Africa: Counter-Terrorism Lessons to Avoid a Lake Chad Basin Scenario in Borgu-Kainji

Africa: Counter-Terrorism Lessons to Avoid a Lake Chad Basin Scenario in Borgu-Kainji

Reactive counter-terrorism posture risks entrenching armed groups in a new corridor linking northwest to southwest Nigeria. Mass killings, abductions and roadside bombs in recent weeks point to a dangerous escalation of violent extremism in the Borgu-Kainji axis along Nigeria’s western borders with Benin and Niger. These are not isolated events. Continuing to respond narrowly and…

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Sentech leads Africa’s digital future as headline sponsor of Africa Tech Week 2026

Sentech leads Africa’s digital future as headline sponsor of Africa Tech Week 2026

Sentech returns as the headline (Platinum) sponsor of Africa Tech Week 2026, taking place from 12–13 May 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC 2). The sponsorship reinforces Sentech’s role as a key enabler of Africa’s digital infrastructure, innovation, and cross-sector collaboration. Aligned to the theme “Propelling Africa’s Digital Future,” the event marks…

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Specialists leave mobile operators behind on home internet

Specialists leave mobile operators behind on home internet

Vox has taken every fixed broadband award in Opensignal’s latest South African benchmarking exercise, an outcome that puts a specialist internet service provider ahead of the country’s largest mobile operators on home connectivity. The comparison measured the performance of Herotel, Vodacom, Rain, MTN, Telkom and Vox across connections spanning fibre and fixed wireless access –…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – April 20, 2026

Africa: All of Africa Today – April 20, 2026

  Nigerian Govt Debunks Hidden Spending Claims, Clarifies World Bank Report Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Finance has dismissed recent claims alleging hidden spending and diversion of federation revenue, describing them as a misinterpretation of findings contained in the latest Nigeria Development Update by the World Bank. Minister of State for Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, said media reports and…

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