Africa: Much Ado About Mapping
[CFR] The lone dissent came from Washington on a UN resolution over a map long criticized for making Africa look smaller than it is.
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Africa: Five Statistical Talking Points From the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Preliminary Round First Legs
The TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2026/27 got under way with a weekend that showed just how fine the margins can be in the preliminary rounds. Across the 28 first legs completed from Friday to Sunday, there were 43 goals, 11 home victories, seven away wins and 10 draws, leaving plenty still to play for when…
Africa: Five Players Who Caught the Eye in the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup This Weekend
The TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2026/27 burst into life with an entertaining weekend of first preliminary round action, with goals flowing across the continent and several clubs taking significant strides towards the next stage. Singida Black Stars produced the most emphatic result with a remarkable 7-1 away victory over Al Ghazala Wau, while ASKO de…
Africa’s Mother Tongues Are Finding New Life As Youth Connect With Roots and Relatives
A television game show in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has an unforgiving rule: Speak English and you lose. For a U.S.-born millennial in the audience and a student of her parents’ mother tongue, the high-stakes setting is a perfect classroom. Meanwhile, a 15-year-old Canadian speaks to a teacher about 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away…
Africa Built This. Now It Must Own It
Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery, the largest in the world, opens to public investors this week. It is the most consequential bet on African industrial sovereignty in a generation. The continent cannot afford to sit it out. On a September morning in 2026, something remarkable will happen in the Lekki Free Trade Zone on the outskirts…
Africa: New Era to Host China-Africa Media Dialogue
New Era Publication Corporation in partnership with Jiangxi Communication Centre, will today host a high-level dialogue as part of the “Culture Goes to International Sister Cities (Namibia)” launch ceremony at the Avani Hotel in Windhoek. The event, scheduled for 09h30 at the hotel’s Multi-function Hall on the 15th floor, is expected to provide a platform…
Africa: Giants of Africa Makes International Debut At Adidas X Alba Next Up Women’s Tournament in Berlin
Giants of Africa (GOA), the non profit organization founded by Masai Ujiri which uses basketball as a tool to empower youth and create opportunities across the continent made its first ever appearance in Europe at the adidas x ALBA Next Up Women’s Basketball Tournament in Berlin, Germany this past week. The Tournament that took place…
Africa: UK Sends New Commissioner to Strengthen Trade, Investment With Africa
Alastair Long has been deployed to Africa as His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) for Africa, where he has now formally begun leading the UK’s trade and investment relationship with the continent. A statement by the UK High Commission in Nigeria on Monday said Alastair will work with governments, investors, businesses and institutions to deepen economic…
Africa: Nonprofits Spend Too Much Time Reporting to Funders – a Single Universal Template Could Help
Imagine being asked to prepare monthly reports that all demand their own classifications, measurement bases and templates. This is the reality that nonprofit organisations (NPOs) face across the world. In a recent paper, my co-authors and I present findings from interviews with 21 nonprofit stakeholders from South Africa, the UK, the US, Sweden and Uganda….
Africa: Partnerships Between Government, Business and Civil Society Are Often Tense – 3 Tips On How to Manage Them
The Southern Africa Food Lab has brought businesses, farmers, government and community groups together since 2010 to help address the problems of hunger and malnutrition. When these diverse groups first came together, everyone agreed that the region’s food system was in trouble. The disagreement came next. For some, the priority was resilience: keeping supply chains…