When the lights shone brightest on Saturday night, Clement Francis Mzize answered the call. The Tanzanian striker didn’t just score — he roared, delivering two goals inside 20 minutes to sink Madagascar and send the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium into scenes of sheer euphoria. By the end of the night, the scoreboard read 2-1 to the…
Under the floodlights of the stadium, the air was electric. The crowd sang, flags waved, and on the pitch, Tanzania’s “Taifa Stars” delivered yet another statement victory at the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) PAMOJA 2024. For head coach Hamad Suleiman, it was a night of pride. For Madagascar’s Romuald Rakotondrabe, it was a night…
– The African Union Staff Association has voiced strong support for Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative (GLI), recognizing it as a crucial effort in the global fight against climate change. Yesterday, members of the Association joined the Addis Ababa City Administration Community Participation and Voluntarism Coordination Commission in planting trees as part of the ongoing environmental…
Addis Ababa — The African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) condemned the establishment of a “parallel government” by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), calling it an illegitimate attempt to fragment the country. “There can be no viable or sustainable military solution to the ongoing conflict,” the PSC declared in a communiqué issued after…
Mali Army Leaders Arrest Soldiers Allegedly Planning to Remove Them From Power Mali’s military government has arrested many soldiers who were planning to remove the current leaders from power. The military rulers, who took control through two separate takeovers in 2020 and 2021, caught at least 20 soldiers in what they called a plot…
When the final whistle blew in Nairobi, the noise was deafening — not just from the crowd at the Moi International Sports Centre, but from the disbelief echoing across African football. Kenya, making their debut at the African Nations Championship (CHAN), had just taken down two-time champions Morocco 1-0, playing half the match a man…
BulkSMS powers ahead under new parent brand, Celerity. (Image: Supplied) BulkSMS, one of South Africa’s most established and trusted business messaging platforms, enters an exciting new chapter as part of Celerity, a newly launched parent brand focused on powering secure, scalable communications infrastructure across the continent and beyond. With over two decades of experience delivering…
Vodacom announced on Thursday that it has made South Africa’s first “native” voice call on a 5G test network. Known as Voice over New Radio (VoNR), this technology allows voice calls to be carried directly over the 5G network, which has previously been used only for data. Vodacom says it plans to introduce VoNR to…
The Koeberg nuclear power station north of Cape Town. Image: Eskom The environment minister on Friday upheld a previous decision granting environmental authorisation for state-owned power utility Eskom to build and operate a new nuclear power station in the Western Cape. Environmentalists had appealed against the original 2017 authorisation for a new 4GW nuclear power…
F6 Group has launched F6 Ventures, a new seed-stage investment firm managing over $90 million in assets across six funds The new VC arm sits alongside Flat6Labs, the well-established startup accelerator, as part of F6 Group’s integrated strategy to support founders and ecosystems The firm is backed by a leadership team with extensive experience in…
