Banjul — The World Bank Group today released its Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for The Gambia, placing jobs, livelihoods, and economic opportunity at the center of the country’s development agenda. The report shows that rising environmental pressures are already affecting productivity, agriculture, and infrastructure, and that targeted resilience-building investments are essential to protect…
At the 2025 ABH Grand Finale, Diana Orembe (Tanzania), Abraham Mbuthia (Kenya), and Adriaan Kruger (South Africa) were awarded funding for building scalable, high-impact businesses across Africa. Partner Content: Africa’s Business Heroes Across Africa, a quiet but decisive shift is underway. Entrepreneurship on the continent is no longer defined by early-stage experimentation or fragmented startup ecosystems….
In a groundbreaking chemical experiment conducted on the Martian surface, NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified seven diverse organic compounds within ancient lakebed rocks. While organic molecules, carbon-based structures that form the basis of life on Earth, have been found on the Red Planet before, five of these compounds had never been seen on Mars until…
Anthropic is exploring the possibility of designing its own chips, three sources said, as the company and its rivals respond to a shortage of AI chips needed to power and develop more advanced AI systems. The plans are in early stages and the company may still decide to only buy AI chips and not design…
Locals say the structure, in a school complex, was in use despite lying unfinished for a number of years.
The future of housing raises some serious environmental concerns. Construction has been linked to 39% of global carbon emissions, and the concrete industry alone is responsible for 8% of the world’s greenhouse gases. Solutions will be especially useful in Africa, because so much building still needs to be done. The continent’s population is projected to…
Nairobi — A new World Bank Group report finds that cost-effective and smart development investments, particularly in climate-smart agriculture, resilient cities, disaster risk management, and stronger institutions, could cut projected economic losses for Somalia by half and deliver more stable, productive jobs for its people. Launched today by the Government of Somalia and the World…
Africa’s engagement with global vaccine supply over the past five years has shown that access to vaccines and biologics is shaped less by goodwill or financing alone. Vaccine sovereignty in Africa is no longer an abstract ambition. It is a process underway, grounded in Ubuntu and African political decisions, institutional reforms, and emerging delivery platforms….
Elon Musk. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters With a SpaceX public listing expected this year, the company has plans for its revenue-generating Starlink business that could expand its reach into new markets, including a Starlink phone, direct-to-device internet and a space-tracking service, sources familiar with the matter said. The star of Elon Musk’s empire, SpaceX is quickly expanding…
KRS understands the value of regular face time and collaboration. Software developers are currently working in an environment where frameworks and platforms change all the time, AI tools are becoming part of everyday workflows and learning never really stops. These days, keeping pace isn’t about mastering a single tool, but thinking clearly, adapting quickly and…
