Who, CJID Convene African Editors to Develop Road Safety Reporting Guidelines

Who, CJID Convene African Editors to Develop Road Safety Reporting Guidelines

Abuja — Three-day forum brings editors and journalists from five African countries together around evidence, reporting practice and safer-road policy. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) will today open a three-day African media forum on road safety in Abuja, bringing together editors, journalists, content creators and road…

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West Africa: There’s No Conspiracy in the Sahel – – There’s a Gap, and Bamako Knows How to Use It

West Africa: There’s No Conspiracy in the Sahel – – There’s a Gap, and Bamako Knows How to Use It

A familiar claim keeps surfacing in the rhetoric of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s ruling juntas, echoed enthusiastically by Russian state media: the West is deliberately working to destabilise the Sahel’s military governments. It’s a tidy story. It bundles sanctions, frozen aid and diplomatic isolation into a single narrative of conspiracy. But look closely at…

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Why Success Doesn’t Always Build Confidence

Why Success Doesn’t Always Build Confidence

Successful entrepreneurs can build exceptional businesses while continuing to struggle with self-doubt, overthinking and the need to prove themselves. Success is supposed to make us more confident. Yet for many entrepreneurs, the bigger their business becomes, the greater the pressure, uncertainty and expectation, and the more there is to lose. Additionally, business success does not…

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Africa’s start-ups are building on Chinese AI

Africa’s start-ups are building on Chinese AI

Norrsken22 general partner Lexi Novitske African technology start-ups are increasingly building their products on Chinese AI models, and American investors’ retreat from the continent is making that shift easier, according to Lexi Novitske, general partner at pan-African venture capital firm Norrsken22. “If you take a look at what technology companies locally are building their systems…

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Africa: Türkiye’s Security Export – Why Africa’s New Air Force Costs Less Than a Fighter Jet’s Spare Parts

Africa: Türkiye’s Security Export – Why Africa’s New Air Force Costs Less Than a Fighter Jet’s Spare Parts

Drones have become a primary mechanism of warfare on many fronts around the world. Those fronts range from the war between Russia and Ukraine to the conflict between the United States and Iran. Drones are used to achieve air superiority, a reconnaissance advantage, and highly precise strategic strikes along the front lines. Those strikes range…

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Who, CJID Convene African Editors to Develop Road Safety Reporting Guidelines

Africa: Iteso, Nigerian Traditional Leaders Explore Cultural Unity Agenda for Africa

Traditional leaders from Uganda and Nigeria have opened discussions on how cultural institutions can help build stronger connections among African communities, preserve shared heritage and contribute to peace and development. The high-level cultural engagement, held at Hotel Africana in Kampala, brought together Emorimor Paul Sande Etomeileng Emolot, the Iteso cultural leader; Juliet Akaliait Among; and…

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