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If an HIV prevention pill that provides a month of protection at a time performs well in two ongoing clinical trials, it could become the next big thing in HIV prevention after the lenacapavir injection. A new licensing agreement is paving the way for South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare to produce the pill should the study…
President John Dramani Mahama has urged African governments to place the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) at the centre of their development strategies to accelerate the continent’s growth. He stressed that the agreement must serve as a catalyst for industrialisation and economic transformation, rather than become another unfulfilled continental pact. President Mahama made the…
The CAF Women’s Champions League | COSAFA Qualifier for 2026 will kick off in Gaborone, Botswana, on August 20, with the final scheduled for nine days later. It will be the sixth edition of the regional qualifier for the CAF Women’s Champions League, which was first introduced to the calendar in 2021 and has been…
The recent wave of unprecedented cocaine seizures across West Africa is no longer a series of isolated criminal incidents. Instead, the arrests, investigations, and intelligence emerging from multiple jurisdictions increasingly point to a sophisticated transnational narcotics network stretching from Latin America through West Africa into Europe. At the center of this network is Dutch fugitive…
· Oil prices slide as US, Iran pause hostilities over Strait of Hormuz ·Shettima lauds AfDB as REA, SAPZ sign MoU on energy for agro-processing zones Deji Elumoye and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that an expected “super” El Niño weather event could cost African countries between $10 billion…
· Continent welcomes nearly 100m international visitors in one year The Africa-International Tourism and Economic Council (AITEC) has unveiled two major international tourism events aimed at boosting Africa’s tourism industry, attracting investment and advancing regional integration through trade and the free movement of people. The announcement was made during an international press conference held in…
The continental bid to make more of its own vaccines is moving from ambition to production Africa has set itself an ambitious deadline of eliminating cholera by 2030. But behind that goal sits a more fundamental question about the continent’s ability to protect its people from disease: can Africa make the vaccines it needs? A…
Funda ngesiZuluBy Palesa Matlala South Africa says African countries must invest more of their own money in HIV programmes as international donor funding continues to decline. A new once a month HIV prevention pill is showing promise, but it is still being tested and cannot yet be used by the public. South Africa has one…
High-scoring attacking displays have long been a hallmark of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, and the Morocco 2026 edition has so far been no exception. With recent emphatic victories for Morocco; a 4-0 win over Kenya and Côte d’Ivoire, who triumphed 4-1 against neighbours Burkina Faso, excitement is at an all-time high….
Onafriq, Africa’s largest payments network, has partnered with leading stablecoin infrastructure provider, Privy, to strengthen its digital asset infrastructure and drive the development of stablecoin-enabled payment services for businesses across its network. The partnership will enable Onafriq to create and manage embedded digital asset solutions for its partners and, in time, institutional clients where regulation…
