Africa: Women Entrepreneurs Can't Get Access to Capital ... Unless Other Women Are Managing It

Around the world, it’s much more difficult for female entrepreneurs to get the funding they need to grow their businesses. The gender gap prevents women from reaching their… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Junta Leader Paul Damiba Appoints New Cabinet

The new leader of Burkina Faso, Colonel Paul Henri Damiba appointed his new cabinet on March 5, 2022. Among the appointees is Albert Ouédraogo, who is the country's new… Read more »

Mali: France Recalls Its Administrators From Mali

After Paris announced the withdrawal of its troops from Mali on February 17, 2022, along with the reorganisation of its military force Barkhane, and of the European Force "Takuba",… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Dozens Killed in Blast at Informal Gold Mine

State television is reporting that at least 60 people were killed and many more injured in an explosion at an informal gold mining site in Burkina Faso. Read more »

Mali: French Troops Will Withdraw From Mali Within Months - President Macron

At a press conference this morning French President Emmanuel Macron said that France's military withdrawal from Mali will take four to six months, during which time there will be… Read more »

Africa: 'You Can Think Of Us as a One-Stop For All Pharmaceutical Needs in Africa'

Med-tech entrepreneur and Medsaf founder Vivian Nwakah spoke with AllAfrica's Sethi Ncube about how she's building her company to be a one-stop shop for all pharmaceuticals in… Read more »

Africa: We are the Future; Investors Should Be Scrambling to Partner With Us – Med-Tech Entrepreneur Vivian Nwakah

Losing a friend because of a fake malaria drug and inadequate healthcare services pushed Vivian Nwakah to take on the pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria. In 2017 she founded the… Read more »

Africa: Snakebite - A Public Health Crisis Made Worse by Climate Change

We live on opposite sides of the African continent, but we have both recently witnessed the tragedy of snakebite. Read more »

Cameroon: Trump Administration Accused of Exposing Asylum-Seekers to Human Rights Abuses

The Trump administration exposed dozens of Cameroonians, who fled their country between 2019 and 2020, to human rights abuses, including rape and torture, by unfairly denying them… Read more »

Cameroon: 'How Can You Throw Us Back?' - Three Stories of Asylum-Seekers Expelled by the U.S.

An excerpt from a report issued by Human Rights Watch on the plight of Cameroonians who were denied asylum and deported from the United States by the Trump administration, to be… Read more »

Nigeria: Philip Morris Limited recognized as a Top Employer 2022 in Nigeria for the 5th time

Philip Morris' affiliate in Nigeria, Philip Morris Limited has been recognized as a Top Employer in Nigeria for the 5th year in a row. Read more »

Senegal/Egypt: Lions of Teranga Roar to Victory at AFCON Final

A dramatic penalty shootout that ended 4-2 in Senegal's favour has seen the Lions of Teranga make history by winning their first AFCON championship, beating Egypt in the grand… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: Major Probe Launched Into Foiled Coup in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau's government launched a major investigation into a foiled coup attempt to overthrow President Umaro Sissoco Embalo. Read more »

Cameroon: Gunfire Ahead of AFCON Games in Restive Anglophone Region

There have been reports that the Malian team has suspended training in the restive south West region of Buea after sporadic shooting this morning between the military and… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Path to Recovery in an Uncertain World

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva visited Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal last week, where she met with the current and upcoming chairs… Read more »

West Africa: #AfricaACTs On Education - The Future Of West And Central African Children Is Being Shaped In Today's Schools

Liberia: U.S. Treasury Issues Sanctions on Prince Yormie Johnson

Excerpts from a press release issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury: Read more »

Sierra Leone: Entrepreneur Creates Clean, Affordable Energy for Sierra Leone's Rural Areas #AfricaClimateCrisis

Energy. Who has it, who doesn't, where it comes from and the consequences of its use are some of the greatest challenges we face. Read more »

Nigeria: A Public Health Approach to Ending Building Collapses in Nigeria

Since 2007, 145 buildings have collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous state and so-called centre of excellence. Recently, a nother building under construction in… Read more »

Nigeria: Police Are Failing Rape Victims - Amnesty

The Nigerian police are failing rape victims by not supporting and investigating the crime when reported, rights groups Amnesty International has said. Read more »

Africa: Let's Use the Covid-19 Wakeup Call to Help Women Rise From the Nightmare of Cervical Cancer

Four African First Ladies and Tedros of WHO issue urgent appeal for health equity Read more »

Nigeria: 'It's Not Enough to Save Lives, We Must Do It Sustainably' - Temie Giwa-Tubosun | Transcript

AllAfrica's Juanita Williams talked with Nigerian entrepreneur Temie Giwa-Tubosun, who not only built her healthcare, technology and logistics company Lifebank from the ground up… Read more »

Nigeria: The Vision That Drives Lifebank Founder Temie Giwa-Tubosun

"I don't sit here and say, back me because I'm a woman, I say back me because I'm doing something that is great, back me because we're going to be great. We're going to prove once… Read more »

Africa: COP26 - A Huge Disappointment for Vulnerable Countries #AfricaClimateCrisis

Countries of the global South, which are already facing the worst impacts of the climate emergency, have expressed their deep disappointment about how the COP26 talks have… Read more »

Cameroon: Bomb Wounds 11 University Students in Cameroon

At least 11 University of Buea students were wounded after a bomb was thrown onto the roof of a lecture hall in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region of Southwest. Read more »