At a nearby grocery store run by Paschur Castelly, who left Haiti 20 years ago, most of the shelves are empty, except for those stocking religious candles and framed pictures of Catholic saints popular with this devout community. “I can’t purchase new merchandise because I don’t have people coming in,” he said. “So, our communities,…
Tesla has unveiled an electric sports car that can drive upside down and use rocket-like thrusters to jump and turn mid-air. Developed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, it can reportedly accelerate to 97km/h in under a second. First promised in 2017, the car is now expected in 2028. Published On 16 Oct 202616 Oct 2026 Share…
Nairobi — Global integrated services company Alliad has launched the first season of its Empowering Africa podcast, seeking to spotlight practical solutions for translating the continent’s economic potential into sustainable and inclusive growth. The new platform brings together business leaders, entrepreneurs and other changemakers to discuss some of Africa’s most pressing development priorities, including infrastructure,…
More than 2,000 African and global business leaders plus heads of state will gather in New York on September 20–21 for Unstoppable Africa, flagship event of the Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI). Convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres and H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and organized and coordinated by the…
Africa’s vast forest resources could position the continent to capture a significant share of the global bioeconomy, projected to exceed $30 trillion by 2050, stakeholders at a high-level forestry roundtable in Lagos have said. They also called on African countries to take greater ownership of their forest resources, develop domestic financing mechanisms and build local…
The focus on agricultural development at the Southern African Development Community‘s 46th summit in August 2026 reflected a clear understanding that the sector can still play a key role in the region’s economic development. Agriculture accounts for around 10% of the GDP of many of the regional community’s members. The conversations about agriculture focused on…
Eastern African countries are tapping the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) Hand-in-Hand Initiative to unlock investment in agrifood systems, with a focus on turning the region’s agricultural potential into jobs, stronger food security and more resilient economies. The drive was highlighted in Kigali on Monday, August 24, during the opening of…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to use South Africa’s chairship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to deepen regional economic integration and advance resilient, sustainable and inclusive industrialisation. Accepting the SADC chairpersonship from Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the 46th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government in eThekwini on Monday, President Ramaphosa…
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe — New chickpea seed research and production have become the new frontier of climate resilience in southern Africa as farmers battle failing cereal production. Farmers in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique are benefiting from a new chickpea variety which researchers say requires lower nitrogen fertiliser at a time such agriculture inputs have become the…
Young Africans must harness innovation, entrepreneurship and technology to drive the continent’s transformation instead of waiting for governments and development partners to solve their challenges, youth leaders have said. The call was made during the opening of the 2026 Billi Now Now (BNN) Youth Summit in Kampala, which brought together hundreds of youth leaders, entrepreneurs,…
