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Liberia elections: Voters head to polls as George Weah faces Joseph Boakai

Liberians are set to vote in a fiercely contested presidential election, with former football star George Weah, 57, making a bid for a second...

Liquid Intelligent Technologies introduces Tanzania’s second Azure Stack, further accelerating the local digital transformation

Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) (https://www.Liquid.Tech/), a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has partnered with wingu.africa a pioneer provider of carrier-neutral data...

Rhodes Business School, Rhodes University launches new Postgraduate Diploma

Rhodes Business School (www.RU.ac.za/businessschool/) continues to expand its offerings as it further fulfils its vision to ‘transform business for a sustainable world’.  Rhodes Business...

American Tower Corporation releases 2022 sustainability report: In Africa, the Green House Gas Emissions Per Tower Decreased by 21% Compared to 2019

American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) (www.AmericanTower.com) released its 2022 sustainability report, which outlines the Company's sustainability strategy and provides a comprehensive overview of the...

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)-Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment’s (ICIEC) and Export Credit’s Groundbreaking Event in Istanbul Explores the Transformative Power of...

From September 26 to September 28, 2023, the Hilton Istanbul Maslak hosted a groundbreaking event that brought together more than 80 distinguished attendees to...

Canada’s Minister Mary Ng to address ‘Africa Accelerating 2023’ on 10 October in Toronto

The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business (www.CanadaAfrica.ca) is pleased to announce that the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade,...

iiDENTIFii and Zanaco Partner to Accelerate Digital Financial Inclusion in Zambia

What measures can Zambian financial institutions put in place in a rapidly-changing digital world to enable financial inclusion? This was the key topic under discussion...

Egypt becomes the first country to achieve World Health Organization (WHO) validation on the path to elimination of hepatitis C

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Egypt for its unprecedented progress towards eliminating hepatitis C, becoming the first country to achieve “gold tier” status...

Lesotho Boston Health Alliance (LeBoHa) facilities opened

The government of Lesotho in partnership with the American Embassy has officially launched facilities for the Postgraduate School of Family Medicine. The ceremony was held...

Services without stigma: Halting Human Immunodeficiency Viruses’ (HIV) spread in Lesotho through non-discriminatory care

Since the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the rate of the virus’s spread has slowed significantly, with new infections down 59 per cent from 1995. But...

Cameroon landslide kills dozens

Many people are feared dead and others missing in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, after landslides destroyed several homes in Mbankolo area. It followed heavy rainfall across...

Koree, a Cameroonian Fintech Emerges as Winner of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Koree from Cameroon is the competition’s first ever female-led fintech winner having beaten eight other finalists to claim the top prize of US$50,000; Wolf...

Diamonds are Braintree’s best friend: Braintree secures Diamond Partner award from LS Retail (Again)

Braintree (https://www.Braintree.co.za/), a leading Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, continues its victorious march in 2023 by clinching the LS Retail Diamond Partner award for the...

Frequently asked questions: FIFA World Cup™ 2030 and 2034

Following extensive consultation with all confederations, the FIFA Council took key decisions in relation to the bidding and hosting of the 2030 and 2034...

Strengthening capacity to address gender inequities in Ghana’s health sector

Addressing gender barriers and inequities in access and use of health services has been identified as a key to accelerating progress towards the Sustainable...

AfricaIgnite Hosts the African Leg of the Start-up World Cup at Africa Tech Festival

Wait for it…AfricaIgnite, formerly AHUB, Africa Tech Festival’s (https://tmt.knect365.com/Africa-Tech-Festival/) flagship event for the African continent’s start-ups and innovators, has been announced as the host...

Mozambique’s President Nyusi Joins Namibian, Ugandan, Senegalese Presidents, Nigerian Former President at Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2023 to Discuss Africa’s Sustainable Future

Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi has been at the forefront of a series of industry-advancing developments in the country. Under his leadership, the country has...

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup United Arab Emirates (UAE) 2024™ draw completed

16 competing nations drawn into four groups as their paths to glory are laid out; The draw took place at the Mohammed bin Rashid...

