December 01, 2023
South Africa: South African Authorities Turn to Google in Bid to Curb Crime
A spate of attacks on drivers using GPS navigation systems prompted South Africa to ask Google Maps to exclude a notorious crime hotspot. The intervention comes as the authorities… Read more »
November 24, 2023
Uganda: Are Tech Giants Exploiting Ugandans?
Young Ugandans are training the artificial intelligence software and systems of the world's tech giants. But experts say their labor for companies such as Google and Microsoft… Read more »
November 21, 2023
Africa: G20-Led Africa Summit Stresses 'Colossal' Investment Need
African leaders used the G20 Compact with Africa summit in Berlin to call attention to Africa's "colossal" need for more investment and for "positive competition" between Europe… Read more »
November 19, 2023
Africa: Berlin Summit Aims to Boost Investment in Africa
Germany is hosting an investors' conference in Berlin under the G20's Compact with Africa initiative. The gathering is part of the German government's commitment to supporting… Read more »
November 16, 2023
Africa: Lithium Mining Reveals Dark Side of Green Energy
The new rush for lithium in Africa risks fueling corruption and harming local communities and the environment, investigations have shown. Read more »
November 06, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Graduates Grapple With Jobless Crisis
DR Congo's educated young people have been battling high unemployment levels and a congested labor market prompting calls for government intervention. Read more »
November 03, 2023
Africa: Can African Leaders Extend the Us-Africa Trade Program?
Delegates from Africa and the US have been meeting in Johannesburg to discuss the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, Washington's flagship trade program for the… Read more »
October 31, 2023
Africa: Scholz's Africa Visit - Desire to Strengthen Economic Ties
Africa has become a strategic and economic attraction point for Germany. Europe's biggest economy wants to build stronger ties and Olaf Scholz's visit to Ghana and Nigeria sought… Read more »
October 29, 2023
Africa: Germany Seeks Investment Boost in Africa
Germany's top leaders are visiting Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia to cement business ties and discuss new investment opportunities. Read more »
Nigeria: Germany's Scholz Looking to Nigeria for Natural Gas - Report
The German chancellor told a Nigerian newspaper there was potential for "much more cooperation and investment" with Abuja. Read more »
October 27, 2023
Kenya: New Tax Frustrates Kenya's Digital Content Creators
Digital content creators and influencers will now have to pay 15% of their earnings in tax in Kenya. But many are frustrated over the new legislation, calling it exploitative and a… Read more »
October 23, 2023
Cameroon: 'Ghost Town' Days in Cameroon - Booze, Schmooze and Lose
Separatists in Cameroon's English-speaking regions have for years enforced a Monday general strike to protest the government. Residents who have had to lived with these lockdowns… Read more »
Kenya: President Ruto Pushes for Locally Made Clothing
Stakeholders say President William Ruto's bid to revitalize the textile industry could boost both local demand and exports. But can the struggling sector rise to the occasion? Read more »
October 19, 2023
Africa: Power for Africa - The Boom of Nuclear Energy?
Many African countries are eyeing nuclear power to solve electrification challenges. Experts say this is the wrong direction, pointing to solar energy as a welcome alternative for… Read more »
October 18, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria Aims to Tap Into the Global Lithium Market
For years, Africa's largest economy relied mainly on oil, but now wants to boost its mining industry. Nigeria wants to bank on the booming global lithium market. Read more »
October 14, 2023
Malawi: Malawi - Free Internet in Public Facilities
Although access to the internet in Malawi is the cheapest in Africa, many still can't afford data plans. That's why the government is now rolling out a program to provide free… Read more »
October 11, 2023
Africa: China, U.S. Blamed for Slow Debt Relief to Africa
Debt relief plans are progressing slowly, much to the agony of developing countries. China has been widely blamed for the delayed global response. Beijing disagrees and puts the… Read more »
October 03, 2023
Nigeria: How Nigeria Averted a Nationwide Shutdown
Nigeria's major labor unions agreed to suspend a planned nationwide strike after talks with the government. DW looks at what led up to the planned action and how the situation… Read more »
September 29, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Nation Wants to Move Up the Battery Supply Chain
The African country aims to process its own raw materials rather than simply exporting them. To succeed, the country needs roads, electricity and skilled workers. Read more »
September 28, 2023
Zambia: Zambia Set for a Fuel Pipeline Upgrade
The new pipeline is expected to receive 6.5 million litres of fuel from the Tanzania-Zambia Mafuta pipeline, built 54 years ago. Analysts say the cost of fuel will reduce when the… Read more »
September 18, 2023
South Africa: At Least 20 Mine Staff Die in Bus Crash - Reports
A bus carrying employees from a diamond mine in Limpopo reportedly collided with a lorry. Road safety is a critical challenge in South Africa, despite the country's advanced road… Read more »
September 13, 2023
Libya: Floods in Libya - Civil War Compounds Devastation
Climate change is partly responsible for the floods that have devastated Libya, but the legacy of civil war, political chaos and corruption have exacerbated the impact. Observers… Read more »
September 10, 2023
Africa: Ethiopia Finishes Filling Reservoir of Contentious Mega-Dam
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is set to double the country's electricity generation and become Africa's biggest dam. Egypt fiercely opposes the megaproject, arguing that it… Read more »
September 05, 2023
Nigeria: Unions Stage Warning Strike Amid Rising Living Costs
Nigeria's biggest workers' association threatened to shut down the nation's economy if its demands are not met. The warning strike was prompted by the government canceling a fuel… Read more »
September 04, 2023
Niger: Does Europe Need Niger's Uranium?
Will the lights go out in Europe if Niger were to prevent France from mining more of its uranium? DW asked experts in Niger and Europe about the energy supply chain in the wake of… Read more »