Fearless fund, the world’s first venture capital firm built by women of colour for women of colour, and a global leader in economic inclusion, has announced its official expansion into africa with the launch of the Fearless Microfinance Fund in ghana. This launch marks a significant step in advancing Fearless Fund’s mission to close the…
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Tuesday after the latest retail sales report missed expectations. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was more than 5 basis points lower at 4.145%, while the 30-year Treasury yield dropped more than 6 basis points to 4.787%. The 2-year Treasury note yield was down more than 3 basis points at 3.452%. One basis point is equivalent to…
– As the world marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the United Nations Population Fund has warned that 23 million additional girls in West and Central Africa could be subjected to the harmful practice by 2030 unless governments and partners sharply accelerate prevention efforts. The warning was issued Thursday…
National treasury has stepped in to rescue state-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech, which is in dire financial straits and no longer a going concern due to the ongoing fees dispute with the SABC. Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani, director-general of the department of communications & digital technologies, told parliamentarians on Tuesday that in total, the treasury has granted…
Africa’s engagement with global vaccine supply over the past five years has shown that access to vaccines and biologics is shaped less by goodwill or financing alone. Vaccine sovereignty in Africa is no longer an abstract ambition. It is a process underway, grounded in Ubuntu and African political decisions, institutional reforms, and emerging delivery platforms….
MILAN — Watching from the finish line, American skier Breezy Johnson was in first place of the women’s downhill Sunday when Germany’s Emma Aicher flew down the course in Cortina D’Ampezzo, gaining time on the leader. But almost as soon as the front of Aicher’s body crossed the finish line, triggering the timekeeping system to…
Governments in the Southern Africa, including Malawi, have come under heavy criticism for their alleged perpetuation of a culture of human rights abuses and impunity, with security forces using excessive force, arbitrary arrests, and restrictions on freedoms. The 2026 World Report by Human Rights Watch cites countries like Angola, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe, where a…
South Africa’s financial and telecommunications sectors are undergoing a fundamental shift in how they verify customer identities. Faced with a staggering increase in the cost of accessing the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) national population database, banks and fintechs are moving away from routine database pings toward sophisticated, “reusable” digital identity systems. Read: Pony AI…
The Director General, Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Rev. Stephen Wilfred Arthur, said Aero Contractors’ Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) will effectively service all commercial aircraft operating in West and Central Africa approved for maintenance in the facility. Arthur stated this at the weekend after the facility tour of the maintenance facility located at the Aero…
After viewing the unredacted documents, Massie and Khanna, who co-sponsored the law which compelled the release of the Epstein files last year, told reporters they had a list of about 20 people in which every name was redacted except for Epstein’s and his convicted sex trafficker associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
