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Africa: Nigeria’s Expanding Tech Ecosystem Leads Africa’s Innovation Push – Report

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Nigeria’s growing influence in Africa’s technology and innovation ecosystem has received fresh global recognition as startups founded by Nigerians emerged strongly on Bloomberg’s latest list of 25 African Startups to Watch. The ranking, which highlights innovative startups solving critical challenges across the continent, underscored Nigeria’s expanding dominance in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, health…

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Africa Has the Capital to Finance Its Future, Now It Must Mobilise It

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The latest economic outlook report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) projects that the continent will grow at 4.2 per cent in 2026, slightly down from 4.4 per cent in 2025, before bouncing back to its growth trajectory in 2027. The downward revision for 2026 comes at the back of heightened geopolitical tensions and global…

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Africa: Why Africa – and the World – Remain Dangerously Unprepared for the Next Pandemic

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As the news spread about the outbreak of Ebola in mid-May 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report about pandemics. The title was: A World on the Edge: Priorities for a Pandemic-Resilient Future. The document was prepared by the WHO’s Global Preparedness Monitoring Board. It sets out why the world isn’t better prepared…

Africa: All of Africa Today – May 29, 2026

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Ethiopia Heads to Polls Amid Regional Instability Ethiopia is scheduled to hold elections on June 1, 2026. The country faces internal security challenges and heightened competition for power in the Horn of Africa. Regional powers like Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel are pushing for influence in this strategically vital region, already destabilised by…

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Africa: Spiro Acquires Coexlion to Build Africa EV Motorbike R&D Hub

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Spiro acquired UK-based engineering firm Coexlion for an undisclosed sum as the electric motorcycle company moves to build its first African research and development centre in Nairobi. The deal gives Spiro in-house capacity to design, test and improve electric motorcycles for African roads, rider habits and commercial use. Coexlion has worked with companies including Triumph,…

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Africa: Govt Considers Flight Restrictions Over Ebola Threat in Africa

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The federal government is considering the possibility of restricting flights from countries affected by the Ebola virus as part of renewed efforts to prevent any outbreak in Nigeria. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, after a high-level strategic meeting held in Victoria Island, Lagos State, to…

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Africa: Building Ethiopia’s Logistics Future – From Bottlenecks to Flow

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS Expansion of the Modjo Dry Port is helping goods move faster and lowering logistics costs for businesses, ultimately supporting local and national job creation and growth. While the facility has long been used primarily for imports, the enlargement will allow it to better process outgoing flows, in keeping with the Government of Ethiopia’s…

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Africa: Response to Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda

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How is the World Bank Group responding to the Ebola Outbreak The World Bank Group is responding swiftly to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. We are drawing on our investments in health preparedness — and the financing tools built specifically for moments like this — to help countries…

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Africa: Ethiopia Will Continue Advocating for Africa to Lead Cooperation, Win-Win Approach in Water Dev’t

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Emphasizing a collaborative approach and adherence to the principles of prudent and reasonable use of transboundary resources, Water and Energy Minister’s Special Advisor, Motuma Mekassa, said Ethiopia will continue to advocate for Africa to lead a collaborative and win-win approach in water development. Speaking at the Conference themed “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation…

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Africa: At the Africa Forward Summit, a Different Conversation About France

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Nairobi – France came to Nairobi last week with a message it has been trying to land for years: that it wants to be Africa’s partner, not its patron. At the Africa Forward summit in May, Emmanuel Macron made that case again. Not everyone was convinced. On the second floor of the Kenyatta International Convention…