has announced that its founding chair, Sunil Bharti Mittal, will retire from the board in July 2026. Gopal Vittal, the current managing director and CEO of Bharti …

The African Development Bank Group has approved a $5.65 million reimbursable grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to pilot a new financing mechanism intended to expand clean …

For the first time, some of Africa’s most influential infrastructure financiers, investors, and industry leaders are set to convene in Nairobi to chart a new course for the continent’s industrial …

Countries across Africa are rolling out emergency measures, from diluting petrol to rationing electricity, as the continent grapples with a deepening fuel crisis triggered by the US and Israel conflict …

In a groundbreaking leap for Africa’s circular economy drive, researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have transformed a once-experimental idea—turning human urine into high-quality, sustainable fertiliser—into a fully …