November 14, 2022
Africa: Experts Call for Sturdy Warning Systems in Disaster Management
There is a need for strong early warning systems and capacity building to ensure fast, accurate and precise information in response to disasters, experts in disaster prevention and… Read more »
October 27, 2022
Africa: Developing Countries Lose U.S.$11 Billion Annually Through Illegal Fishing
Developing countries are losing billions of dollars due to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, a study by Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) has revealed. Read more »
October 18, 2022
Africa: Experts Seek to Turn Climate Change Tide on Migration
Clementine Mukeka, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that climate change continues to induce migration and human mobility in Africa and is expected to… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Africa: Africa Is Not a Continent of Problems - Kagame
President Paul Kagame on Thursday told over 9,000 young people attending the Youth Connekt Summit in Kigali that they are Africa's powerhouse and the future. Read more »
October 08, 2022
Africa: Hopes High as AfCFTA Launches Guided Trade Initiative
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, on October 7, officially launched the Guided Trade Initiative expected to set the tone of implementing commercially… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Africa: Private Sector Urged to Expand Market Under AfCFTA Trading
Players in the private sector have been encouraged to expand their market across the continent by leveraging the ongoing pilot phase of trading under the African Continental Free… Read more »
September 26, 2022
Africa: Calls Grow to Eliminate Malaria, Other Vector Borne Diseases
borne diseases pose a serious public health and economic burden to humanity and particularly to the African Region, officials said on Monday September 26, as a regional conference… Read more »
September 21, 2022
Africa: Kagame Says Continent 'Must Act Quickly and Decisively' on Food Security
There is no reason why Africa should be experiencing food insecurity given its natural advantages, President Paul Kagame has said, calling for quick and decisive actions "to… Read more »
September 19, 2022
Africa: Create an Enabling Environment for Youth to Realise Their Full Potential - Kagame
President Paul Kagame has said that Africa's prosperity lies in the hands of an entrepreneurial youth and that they should be supported to unleash their full potential. Read more »
September 21, 2022
Africa: Global Leaders Commit U.S.$4.7 Billion to Help Tame Food Insecurity
World leaders have committed to invest $4.7 billion to help address a staggering global food crisis and nutrition needs which are affecting hundreds of millions of people around… Read more »
September 14, 2022
Africa: Aero-Manufacturers Urged to Leverage African Market
Africa is considered the next big buyer of airplanes in the few years to come, yet there are no plane manufacturing companies operating on the continent. Read more »
September 12, 2022
Africa: Crisis 'Wakes Africa Up' to Cut Food Import Reliance
Africa's annual food import bill more than tripled from $15 billion during the food crisis of 2008 to about $55 billion amid the current one, according to the Alliance for a Green… Read more »
September 09, 2022
Africa: Inside AGRA's U.S.$550 Million Strategy to Transform Africa's Agriculture Sector
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has unveiled a new 5-year strategy that seeks to establish a new way of practicing agriculture on the continent but also… Read more »
Africa: AGRF - Experts Bank on Youth for Africa's Food Security
Delegates at the ongoing 12th Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) have expressed concerns of growing food insecurity in Africa and how the continent risks missing on several… Read more »
September 08, 2022
Africa: Africa Food Prize Winner Backs Highly Productive, Resilient Crops
Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, a Ghanaian plant geneticist, who has won the 2022 Africa Food Prize, has said that for the continent to achieve food security, it needs to fund the… Read more »
Africa: Presidential Summit Pushes for Urgent Action to Improve Food Systems
For Africa to be able to bridge gaps in its food systems, countries need to jointly invest in transport and storage infrastructure, and move faster to harmonize tariff systems,… Read more »
September 07, 2022
Africa: Africa U-18 Handball Championship - Egypt Crowned Champions, Rwanda Take Silver
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September 05, 2022
Africa: Turkey Teeth, Indian Transplants, U.S. Maternity - How Medical Tourism Is Affecting Africa's Healthcare Economy
Annually, thousands of people globally travel abroad seeking affordable advanced medical care. This is one of the easiest ways to get a passport. Common medical procedures that… Read more »
Africa: How Medical Tourism Is Affecting Africa's Healthcare Economy
Annually, thousands of people globally travel abroad seeking affordable advanced medical care. This is one of the easiest ways to get a passport. Common medical procedures that… Read more »
August 31, 2022
Africa: Rwandan Humanitarian on Empowering Youth to Solve Africa's Problems
Cedrick Niyomugabo, 30, born and raised in Rwanda, went to Central African Republic (CAR) to find purpose in any way he could. His purpose turned out to be helping in the fight… Read more »
August 29, 2022
Africa: Good Internet Will Increase Africa's Competitiveness, Innovation - Expert
For Africa to improve its competitiveness and innovation on the global arena, it needs a good and affordable internet. For that to happen, Africa needs to rely on local internet… Read more »
August 25, 2022
Africa: FIFA Rankings - Rwanda Fails to Improve, Senegal Tops Africa
There was neither an improvement nor a drop in rankings for Rwanda's men national team which remains 136th globally and 40th in Africa as per the latest FIFA rankings published… Read more »
Africa: Continent Must Collaborate to Ease Internet Access - Experts
Affordable and easily accessible internet in Africa remains a challenge in most countries mainly due to lack of collaboration between nations and tech players in this space. Read more »
August 11, 2022
Africa: Agro-Processors Urged to Tap Into Continental Trade Platform
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze has urged local agro-process manufactures to tap into opportunities offered under the African Continental Free… Read more »
August 04, 2022
Africa: African Economic Blocs to Meet in Kigali to Explore AfCFTA Opportunities
Business executives from different African trading blocs are set to meet in Kigali next week, to draw strategies through which they can tap into opportunities offered under the… Read more »