Nairobi — A new report examining the economic impact of oil and gas production in Africa has found that fossil fuels have failed to deliver sustained or inclusive economic development, observing that the resources have contributed to economic vulnerability and inequality and have constrained growth through prohibitive commodity prices, inflation, and weak local currencies. It…
Infographic/AEN By PATRICK MAYOYO The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will launch its flagship report on The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture on 16 June during the Our Ocean Conference, hosted by the Government of Kenya in Mombasa. The official press conference on the SOFIA launch is scheduled to take place at 1pm EAT (10am GMT) online. Journalists…
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Nigeria’s growing influence in Africa’s technology and innovation ecosystem has received fresh global recognition as startups founded by Nigerians emerged strongly on Bloomberg’s latest list of 25 African Startups to Watch. The ranking, which highlights innovative startups solving critical challenges across the continent, underscored Nigeria’s expanding dominance in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, health…
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…
Commuters waiting to watch the Gautrain. Image: Paul Scott The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) plans to launch its own Uber- and Bolt-style e-hailing service in October, News24 reported on Friday. The move pushes the state-owned commuter rail operator deeper into the broader urban-mobility market at a moment of flux in South Africa’s ride-hailing industry. The…
Peace talks remain deadlocked as drones hit sites in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Dar es Salaam — MAJORITY of Tanzanians believe the country’s media operate freely, according to a new survey by Afrobarometer, which ranks Tanzania as the top performer in Africa on perceived press freedom. The report, which was released as the world marks Press Freedom Day today, shows that perceptions of media freedom vary widely across…
The report exposes a pervasive crisis of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV). MISA has officially launched the sixth edition of the Southern Africa Press Freedom Report 2026, a comprehensive assessment of 11 countries that reveals a critical inflection point for the region’s media landscape. While constitutional guarantees of press freedom remain formally intact, the everyday reality…
MTN Group contributed a total of R61.1 billion in taxes across the 16 markets in which it operates. In 2025, MTN South Africa’s total tax contribution (TTC) to the national fiscus was R4.8 billion, the MTN Group’s Tax Transparency Report shows. In a statement, the company says this extends beyond the corporate income taxes it…
