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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

'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...

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...

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...

Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think

The future of solar is looking bright fuyu liu/Shutterstock Is solar power going to take over the world? The past few years have seen a frankly astounding acceleration in the rate of its deployment, with total generation capacity doubling between...

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...

Embracing her destiny

Familial tragedy nudged Seble Asfaw to turn a passion side-project into a full-time pursuit. “I lost my father, uncle, and nephew all within a three-month span,” the Ethiopian-American recalls of the emotional gut-punch that hit two years ago....

The Value of a Value Proposition, According to a Nonprofit Marketing Agency Serving Nashville

Today we’re going to be talking about the best way that nonprofits can help secure more recurring donations to their organizations. Here’s the good news: it’s probably a much simpler solution than you think! It doesn’t involve one-on-one meetings...

Cement industry calls for phased incentives to meet 50% green energy target

A draft regulation proposing a complete overhaul of Ethiopia’s investment incentive system—with a shift to performance-based tax reductions for companies using at least 50% renewable energy—has sparked debate among key industry players. While the...

Jordan's industrial sector exports grew 7.5% in 1st 8 months 2025-JCI

Ammon News - Statistical data from the Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) showed that industrial sector exports grew by 7.5% during the 1st 8 months 2025. The data indicated that Jordan's industrial sector exports increased during the January-August...

Risk-ready – Microfinance Backs African Businesses Against Climate Change

Although Africa has contributed only 7% of global carbon emissions since the 19th century, it remains the most vulnerable region to the adverse effects of climate change. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) estimates that seven of the ten...

Drivers of Uptake of Immediate Postpartum Modern Contraceptives by Postpartum Women in Lira City, Northern Uganda: A Qualitative Inquiry

Background Globally, among the 1.9 billion women of reproductive age who have a need for contraception, only 1.1 billion are planning to use or are currently using a contraceptive method.1 The use of contraceptives of any method was estimated at...

Dangote Cement’s profit rises to N743bn on price increase

Dangote Cement Plc’s after-tax profit rose sharply to N743.3 billion in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, from N279.1 billion in the same period of 2024, a 166 percent increase despite a marginal decline in sales volumes. The strong...

Independent Arabia receives Press Freedom Award on behalf of its late correspondent Maryam Abu Daqqa

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Why pen-pushers can’t run prisons

Shortly after the end of the First World War, the English explorer Gertrude Bell was appointed an Oriental Secretary in Baghdad. The British administrators there were busy dismantling the Ottoman Empire; Bell, an expert in Middle Eastern cultures...