August 18
Africa: All of Africa Today - August 18, 2026
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August 17
Africa: Too Young to Ask? Young Researchers Challenge How Africa Talks About Sexuality Education
allAfrica
"We wanted honest answers, but many adults thought we were too young to ask the questions." Read more »
Africa: All of Africa Today - August 17, 2026
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Africa: From Capital to Prosperity [guest column]
allAfrica
Africa has no shortage of industrial ambition. What it lacks is the financial machinery to turn ambition into factories. Read more »
Africa: Building a Case for Value Addition in Africa
allAfrica
Only an integrated approach to value addition will elevate African economies, create new jobs and leapfrog development stages. Read more »
Africa: Africa's Ancient Grains Find New Favour With Gluten-Free Foodies
Daily Maverick
Drought-resistant and locally sourced, they are sustainable alternatives to wheat and the market for them is growing. Read more »
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Africa: Driver's License Verification in 2026: Stopping Fraud Without Slowing Onboarding
InfoWire
A delivery platform onboards a new driver late on a Tuesday night. The selfie lines up with the photo on the license. The license number follows the right format for the issuing… Read more »
Southern Africa: President Pledges to Drive Deeper Economic Integration As South Africa Takes SADC Chair
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to use South Africa's chairship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to deepen regional economic integration and advance… Read more »
Africa: Could the AU's Return to Khartoum Bring Sudan Closer to Peace? [analysis]
ISS
Reopening its liaison office offers a narrow, but real, opportunity for the African Union to help achieve a ceasefire. Read more »
Africa: Western-Led Green Revolution Failing Africa
IPS
CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA / KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 17 2026 (IPS) - As AGRA turns 20, a new report exposes its worsening failure to double productivity and incomes and halve… Read more »
Africa: Mastercard, Teamapt Set to Expand Digital Payments Across Africa
This Day
Mastercard and TeamApt Limited, a subsidiary of Moniepoint, have entered a strategic collaboration to strengthen digital payment capabilities for businesses and financial… Read more »
August 16
Africa: US Ends Temporary Protection for 4 African Countries, Deportations Fear Rise - See List
Vanguard
The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Cameroon, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan living in the United States, as part of a wider… Read more »
August 14
Africa: Can You Be Served When You're Not Counted? Disability Advocates Demand a Seat at the SRHR Table
allAfrica
For persons with disabilities, being in the room does not always mean being included. Read more »
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Africa: Restoring Land, Rebuilding Hope
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Africa's future is being shaped in its drylands. Desertification, land degradation and drought are undermining food systems, rural economies, water security and social cohesion.… Read more »
Africa: An Attack On Healthcare Every Six Hours, and No One Held to Account
UN News
Across the world, healthcare has suffered more than 10,000 attacks in the past eight years, including during the brutal conflict in Ukraine and efforts to contain the current Ebola… Read more »
Africa: Can a Vaccine Built for One Ebola Virus Stop Another? the World Health Organization Is About to Find Out [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended prioritising the Ervebo vaccine for testing in a clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The vaccine was… Read more »
Africa: Inside The $5 Billion Plan To Keep Africa's Cotton Jobs In Africa
Bird Story Agency
Africa grows plenty of cotton. It just does not make much of it into clothes. A new $5 billion plan aims to change that, turning a scattered collection of cotton producers into a… Read more »
Africa: US-China Rivalry Puts Africa's Climate Diplomacy to the Test [analysis]
ISS
Current geopolitical tensions could be catastrophic for climate action, especially Africa's renewable energy transition. Read more »
Africa: Exclusive - What Nigerian Delegates, African Group of Negotiators Will Demand At COP17
Premium Times
Nigeria and other African countries will push for a legally binding instrument on drought management and increased financing to tackle desertification, land degradation and drought… Read more »
Africa: Tanzania's VAT Refund Revolution - the Quiet Reform That Could Unlock Billions in Private Investment [analysis]
African Arguments
When governments unveil annual budgets, headlines focus on the big numbers: spending, growth and tax collection. Read more »
August 13
Africa: The Beijing of It All - Africa's Development Terms Are No Longer Written in Washington or Brussels [analysis]
African Arguments
In the period that followed decolonisation, Africa's development landscape continued to be shaped by Western partnerships. By the late 1990s and early 2000s, this Western-facing… Read more »
Africa: African Rights Advocates Coordinate Response to Family Law Backlash
IPS
Campaigners say anti-rights movements are increasingly using family law to challenge women's rights to inheritance, property, divorce and child custody. Read more »
Africa: Inside a Game Challenging Masculinity
allAfrica
The room was loud - not with argument, but with laughter. Read more »
Africa: Faith Leaders Push for Open Conversations on Sexuality and SRHR
allAfrica
Imam Bukuru Elie Khalfan is very personal about the need for open conversations about sexuality. Read more »
Africa: A New Class of Metals Could Transform Africa's Clean Energy Economy - Scientists Explain [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
For centuries, useful metals have been developed by starting with one core element and adding small amounts of other elements. Steel, for example, is composed primarily of iron;… Read more »
Africa: What Investing in Africa Means to Aliko Dangote
Premium Times
When conversations turn to investment in Africa, one name consistently dominates the discussion: Aliko Dangote. Over the past four decades, the Nigerian industrialist has become… Read more »
Africa: Feminism As a Labour Instrument - Advancing Workers' Rights and Decent Work in Africa
Ghanaian Times
Africa's labour market is changing fast, but one question remains stubbornly relevant: who gets a fair chance at work? For millions of women, having a job does not always mean… Read more »
