Technology
Forty-six percent, that is the share of African adults who remain entirely outside the formal financial system. Set it alongside the headline numbers the $2 trillion in mobile money transactions, the 66% share of global mobile money value and what you get is not a success story.
Governance
The African Union is increasing coordination among member states as it prepares for upcoming G20 engagements, following its admission as a permanent member of the G20 in 2023.
Governance
Renewed xenophobic incidents in South Africa have once again drawn attention to the country’s complex migration dynamics and underlying economic pressures.
Technology
At the launch of Ghana's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy in Accra, President John Dramani Mahama announced the $250 million investment to establish a world-class AI computing center, alongside a $20 million commitment for a short-to-medium term implementation.
Governance
Every year, the world pours more than $2 trillion into weapons, armies, and military equipment, while children go unschooled, hospitals lack equipment, and the world burns. If we keep choosing weapons over schools, then what we pass on is a world more unequal, and unstable than the one we received.
Governance
Over the course of four centuries, ~12.5 million Africans were forcibly transported through the transatlantic slave trade, making enslavement a brutal reality for millions. In a vote, 123 countries at the UN formally declared the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity
Governance
A political controversy has emerged in Ghana following claims by opposition figures that the government may have foregone an opportunity to secure the presidency of the ECOWAS Commission.
Governance
South Africa announced that it is reviewing Israel’s response to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding allegations of genocide in Gaza. Pretoria stated it will decide whether to request permission for further written submissions or proceed directly to the oral phase of proceeding.
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.
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.
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.
Governance
This week, naval forces from BRICS countries and their partners began joint naval exercises in South African waters.