After decades of struggles against a deficient power generation system, Senegal is now at the verge of a paradigmatic shift that could put many of its troubles to rest, writes Sebastian Wagner. With the government’s bet in recent years in new power generation facilities, power outages have greatly diminished, system reliability has improved and with […]

Liberian President George Weah is calling on Liberians in the diaspora to return home and invest in their country. He said by coming home and doing business, they will help the economy of the country to grow.   In a recent interview with veteran Kenyan journalist and Talkshow host Jeff Koinange, President Weah said that in […]

Sweden-based Family Worship Center will this weekend celebrate its 6th anniversary in the city of Gothenburg. According to information provided by the church, led by Pastor Ola Abiodun Oluayo and his wife, gospel musician Modupeola Oluayo, the festivities kick off on Friday evening with a service at 6 pm at the edifice at Bergsjödalen 57 while another […]

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) today announced Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Rabat (Morocco) and either Monastir or Tunis (Tunisia) as the host cities where the inaugural BAL regular season will take place and Kigali (Rwanda) as the host city for the first-ever BAL Final Four and BAL Final. Additionally, the BAL […]

Five months ago, Cyclone Idai ripped through the Southern African region, causing a massive humanitarian disaster that affected three million people. More than a thousand perished, while 200,000 lost their homes, many of whom are still to this day living in refugee camps. Economic losses were estimated at more than $1 billion across the affected […]

  Dedicated to developing strong local skills and capacities across Africa’s energy value chain, the African Energy Chamber is collaborating with the Institute for Petroleum Development at the University of Austin, Texas (US), to bring its comprehensive international training program to Cape Town in South Africa on 14-25 October. This International Petroleum Management Program (IPMP) […]

The Germany Africa Business Forum (GABF) has launched a multi-million Euro funding commitment to invest in German energy startups that focus on Africa. The funding commitment, which pledges funds to German startups with exposure to African energy projects, will be the first such intra-regional initiative. The GABF aims to strengthen investment ties between Germany and […]

Liberia, by any standard, is a blessed nation. With abundant natural resources, talented population, good climate, you wonder why it is occupying the unenviable position it is amongst the countries of the world after the post-Independence brief spell as an internationally acclaimed African country, Seltue Karweaye writes. Liberia has more natural resources than most emerging […]

The Swedish Government has appointed a new director of the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI). Therése Sjömander Magnusson, who has a PhD in international water issues, was appointed last week to replace Iina Soiri, who has served in the position for the last six years. She takes office on October 1. Magnusson has many years of experience […]

Two fan favourites took to the field to clash in the final of the Boys’ Gothia Puma Trophy where Ghana’s Right to Dream and Nigeria’s TikiTaka Academy played each other for the first time since the final two years ago where Right to Dream became victorious. “Words can’t describe how I feel right now”, says […]