Adam Hamawy, a plastic surgeon, army veteran and conflict-zone medical worker, has won a crowded Democratic primary for an open seat in the United States House of Representatives. The Egyptian-born doctor’s victory puts him on track to represent New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, a Democratic stronghold. He will face off with Republican Gregg Mele on…
Andrew Mwenda’s recent remarks on Uganda’s fiscal predicament should resonate far beyond Kampala. When nearly half of government revenue, 46 percent, is consumed by debt servicing, leaving only 54 percent for salaries, roads, bridges, dams, healthcare, education, and other public investments, the challenge is no longer merely fiscal. It is developmental. A nation cannot sustainably…
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), in its new report, themed: ‘Financing Women’s Digital Entrepreneurship: A Pathway to Closing Africa’s Economic Gender Gap’ has revealed that women’s economic participation in Africa has fallen 0.6 percentage points below 2022 levels, extending the region’s timeline to reach economic parity from 120 years to approximately 170 years. The report…
My stay in China as part of the DongFang scholarship program at Peking University (PKU) allowed me to immerse in the heart of China’s institutional and administrative architecture, to meet high-ranking officials responsible for strategic departments, as well as distinguished academics. Visits to cutting-edge industrial sites gave me the opportunity to observe remarkable technological advances,…
During the AU Fifth Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Transport and Energy (STC-T&E), held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 27-30 April 2026, the Energy Sector discussions reaffirmed Africa’s commitment to accelerating continental energy integration, universal energy access, industrialization, and a sustainable energy transition under Agenda 2063. Ministers and experts meeting under the…
Johnson Idesoh, group chief information and technology officer at Absa Group. The next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) will be defined by autonomous agents, human-AI collaboration and Africa’s ability to build technology ecosystems suited to its own realities. This came to light at ITWeb’s AI Summit 2026, where Johnson Idesoh, group chief information and technology…
French senators are preparing to debate a law that will allow the remains of six Kali’na indigenous people brought to Paris to feature in a human zoo to be sent back to French Guiana, after more than 130 years in the vaults of a museum in Paris. Pékapé, Counai, Emo-Marita, Mibipi, Makéré and Miacopo have…
Stakeholders across Nigeria’s financial services and technology sectors at the weekend in Lagos convened at the Fintech Summit 2026, where discussions centred on the implications of innovation, data, and emerging technologies for Africa’s financial ecosystem. The summit, themed “The Next Financial Frontier: Intelligence, Infrastructure & Inclusion in Africa’s Digital Money Economy,” brought together fintech companies,…
Nairobi — The African continent finds itself at a pivotal juncture in 2026. While hosting some of the world’s fastest-growing economies and a vibrant, youthful population, Africa’s progress has been overshadowed by a myriad of security challenges. Taking a panoramic view from the insurgencies in the Sahel, to the catastrophic conflict in Sudan and the…
Washington — Six countries of the Congo Basin–Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Republic of Congo–are working to take bold steps to unlock results-based payments and climate finance. The newly launched Strategic Roadmaps for Carbon Market and Climate Finance in the Forest Sector for the Congo Basin Countries…
