Africa: All of Africa Today – October 23, 2026
Tanzania Opposition Official Charged With Treason A senior official of Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema, John Pambalu, has been charged with treason, an offence that carries a potential death penalty. Pambalu, a member of the party’s national council and former youth wing leader, is accused of seeking to disrupt the 2025 general election through protests…
Beware the boardroom AI learning gap
Information security and privacy consultant Anthony Olivier. Most boards approving artificial intelligence (AI) investments in South Africa today could not tell you, from their own experience, what a capable AI model can do, or where it will fail. They are signing off budgets, strategies and risk appetites for a technology they have met mostly in…
Africa CDC Blames Global Neglect for Lack of Bundibugyo Ebola Vaccine
Mr Kaseya said the Bundibugyo strain, first identified in Uganda 19 years ago, had caused only three outbreaks, yet no vaccine had been approved specifically for the disease The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has criticised the lack of investment in developing a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, nearly…
First Nigeria and Kenya Ebola patients may have crossed paths at Uganda airport, officials say
The Kenyan man had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda before arriving in Nairobi on 3 October. He later died, becoming Kenya’s first recorded Ebola death in the current outbreak. Although both patients passed through Entebbe airport on the same day, health officials have not established whether they met, used the same…
Rand stablecoin issuers welcome treasury’s crypto rethink
South Africa’s rand stablecoin issuers want treasury’s rewritten cross-border crypto rules to treat their tokens as payments rather than capital flows, and to let companies use them. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana told parliament on Wednesday that the draft capital flow management regulations, “which included the cross-border treatment of crypto assets”, had drawn thousands of comments…
Africa: Dangote Charts Path to Africa’s Industrial Revolution, Prioritises Power, Financing
The president/chief executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has said Africa’s ambition to become a global industrial powerhouse hinges on its ability to mobilize long-term financing, deliver reliable electricity and adopt policies that turn its vast natural resources into manufactured products. Dangote, who has outlined a $50 billion investment programme for 2026 to 2030,…
Blaze that killed 4 soldiers on Canadian military base sparked on grenade launcher range, officials say
A blaze that killed four soldiers and injured several dozen more on a military base in the Canadian province of Alberta last week broke out on a grenade launcher range during training exercises, officials said Thursday. The fire sparked Oct. 17 on the automatic grenade launcher range of Canadian Forces Base Wainwright “during routine military…
KZN learner builds robots and future coders
Sinead Samputh in 2025, when she won the Inspired Builds global robotics competition for her low-cost health-assistant robot. (Image source: supplied) A Durban school pupil who received international recognition for two robotics inventions is using her skills to introduce disadvantaged children to coding, with the aim of helping them develop their own technology solutions. Sinead…
Africans Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Resell Waste – What’s Needed to Build On the Circular Economy Basics
In many African cities, a broken fridge is rarely thrown away immediately. It may be repaired and resold, dismantled for spare parts or collected for its metal components. Old clothes are often altered or transformed into something new. Leftover crop stalks and leaves are turned into animal feed, compost, cooking fuel or biogas. These activities…
African Development Bank Group to Champion Domestic Capital Mobilisation At Africa Financial Summit 2026
What: Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) 2026 Who: African Development Bank Group (Main Partner), the Government of Angola (Host country), International Finance Corporation (Co-host); Jeune Afrique Media Group When: 3-4 November 2026 Where: Luanda, Angola The African Development Bank Group will participate in the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) 2026, to be held in Luanda, Angola, on…
