After six days of speeches from the UN General Assembly podium, one word rose above all others: peace. This final edition of The Takeaway distils the messages he said reverberated through the Assembly Hall and looks at where the 193-member body goes from here. Closing the annual general debate on Monday, General Assembly President Khalilur…
Africa has reached an important moment in its immunisation journey. Coverage is not rising fast enough to keep pace with population growth, persistent inequities and a growing number of vaccines. At the same time, outbreaks and financing pressures are intensifying. Vaccination has transformed child survival. A landmark analysis found that global immunisation efforts have saved…
The criminal group behind the June breach at MIP Holdings is now extorting South African insurers directly after taking a ransom payment from the software supplier in exchange for an undertaking to destroy the stolen data. Some of the data has now been published online. TechCentral has reviewed material on a dark web leak site…
Growing competition for African ports and security partnerships offers new leverage – if countries can avoid deeper geopolitical fragmentation. Ongoing conflict in the Middle East exposes shifting regional geopolitical fault lines that are pulling African states into an emerging macro-conflict system anchored along the Red Sea. This stems from several overlapping crises arising from US…
Mauritania have named a 27-man squad for their opening TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifiers against Central African Republic and Benin. The Mourabitounes will begin their Group F campaign at home to Central African Republic on 24 September before travelling to face Benin five days later. Coach Amir Abdou’s squad includes several of…
Biochar Industrial Group has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding to turn agricultural waste from African food processors into carbon-removal credits. Breega led the round, with participation from Catalyst Fund, while the Mulago Foundation provided non-dilutive funding. Founded in 2026 by Releaf Earth executives Ikenna Nzewi, Uzoma Ayogu and Isaiah Udotong, BIG installs and operates…
The Third Annual Africa Climate Finance Conference has ended in Kampala with a call for African governments, financial institutions, development partners and the private sector to move beyond climate commitments and channel funding into bankable, locally led solutions. Held under the theme, “From Commitments to Capital: Operationalizing Africa’s Climate Finance Architecture,” the two-day conference brought…
Nairobi — President William Ruto has called on African countries to move beyond the political liberation secured by previous generations and pursue economic independence through industrialisation, manufacturing and intra-African trade. Addressing leaders at the inauguration of Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema for a second term in Lusaka on Tuesday, Ruto said Africa’s next historic task was…
The call comes months after African Union leaders adopted the Common African Position on Debt, which seeks to strengthen Africa’s collective hand in debt negotiations and push for changes to the global financial system. Africa must turn its natural resources, market size and technological capacity into bargaining power to secure a stronger voice in the…
Heads of state, agriculture and finance ministers and investors meet in Kigali from August 31 for the Africa Food Systems Forum, the continent’s largest agricultural gathering. They arrive with an opportunity: to build a food system that holds up against what is coming – climate change, biodiversity loss and declining soil health, alongside our dependence…
