Three significant developments in Africa’s energy landscape made headlines this past month: the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) reached 60% completion, the Republic of Congo finalized a pipeline cooperation agreement with Russia, and Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea signed a deal to advance a joint natural gas pipeline. These milestones underscore increasing momentum behind transnational […]

At the US/Africa Summit 2025 in Luanda, Angola, the African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf reaffirmed Africa’s commitment to a bold & equal partnership with the United States, stating, “We’re not seeking aid, but building co-created solutions.” He noted that with 1.3 billion people, abundant resources, and a surge in innovation, Africa is […]

By: Draper C. Tolborh Sr. A Canada-based Philanthropist krish Roopnarine and his family recently donated two motorcycle ambulances to two communities of Foni Berefet District, a rural part of Gambia. The donation was done through the Hagie Gai Drammeh Foundation in the Gambia. The presentation was held at the Independence stadium in Bakau. The ambulances […]

Innovative AI-driven technology brand TECNO today announced that it is strengthening its already close relationship with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) by becoming the Official Global Partner of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025 and TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, KE- UG – TA 2027, bringing its “Stop at Nothing” […]

Africa, the world’s youngest continent with immeasurable natural resources, has all it needs to achieve the African Union’s Agenda 2063, provided the right public policies are implemented, according to government officials and development experts. The experts expressed this shared conviction on Monday during the 2025 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group, taking place […]

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved an investment of $100 million in the industrial platform developer and operator Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms (Arise IIP) to contribute to funding industrial parks and special economic zones across Africa as a part of our industrialization strategic priority and flagship Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones […]

In a landmark move to reignite political leadership in the fight against malaria, Parliamentarians from 16 African countries gathered in Accra, Ghana, on 28–29 April to officially launch COPEMA: the Coalition of Parliamentarians to End Malaria in Africa.  Held one year after the African Ministerial Yaoundé Declaration, the launch marks a critical moment for the […]

The humble oyster mushroom has become an unexpected hero in the story of rural economic empowerment—one that is intimately connected to the conservation of the Endangered Grey Crowned Crane and the wetlands they call home. The International Crane Foundation (ICF) had a far-fetched idea that has become a thriving enterprise in the Rukiga District of […]

By James Kokulo Fasuekoi Two of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s envoys, Jackson K. George Jr., and Amb. Linda Karim-Creevey, spent much of Saturday, May 3, in boots, plodding swamp and highland communal farms owned by a Bassa women’s group in the village of Behneewein, near Owen Grove, along Buchanan Highway. They covered several acres on […]

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), through its development impact investment arm, the Fund for Export-Development in Africa (FEDA), has committed to spearhead the launch of the Africa Film Fund (AFF) as part of its Creative Africa Nexus Program (CANEX). This transformative undertaking of up to US$1 billion is designed to revolutionize Global Africa’s film and creative […]