Sister of deposed Gabon President to face trial in France – reports

Pascaline Bongo, the sister of Gabon’s deposed President Ali Bongo, will reportedly face trial in France in January 2024, on suspicion of corruption. She...

Mohbad death: Nursing assistant is prime suspect after Primeboy fight – police

A nursing assistant said to have injected Nigerian Afrobeats star, Mohbad with drugs is the prime suspect in his death, police say. MohBad died at...

Coup plotters forming alliance to defend themselves against ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has observed the rise of an alliance of coup plotters preparing to defend themselves against the...

Bobi Wine ‘under house arrest’ after return to Uganda

Ugandan opposition leader, Bobi Wine has said he was "grabbed" by "goons" and put under house arrest on his return from South Africa. The singer-turned-politician...

Kenyan baby-thief jailed 25 years after BBC Africa Eye exposé

A Kenyan hospital work­er caught by the BBC trying to sell a baby has been sentenced to 25 years in jail. Fred Leparan, who worked at Nairo­bi’s...

Enact strong laws to combat terrorism – Akufo-Addo to Commonwealth Parliaments

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged Parliaments within the Commonwealth to enact strong legislation to curtail cross-border movement of illegal arms to combat...

Akufo-Addo calls on world leaders, organisations to fight the rise of coups in Africa

President Akufo-Addo says democracy is on the decline in Africa, in particular in the West African sub-region. The sub-region has witnessed an increasing number of...

Egypt’s President confirms third term bid

Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has confirmed he will stand for a third term in elections scheduled for December. The former army chief has been...

DR Congo colonel sentenced to death over killings

An army colonel has been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for his role in the killing of more than 50...

Let’s deepen democracy, good governance to attract investments — ECOWAS Bank

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has called for a deepening of democracy and good governance in the West Africa sub-region to...

Gabon first lady charged with money laundering

Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon's ousted President Ali Bongo, has been charged with money laundering, receiving stolen property, forgery, and the use of...

Egypt fire: At least 38 injured in blaze at police complex

A huge fire at a police complex in Egypt has injured at least 38 people, according to emergency services and local media. Firefighters managed to...

Why Nelson Mandela’s late granddaughter wrote a list of people she did not want at her funeral

Zoleka Mandela, the late granddaughter of Nelson Mandela planned her last days right down to the guest list at her funeral. She will be...

Sam Larry in police custody over Mohbad’s death probe

Controversial show promoter, Samson Erinfolami Balogun Eletu, otherwise known as Sam Larry, has landed in the custody of the Nigeria Police to answer questions...

The aim was to break me down – French envoy to Niger

France's top diplomat to Niger says he's "tired", after two months of "extreme tension" and several weeks confined to his Embassy in Niamey before...

Democracy in West Africa in danger – Akufo-Addo tells ECOWAS Parliament

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged members of the Parliament of ECOWAS to find solutions to the emerging re-militarisation of governance. Also, he tasked...

Dog blamed for denying Kenyan marathon victory

A senator in Kenya has criticised sports bodies for failing to act after a dog chased Robert Kimutai Ng’eno during last week's Buenos Aires...

Good news for South Africa visa applicants

Ghana has officially been added to the e-visa list of South Africa, an official statement released on Thursday has said. This means Ghanaian nationals can now apply online...

Dramatic footage of Mali plane crash emerges

Video footage has emerged showing how a plane believed to be operated by Mali’s air force crashed and went up in flames at the...

Coup attempt in Burkina Faso foiled, plotters arrested

Burkina Faso's security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday, according to the country's military government. It alleged that officers and others had...

Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter dies at 43

Zoleka Mandela, granddaughter of South Africa’s first democratically elected late President, Nelson Mandela, has died of cancer at the age of 43, her family...

Mohbad was brought in dead — Hospital reveals

Perez Medcare Hospital, where Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, was allegedly taken, has revealed that the singer was brought in dead to their facility. In...