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IShowSpeed’s livestreamed Africa tour adds to the work that African digital influencers have been doing in recent years to capture the continent beyond clichéd images of poverty and conflict. Under the bronze gaze of the African Renaissance Monument in Dakar, the American content creator and travel influencer IShowSpeed laughed into his lapel mic as a…
A new Malaria Consortium study highlights the importance of timing mosquito net distribution campaigns according to climate predictions. Published in Malaria Journal, the study strengthens previous evidence exploring the associations between climate and net use, finding that seasonal variations in rainfall and temperature are key determinants of net use behaviour. The use of insecticide-treated nets…
There is no war of a regional or global scale that has not been originated by the Europeans, or that has not engendered disorder. The 100-year old war between the kingdoms of England and France and civil war in France in the late Middle Ages; the most destructive 30-year old war in Central Europe from…
Organ, Tissue and Cell Donation and Transplantation (OTCDT) is a medical procedure in which an organ, tissue or cell is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient to replace a damaged or missing structure. Transplantation involves organs, tissues and cells such as the kidneys, liver, lungs, pancreas, heart, small bowel,…
“With robotic surgery, we removed two large tumours. She will go home today and return to work tomorrow.” The Prostate Clinic (TPC) Lagos has performed what it described as West Africa’s first robotic gynaecological surgery. The procedure, carried out on Sunday, marked the clinic’s expansion of robotic surgery from male-focused treatments to women’s health interventions….
South Africa must choose between democratic resilience and populist isolationism to navigate a rising global tide and define its standing in an increasingly fractured world. Conservatism is back. Not the quiet, establishment conservatism of the post-Cold War era, but a louder, more populist, and more nationalist strain that has swept across continents. From Washington to…
Somalia Opposition, International Envoys Seek Breakthrough on Constitution, Elections Somalia’s Future Council, an opposition-aligned political platform, met international representatives in Nairobi to discuss the country’s fragile political situation and ways to break a deadlock over constitutional reforms and the electoral process. The talks brought together Future Council members and envoys from the United Nations,…
Brazzaville — Intense rainfall and severe flooding since mid-December 2025 have affected around 1.3 million people in southern Africa, destroyed houses and critical infrastructure and disrupted access to health services, heightening risks of water- and mosquito-borne diseases. About half of the people affected are in Mozambique, according to preliminary assessments by the World Health Organization…
Addis Ababa — East Africa’s economic growth is gaining momentum, driven by deeper regional integration, improving macroeconomic stability, and expanding investment in renewable energy, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). In an exclusive interview with ENA, Stephen Karingi, Director of the ECA’s Macroeconomics, Finance and Governance Division, said the sub-region is…
African tech startups raised US$4.1 billion in 2025, up 25% from a year earlier, marking the strongest funding year since 2022, according to Partech’s annual Africa Tech Venture Capital Report released January 22, 2026. Equity funding reached US$2.4 billion, an 8% increase year on year, across 462 deals. Debt financing climbed to a record US$1.6…
