President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday , 04 February 2026, deliver an address at the signing of the Instrument of Accession by South Africa to the Establishment Agreement of the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank). The signing ceremony marks South Africa’s formal transition to Class A Shareholder status in Afreximbank and signals the activation of a…
Luanda — Angolan Head of State and Chairperson of the African Union (AU), João Lourenço, stressed on Friday the need for a concerted effort to build a stable and peaceful Africa where peace and reconciliation are priorities to be permanently taken into account. Speaking on the occasion of the commemoration of the Day of Peace…
For the second consecutive Olympic Games, no athletes will compete under the Russian flag. Instead, 13 Russians will participate in the Milan Cortina Games — which begin Friday — as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs), a designation that will also include seven Belarusians. The designation comes as the war in Ukraine continues to rage. A new…
A partnership between four South African financial institutions has led to the launch of an “institutional-grade” stablecoin pegged to the rand. Dubbed ZAR Universal, or ZARU, the stablecoin will made available to both retail consumers and institutional investors through the alliance between cryptocurrency platform Luno, low-cost trading platform EasyEquities, fintech Lesaka Technologies and Sanlam Specialist…
Kampala — Africa’s digital economy is beginning to recast the continent’s electricity landscape, with data centres emerging alongside households, factories and mines as a significant new source of power demand. What was once a largely traditional power market is increasingly being shaped by the infrastructure that underpins cloud computing, mobile services and digital finance. The…
Seattle — Mark Suzman has warned that recent reversals in global health progress pose urgent moral choices but insisted the setback need not be permanent, outlining a 20-year roadmap to reclaim momentum and accelerate gains through 2045–even amid severe global financial constraints. In his 2026 Annual Letter, The Road to 2045, released on Tuesday, the…
The couple bows to the House Oversight Committee’s demands after arguing for months that its subpoenas were invalid.
Eskom is requiring homes with solar power below a certain capacity to register them. Eskom’s requirement that all solar photovoltaic (PV) systems under 100 kilovolt-amperes (kVA) must be registered will deter homeowners from choosing renewable energy. This is according to civic body the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA). Eskom has been encouraging those who make…
Ghana Pauses Diaspora Citizenship Applications Amid Process Overhaul Ghana paused citizenship applications for members of the African diaspora to make the process more accessible and user-friendly. Since 2016, people able to prove African ancestry, largely descendants of those affected by the transatlantic slave trade, have been eligible for Ghanaian nationality. More than 1,000 people,…
Electricity has been restored to the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, after the diplomatic mission settled outstanding municipal service debts, the City of Tshwane announced. The power supply was disconnected on Monday by the City of Tshwane as enforcement action over unpaid utility bills owed by the Nigerian High Commission. The move was…
