Journalist, poet and spoken-word artist Tofarati Ige, popularly known as Grand Tycoon, has been named among the 2025 Visibility 50 Africa honourees, a list recognising 50 African personalities and brands noted for building sustained public influence and relevance across the continent. The annual list, curated by Visibility 50 Africa, celebrates individuals whose work has combined…
Jerry Yang Partner content: Africa’s Business Heroes The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) initiative is pleased to announce that Jerry Yang – Co-Founder of Yahoo!, Founding Partner of AME Cloud Ventures, and Board Director of Alibaba Group – will join the judging panel at the 7th ABH Summit & Grand Finale on December 12-13, 2025, in Kigali,…
Kampala, Uganda — Uganda has set its sights on securing orders for at least 1,000 electric coaches during the Made in Uganda Grand Trans-Africa Electric Expedition, a milestone 30-day journey covering more than 13,000 kilometres across Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Eswatini, and South Africa, government officials said in Kampala today. The mission is designed not…
Rockstar Games has announced another delay for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI, pushing its release back from May 26th, 2026, to November 19th, 2026. The title remains slated for launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X / S consoles. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Supersonic plane takes flight! The delay…
Saudi Arabia’s status as home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina means grand mufti’s pronouncements are closely watched. Published On 23 Oct 202523 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Saudi Arabia has named Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the country’s new grand mufti, the kingdom’s top religious scholar….
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When we think of building an SGR railway line, a massive hydroelectric dam, or a modern expressway, the first image that comes to mind is usually billions of dollars in financing, often from foreign loans, or grants. Rarely do we pause to imagine that the foundation of such mega-projects can be laid with something as…
MTN Group on Monday disclosed that it is now the subject of a grand jury investigation by the US department of justice. The investigation will look into MTN’s operations in Afghanistan (now disposed of) and Iran (where it owns 49% of Irancell). Both countries are politically volatile and both face US sanctions (sweeping in the…
Only a few years ago, the Joe Biden administration in the US declared export controls a “new strategic asset” to help America maintain “as large a lead as possible” over China in advanced technology. President Donald Trump is now upending that approach. In a reversal this week, the White House told chip maker Nvidia it…
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin will travel to Houston today to meet with Texas Democrats to discuss how to best fight back against Republican efforts to redraw the state’s congressional maps, a DNC source familiar with the planning told NBC News. Martin is slated to meet with Texas state House Democratic Minority Leader Gene…
