health
Eighteen+ African nations have signed sweeping bilateral health agreements with the United States. The headline promise is billions of dollars in support for HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis. The fine print involves data sovereignty, pathogen sharing, and in at least one case, minerals.
Africa
This article marks the beginning of a series exploring traditional attire across African countries, examining how clothing reflects history, drives economies, and shapes modern identity. Each week will spotlight one nation and one defining cultural garment.
Policy
As a landmark zero-tariff deadline approaches, African states are negotiating individually against the world's largest market. Without a unified continental strategy, the most lucrative trade opportunity of this generation risks becoming another triumph of rhetoric over results.
ADC
Our existence is predicated on a single, non-negotiable mission: to democratize access to critical knowledge. Last year was a season of aggressive experimentation, some successful and others less so, but all contributing valuable knowledge to the critical work we've set before ourselves.
Governance
The People of Gabon woke up, reached for their phones and realised their social platforms were gone. No timelines, no updates, no instant reactions. A digital blackout justified by the government's reason to control the spread of false information.
Finance
Kenya is making waves in Africa’s digital finance sector. The country has announced the creation of a Virtual Asset Compensation Fund to protect cryptocurrency investors if licensed dealers fail to meet their obligations
Agriculture
Leaders, policymakers, and innovators recently gathered in Tanzania for the Africa Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization Meeting aiming to tackle ways to increasing agricultural productivity while ensuring environmental sustainability.
The government of Ghana announced that the renewal of the Tarkwa mining lease held by Gold Fields would not be automatic and would instead be subjected to a stricter review process.
Across the continent, unreliable or nonexistent power continues to limit agricultural productivity, weaken value chains, and constrain industrial growth. This reality placed energy access at the center of discussions during the African Development Bank Annual Meetings.
Across Africa’s financial landscape, capital is increasingly being judged not only by returns, but by resilience, governments, and development institutions are now paying closer attention to how money flows into projects that can withstand climate shocks, energy transitions, and long-term pressures.
Investment in data centers emerged as one of Africa’s most important technology stories this week, reflecting growing demand for the infrastructure powering the continent’s digital economy.
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health
Ghana Health Service (GHS) is moving toward strengthening typhoid prevention by focusing on one of the most critical transmission points: food handlers.
Governance
South Africa has announced plans to withdraw its troops from the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), marking a notable shift in Pretoria’s regional security posture.
Finance
Airtel Africa’s stock has been attracting attention lately, thanks to strong growth in its digital services. More people are using Airtel’s mobile money, data, and online services, and investors are noticing.
creative Industry
The Africa Prosperity Dialogues 2026 took a sharp turn from diplomatic niceties to uncomfortable truths in the first week of February, particularly around how Africa's creative economy fits into the vision of a borderless continent.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) and other airport services, had issued a seven-day strike notice over long-standing labour grievances. Despite a court order instructing them not to proceed, the workers went ahead.