The TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027 qualifiers will be without a number of prominent names who have played an important role in African football over the past decade, after stars including Riyad Mahrez, Aïssa Mandi, Edouard Mendy, Jean Michaël Seri, Seko Fofana and Iñaki Williams decided to bring their international careers to…
In 2021, a three-year-old female African wild dog spent a year travelling more than 2,300 kilometres across southern Africa. She climbed in and out of the Rift Valley in Zambia, swimming rivers, crossing major highways, and slipping past towns before crossing the Zambian border into Mozambique, then on to the border of Zimbabwe. It was…
The US International Development Finance Corporation said on Wednesday it would invest up to US$155-million in African digital infrastructure provider Wiocc Group, underscoring Washington’s support for projects seen as critical to the expansion of US technology companies. Washington has increasingly backed telecommunications and digital infrastructure projects in Africa as it seeks to provide alternatives to…
Mauritania have named a 27-man squad for their opening TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers against Central African Republic and Benin. The Mourabitounes will begin their Group F campaign at home to Central African Republic on 24 September before travelling to face Benin five days later. Coach Amir Abdou’s squad includes several of…
Askya Investment Partners has launched a 6-week growth program for African artificial intelligence startups, offering 10 companies access to coaching, corporate customers and a possible equity investment of up to $200,000. The Askya AI Growth Platform will run from October 26 to December 4, with applications closing September 30. The program targets startups with working…
Luanda — Angola’s ambassador to Egypt, Maquento Sebastião Lopes, joined a group of African diplomats last week on a visit to projects under development in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, which is intended to host diplomatic missions, international organisations and residences for diplomats. According to a press release from the Embassy of Angola in Egypt sent…
The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) will begin a series of handover ceremonies this month to mark the delivery of projects funded through the CAF African Schools Football Championship Prize Monies, bringing tangible investment to schools and young people across Africa. Launched in 2022, the CAF African Schools Football Championship is the brainchild of CAF…
The author, Global Kinetic CEO Martin Dippenaar Many South African companies are walking blindly into an unhealthy and unsustainable dependence on public large language models without understanding the commercial and governance risks. Financial institutions and other large enterprises are right to be anxious about privacy, but many still underestimate how quickly a public AI service…
Kigali — Agriculture remains underfunded in Africa as governments struggle to deliver on decades-old promises to dedicate 10% of national income to agriculture. But for many farmers, mobilising finance is only half the battle. Reaching smallholder farmers in the last mile with the little available finance remains a challenge. Some of the funding is heavily…
“The donor wanted the organisation to expand quickly. The organisation said the communities it was already working with needed deeper support before it moved elsewhere. So they made a tough decision.” When a donor offered money to an organization working in Kenya, it came with an opportunity to expand its work into more communities. For…
