Africa’s AI progress held back by limited internet coverage

From the periphery, it’s easy to assume that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still far removed from Africa’s realities. But from simple fact-checking tools used by journalists in Mozambique and Uganda, to complex AI-driven revenue systems in South...

FROM CONFLICT TO COOPERATION: AFRICA’S WATER CAN BE A BRIDGE TO PEACE, SAYS AKUFO-ADDO

Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered a powerful and urgent message to global leaders on Monday, October 27, 2025, declaring that water insecurity is no longer a silent challenge but a “clear and present danger” threatening the...

Senegal’s great green wall progress falters amid unfulfilled pledges: Study

A recent study has examined the progress to realize Africa’s Great Green Wall initiative in Senegal, which is often hailed as the model for this continent-wide project. The study finds Senegal has achieved encouraging social and economic results —...

Playing the Game of Racial Roulette

A widespread racist belief in America and Europe, especially on college campuses, is that white Americans and Europeans are genetically and culturally predisposed to colonialism, oppression, racism, and other injustices. The converse belief is...

Africans demand the return of looted treasures from the colonial masters

The call for the return of Africa’s looted cultural treasures has intensified as new research highlights growing continental demand for restitution from former colonial powers. A recent survey showed that a significant proportion of Africans...

In healthcare, patient’s interest must always be the priority, not money – Viaene  

Dominiek Viaene is the founder and owner of Protex Healthcare West Africa, a pacesetter in wound, burn and scar care with headquarters in Belgium and branches in Sub-Saharan Africa, which include Nigeria and Ethiopia. His company has been a major...

Piaggio keen to go the extra mile in electric three-wheelers push

Diego Graffi, Piaggio Vehicles Piaggio Vehicles Chairman and Managing Director Diego Graffi admits that the rapid pace of electrification in India’s three-wheeler segment took him completely by surprise. “Way back in 2018-19, when we were first...

How climate change can make people more likely to get into violent conflict

Climate change is reshaping weather patterns around the world, with monsoons, droughts, hurricanes and heatwaves all occurring with greater frequency and intensity. Aside from disturbing ecosystems, these environmental shifts risk triggering...

Kenya Wins DahabPlus Community Football Tournament in Somaliland

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 28 – Team Kenya was at the weekend crowned champions of DahabPlus community football tournament in Somaliland capital, Hargeisa. The Community Football Tournament held in Hargeisa saw Team Kenya defeating Team Yemen 2-1 in a...

Countries should leverage DPI to enhance tax revenue collection: ICTD

The International Center for Tax and Development (ICTD) has argued that a well‐implemented Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) system can help governments in lower and middle-income countries (LMICs) boost revenue collection and limit financial...

Galileo museum thrills McKinley Museum planetarium's Suzie Dills 

I have always been fascinated by the discoveries and theories of early astronomers, before technology. They used mathematics, physics and observations to gain an understanding of the cosmos. Without a doubt, Galileo Galilei is my favorite. His...

The CFO's Guide to Services CPQ: Driving Accuracy, Efficiency, and Growth

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'Serious need for speed' in global climate commitments amid 2035 target shortfalls

Global emissions are starting to fall on account of the worldwide commitment to fight climate change, although still not nearly fast enough, analysis by the United Nations has found. A synthesis report released on Tuesday by the UN's Framework...

Building Better Weather Networks

Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, supports a quarter of East Africa’s population with fish, fresh water, and critical transportation routes. It’s also one of the deadliest bodies of water in the world. Storms, high winds, and waves frequently...

US aid to Israel more than pays for itself — don’t buy the lefties’ lies

AOC’s rant at Sunday night’s Mamdani rally was only a tad more unhinged than her usual, but she amplified a nasty leftist lie when she said that military aid to Israel is why there’s poverty in America. “We demand,” declared Rep. Alexandria...

AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists uncovered his fossilized bones in 1960, they used them to define Homo habilis – the earliest known...

‘Negative messaging doesn’t work’

After Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in February 2022, only about half of Africa’s countries backed a U.N. resolution condemning Moscow’s invasion. In the years since, Kyiv has stepped up its diplomatic and humanitarian outreach across the...

Finance Minister meets Israeli Counterpart, SFD CEO

Addis Ababa, October 21, 2025 (ENA) - Finance Minister Ahmed Shide met with Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to expand investment linkages and technology sharing in areas like digital finance and water management, while also holding a...

Algeria’s nuclear energy ambitions still stalled despite potential

Sonelgaz is now looking further afield. In July 2025, it signed an agreement in Cotonou, Benin, with the West African Power Pool for electricity production and transmission, alongside a Memorandum of Understanding with the Economic Community of...

AfrioCAT To Boost Sustainable Land Management in Africa: AUDA-NEPAD Programme Officer for Climate Change

Addis Ababa, October 21, 2025 (ENA) - The launch of the AfrioCAT network in Addis Ababa is expected to assist the fight against land degradation and food insecurity in the continent, AUDA-NEPAD Programme Officer for Climate Change said. This was...