This year, the Trace Awards will feature a range of categories celebrating musical excellence across different regions and genres
The transition to renewable energy in Africa presents an opportunity to promote gender equality and empower the youth
Whenever its resolve to protect democracy has been tested, the continental body has fallen short
Africa cannot afford leaders disconnected from the demands of its people, the global political economy and the continent’s emerging role in world affairs
An African Christmas is a time to ponder the joy, challenges and resilience that define the festive season – and perhaps for a rethink
Coming on the heels of seven coups since 2020, 19 countries held elections but with mixed outcomes
Local players have several advantages they can leverage to improve payment infrastructure and ensure the continent has a robust financial sector
But the financing models, which blend loans with private investments, could deepen African countries’ debt crisis
Some elections show signs of progress — youth-driven political transitions and active citizen involvement — others reveal systemic problems, including political manipulation and disenfranchisement
The qualified goal offers an illusion of progress while failing to meet the continent’s urgent climate and energy needs
African leaders must move their focus away from Washington, Beijing and London and rather build a self-reliant, prosperous continent
An investigation by Open Secrets reveals how Mozambican elites exploited weak enforcement to ‘invest’ in luxury properties in the neighbouring country
Businesses surveyed report that trading within Africa is easier than trading with the rest of the world
More than 1.7 million people in the country live with disabilities, but the hospital system is not set up for them, so they suffer indignity and worse
Nepotism, graft, shifting ideologies: Southern Africa’s liberation parties have experienced historic setbacks in 2024
The entry of Thales Alenia Space comes at a time when SpaceX’s Starlink is recording significant milestones on the continent
The World Bank’s Mission 300 should focus on renewables as the extraction and burning of gas is expensive would damage the environment and people’s health
A fuller picture of the Rapid Support Forces massacres in Gezira, committed under the cover of a communications blackout, is emerging from survivors and victims’ families
The Botswana Democratic Party suffered a humiliating defeat in last week’s parliamentary elections
Africa’s cities are growing rapidly and should be more than economic hubs
With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers
When the country legalised some types of cannabis, it threw a centuries-old industry into disarray
The party that has ruled Mozambique since 1975 remains popular
A bitter dispute over which faction should control the central bank has laid bare the country’s fragilities
The destruction of indigenous forests, which act as carbon sinks, is also driven by foreign demand
The 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance report ranks South Africa and Mauritius in the top two in the business and labour environment
A steep improvement in Seychelles has seen it take over top spot in the foundation’s overall ranking from Mauritius
Christian rights groups have spent millions over four years in efforts to push anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQIA+ agendas
What is going to happen when 91 year-old Paul Biya dies?
Human rights bodies fear that geoeconomic interests will overshadow promotion of democracy and human rights during the visit
Interest in dugong conservation is surging beyond Mozambique, with regional initiatives being launched to protect the sea mammals
Adverse and biased narratives about the continent inflate perceptions of risk, leading to unjustifiably high borrowing costs