In response to the UNEP Emissions Gap Report published today, Nafkote Dabi, Climate Policy Lead at Oxfam, said: “Just days before global leaders arrive in Brazil for COP30, this report is a blaring siren calling for greater climate action. “Since the Paris Agreement, the richest 1% have used up more than twice the carbon budget…
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 4 November 2025 – Speaking at the opening of the 25th Afreximbank Trade Finance Seminar (ATFS) in Abidjan, Ms Gwen Mwaba, Managing Director for Trade Finance and Correspondent Banking at Afreximbank, called for stronger trade finance capabilities and deeper collaboration among African financial institutions to accelerate inclusive and sustainable growth across…
A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making them more deadly, more costly and longer lasting – and where you live, could determine how badly impacted you are. The study, released on Monday, ahead of G20 meetings taking place later this month in Johannesburg, South Africa, shows that…
It’s October, which means while many people around the globe are trying to decide what costume to wear for Halloween, we were busy trying to decide which showcases to see at the 31st edition of the Worldwide Music Expo (WOMEX). This year’s conference – with over 2000 music professionals, including 281 performing artists, from 100…
Located around the tri-border meeting point of Mali, Ivory Coast, and Guinea, the Wasulu region is home to one of the most unique confluences of culture and identity in West Africa. Renowned for traditionally being hunters, the inhabitants of this region are “of Fula lineage; their cultural framework falls within the Maninka-Bamana matrix; and these…
Rising temperatures and increasingly erratic rainfall have reshaped Zimbabwe’s climate, with droughts now striking every two to three years instead of once a decade. The result: 2.7 million rural Zimbabweans face recurrent food insecurity. As the global climate crisis accelerates, hitting the South earliest and hardest, humanitarian responses are evolving from short-term relief to long-term…
Better water retention infrastructure would enable communities to withstand the region’s many security and developmental challenges. The Lake Chad Basin faces multiple challenges, including Boko Haram terrorism, community conflicts and poverty. On top of this, it is being hit by unprecedented flooding. Stronger resilience – which refers to the ability of affected communities to recover,…
Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) Chief Executive Dr Clever Ruswa says the country is fully prepared to host the 5th General Assembly of the African Public Procurement Network (APPN) in Victoria Falls from 11-14 November 2025. The gathering is expected to draw senior officials from more than 30 African countries, regional institutions and development…
United States-based investor Dr. Farzam Kalambadi, President of Future Trends Investments Group (USA), has called on African nations to end the practice of exporting raw materials and instead build industries that add value locally — warning that the continent’s wealth will continue to enrich others if it fails to industrialise. Speaking to journalists soon after…
Africa Check and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung advance information integrity through journalism fellowship Africa Check, the continent’s leading organisation for promoting information integrity and resilience, has partnered with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), a German foundation advancing democracy and media development, to host an immersive fellowship for journalists and fact-checkers from five African countries. The fellowship…
