Africa’s global role is constantly evolving. Demographically, Africa is poised to occupy a dominant position in the world over the coming decades. By 2050, Africa’s share of the global population will have grown from its current 19 percent to 28 percent, reaching nearly 2.8 billion people. This growth will be concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa due…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange NYSE Treasury yields rose on Thursday, with traders reacting to rising oil prices as Iran-Oman talks over the status of the Strait of Hormuz continued. The 10-year Treasury note yield — the main benchmark for mortgages, auto loans and credit card debt — was up more than…
Anthonie de Beer and Rob Godlonton Anthonie de Beer has been group CEO of Reunert for five months, and he has already outlawed an excuse. “Don’t come and speak to me about the market or inflation or things are tough and the copper price and all that,” he told TechCentral at iqbusiness’s Geshidocon conference at…
Young Africans must harness innovation, entrepreneurship and technology to drive the continent’s transformation instead of waiting for governments and development partners to solve their challenges, youth leaders have said. The call was made during the opening of the 2026 Billi Now Now (BNN) Youth Summit in Kampala, which brought together hundreds of youth leaders, entrepreneurs,…
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia will host the 76th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC76) in Addis Ababa from August 24 to 28, 2026. The session will be organized in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa. According to a post on WHO African Region Pages, the summit will…
As someone from Florida, I’m more than familiar with what an overload of humidity feels like, and how unbearable it can be at times. And when you step indoors, you don’t want that humid feeling to follow you. A dehumidifier made for small rooms can help you avoid having that sticky, muggy air lingering in…
South Africa will not align with either Washington or Beijing in artificial intelligence, Communications Minister Solly Malatsi says. Malatsi rejected the central premise of a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report, The Great Divide: How the US and China Are Splitting the AI World, which argued that the window for middle-income nations to hedge between competing…
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia is well positioned to become Africa’s future energy hub by harnessing its vast renewable energy resources, extensive hydropower expertise, and expanding regional electricity interconnections, Minister of Water and Energy Habtamu Itefa said. In an exclusive interview with ENA, the minister said Ethiopia has an estimated 60 gigawatts of hydropower generation potential,…
As Ethiopia’s National Dialogue seeks to chart a path toward peace, it faces an immense task. The Dialogue aims to address some of the country’s most difficult political, historical, institutional, social, and peacebuilding questions. Yet its success may ultimately depend on confronting a more basic question: why do Ethiopia’s major conflicts keep returning? A problem…
No-frills airline EasyJet has agreed to be taken over in a £5.7bn deal by US firm Apollo after a rival bidder dropped out. The takeover was agreed after US investment firm Castlelake, which had made a series of offers for the carrier, said it was withdrawing from the bid battle. Apollo said it wants to…
