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What’s the context? Amid funding uncertainty, African leaders urgently call for more climate adaptation cash. African leaders call for climate cash Aid cuts add strain to continent’s needs Private companies stepping up to fill gaps JOHANNESBURG, BRUSSELS – From mangrove restoration along West Africa’s coastline to organic waste recycling in Nairobi, billions of dollars have…
The sudden winding down of USAID by the Trump Administration, the linchpin of America’s annual $40 billion vast footprint in global assistance programs led to wide ranging discussion on the future of foreign aid. Africa, a major recipient of foreign aid is now in the eye of the storm as United States and Western allies…
Africa’s most feared snake has found a new role as an environmental guardian, with researchers having discovered that black mambas can serve as detectors of air pollution. A new study shows the snakes – which are Africa’s most venomous – absorb heavy metals such as lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury into their bodies. By clipping…
President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has called for the prioritisation of food security and self-sufficiency across Africa, stressing the continent’s vast agricultural potential. Speaking over the weekend at his Lagos office, during a courtesy visit by the AfricaRice Centre, a pan-African Centre of Excellence for rice research, development, and capacity building, Dangote…
A Liberian teacher currently teaching physics at the Tappeh Memorial High School in Nimba County has won the African Union Continental ‘Best Teacher Award’ for 2025, having been nominated for the competition by the Education Ministry this year to represent Liberia. Mr. Allen A. Thomas, who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from…
Government has welcomed Fitch’s decision to affirm South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency debt ratings at “BB-” and maintain the stable outlook. According to Fitch, South Africa’s credit rating is constrained by several factors, including low real gross domestic product (GDP) growth, high poverty and inequality levels, a high and rising government debt-to-GDP ratio,…
South African companies who were part of the 30-member business delegation at the recently concluded Intra-Africa Trade Fair (IATF) in Algeria say they are eager to do business in Algeria and across the continent. This as the local companies generated several promising trade leads over the course of the trade fair. The IATF 2025 was…
As Rwanda joined other countries to mark the International South-South and Triangular Cooperation Day on 12 September, a call was made to Africans to look at pressing challenges as opportunities and embark on innovation and collaboration to solve them. Rwanda celebrated the day through an event held in Kigali, organised by Rwanda Cooperation (RCI) and…
In this Interview, Regional President for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA), Visa, Tareq Muhmood, speaks on Nigeria’s place in digital payments globally, why Visa is are making long-term commitments through partnerships with banks and fintechs to co-create products and solutions that make digital payments more accessible to individuals, SMBs, and the…
With elections planned for December, authorities should use their position of strength to tackle the roots of the country’s crisis. Since his re-election in 2021, Central African Republic (CAR) President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has enjoyed several diplomatic and military successes. In 2024, the United Nations Security Council lifted its embargo on arms to the Central African…
