Study maps African women entrepreneurs’ associations
The African Development Bank has unveiled the findings of a first-of-its-kind study mapping women entrepreneurs’ associations across sixteen African countries, revealing significant capacity gaps that hinder their economic impact. Launched on 6 August in Nouakchott, the study shows that while nearly one in four African women is an entrepreneur, 87 percent of women’s associations lack […]
Thousands of children displaced in Somalia fighting
More than 22,000 people including over 11,000 children have been displaced in Mahaas in central Somalia due to intense fighting that has left thousands cut off without basic services, Save the Children said. Clashes between local militia, government forces and non-state armed groups in the Hiraan region have intensified in the last two months, with […]
Adesina: We support African entrepreneurs
The president of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has reaffirmed the bank’s strong commitment to supporting African entrepreneurs and industrial innovation. He was speaking during a recent visit to Saglev, a Nigerian electric vehicle assembly and distribution company in Lagos. “Our role as a bank, and my role as President, is to […]
Eritrean festival in Scandinavia ends
The 27th annual Eritrean Community Festival in the Scandinavian countries, held from 24 July in Stockholm, Sweden, concluded with a vibrant expression of national unity and patriotism. The festival featured seminars, a photo exhibition showcasing national development programs and the activities of the Eritrean community in the Scandinavian countries, children’s and youth programs, exhibitions by […]
Workshop on women-led digital trade in West Africa
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened an eTrade for Women Joint Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria on Friday July 18, to spotlight and strengthen the role of women-led digital businesses in regional trade. This event, held in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and with the support of […]
ECOWAS fights money laundering
The 2nd Extraordinary Meeting of the GIABA Ministerial Committee (GMC) concluded in Accra, Ghana on July 19, with a decision to allow the three Sahel countries that have withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to join the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) as non-ECOWAS members. The […]
African, global voices to speak at Africa Tech Festival
Africa Tech Festival, the longest running and most influential tech event on the continent, has announced the first wave of 25 headline speakers for its 2025 edition, bringing together influential voices from global tech, government, and business who are driving the growth and transformation of Africa’s digital economy. The 2025 speaker line-up features some of […]
Elite fundraising course to reinvent African fundraising
A high-stakes training opportunity designed to revolutionize how African nonprofits mobilize funding has been launched in Nairobi, Kenya. As foreign aid contracts and donor priorities shift globally, Fundraising for African Nonprofits, a new executive-level course, will convene development leaders from across the continent from August 26–28, at Villa Rosa Kempinski. The program is spearheaded by […]
African women: Our rights are non-negotiable
By Deborah Nyokabi and Gicuku Kiragu, Legal Equality Experts, Equality Now. July 2025 marks 22 years since the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa – known as the Maputo Protocol – by the African Union Heads of State Assembly. Over the […]
Liberia: We are not buried. We are waiting
By Kellita Rose For decades, the Liberian state has resisted meaningful accountability for war crimes. Every attempt to honor the dead, to remember with dignity, has been met with silence, or worse, obstruction. I remember it clearly: sometime in 1997 or 1998, survivors and families of those killed during the Phebe Massacre came together to […]
