Anita Nel, chief director for innovation and commercialisation at Stellenbosch University. Africa stands at a crossroads, bursting with youthful energy yet burdened by unemployment and slow industrial growth. This is according to Anita Nel, chief director for innovation and commercialisation at Stellenbosch University, adding that the solution lies in how education and innovation are approached…
Nairobi — Raila Odinga’s absence from public limelight continues to spark a storm of speculation regarding his health. Social media is on fire with claims that the 80-year-old ODM leader is hospitalized abroad. Some say he has traveled to Europe for treatment. Others claim doctors have advised him to slow down. Then came the official…
Maxwell Gomera, resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) South Africa Africa’s young innovators are not waiting for handouts, they are already creating solutions to the continent’s most pressing challenges. However, without systems that allow these innovations to grow, their potential will remain untapped. Speaking at the fourth annual Future of Work Dialogue,…
E1 Founder and CEO Rodi Basso described the Lagos event as a defining moment for motorsport in Africa. Team Brazil on Sunday clinched victory at the E1 Lagos Grand Prix, Africa’s first-ever electric powerboat championship, as Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu hailed the event as a “bold step for innovation, clean energy, and global recognition.”…
Abuja — The Minister of Solid Minerals Development and Chairman of the African Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG), Dr. Dele Alake, has called for a new vision to transform Africa from a raw mineral supplier into a global centre for mineral processing, innovation, and green industrialization. Alake said Africa’s minerals have long powered industrialization in other…
The world’s oceans are bearing the brunt of a triple environmental crisis, according to the European Union’s Earth monitors: global warming, pollution and declining biodiversity. The EU Copernicus programme warns that Africa’s coasts, buffeted by marine heatwaves and rising sea levels, are especially vulnerable. “The ocean is changing rapidly, with record extremes and worsening impacts,”…
Uganda’s flagship pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant, Dei BioPharma, has dismissed as false and malicious reports alleging a mass exodus of its senior scientists from the company’s state-of-the-art vaccine and drug manufacturing complex in Kigogwa-Matugga. A blogger had earlier claimed that Group CEO Hirak Kumar Sen, Head of Human Capital Olivia Kemigisa, and Company Pharmacist Dr…
One hundred days into the presidency of Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, the African Development Bank stands at a defining moment. With an historic 76 percent mandate from shareholders, Dr. Tah has been entrusted to lead Africa’s premier development institution into a new era. His election reflects both confidence and expectation: confidence in his track record…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Africa is at the center of the global problem of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The continent carries about – 40 % of the worldwide NTD burden, impacting over 500 million people. Twenty of the 21 NTDs identified by the World Health Organization are found in Africa, with many countries facing…
Women entrepreneurs hold the potential to transform Africa’s economic future. Across the continent, women-owned businesses are creating jobs, lifting families out of poverty and reshaping communities, thanks to their resilience, creativity, and belief in succeeding against all odds. Justina Opit, the CEO of Omega Foods in Zambia, is just one example. “I created Omega Foods…
