In this episode of the Roots to Food Podcast, host Ovidiu Bujorean, CEO of OviBees Ventures, speaks with Dr. Frannie Léautier, Senior Partner and CEO of SouthBridge Investments, about the opportunities and challenges of mobilizing African capital for investment across the continent.
Their discussion focuses on the role of domestic wealth in financing infrastructure, supporting economic growth, and reducing dependence on external funding. Dr. Léautier reflects on the potential of pension
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In this episode of the Roots to Food Podcast, host Ovidiu Bujorean, CEO of OviBees Ventures, speaks with Dr. Frannie Léautier, Senior Partner and CEO of SouthBridge Investments, about the opportunities and challenges of mobilizing African capital for investment across the continent.
Their discussion focuses on the role of domestic wealth in financing infrastructure, supporting economic growth, and reducing dependence on external funding. Dr. Léautier reflects on the potential of pension
Go to resource »In early 2025, the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group captured Goma and Bukavu, the provincial capitals of North and South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, the armed group has carried out large-scale forced recruitment and other operations in areas under its control, detaining thousands of Congolese soldiers and militia members, and increasingly civilians, subjecting them to inhumane and life-threatening treatment.
Go to resource »Since April 15, 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). By early 2026, the war has displaced millions, devastated urban infrastructure, and pushed large segments of the population into acute food insecurity. While the SAF has recaptured Khartoum and Gezira, and the RSF has consolidated control over Darfur, the active battlefields have shifted decisively south and east - with the primary epicenters of
Go to resource »Zimbabwe - L'Assemblée générale de l'ONU a élu, le 3 juin 2026, le Zimbabwe comme membre non permanent du Conseil de sécurité pour la période 2027-2028.
Nigeria - À huit mois des élections générales prévues le 16 janvier 2027, une fuite présumée de données issues des fichiers de la Commission électorale nationale indépendante relance les critiques sur l'indépendance de l'institution.
Soudan - Les pourparlers entre les trois principaux regroupements politiques
Go to resource »A humanitarian truce in Sudan will not end the war, but it can save tens of thousands of lives and create space for political dialogue. However, without integrated monitoring, enforceable security arrangements, and a phased, realistic implementation plan, the truce will fail as others have before. The framework above -combining joint military oversight, civilian-led local monitoring, targeted technology, and corridor-based expansion - offers a credible, politically viable path forward. The question
Go to resource »Lors des Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards 2026 à Lagos, la série kényane Shuga Mashariki a remporté le prix de la « Meilleure série télévisée écrite ».
Les poétesses tunisiennes Hanen Marouani et Imèn Moussa ont été récompensées au Prix international de poésie Léopold Sédar Senghor 2026 à Milan.
Didier Drogba a reçu le prix du « Joueur citoyen » lors des Trophées UNFP 2026 à Paris.#allafrica#afrique#goodnews
Go to resource »African Export-Import Bank ("Afreximbank" or the "Bank") and its subsidiaries (the "Group") has announced strong results for the year ended 31 December 2025, underscoring sustained financial resilience, increased market confidence and strategic execution.
Total assets and contingencies rose by 21% to US$48.5 billion, up from US$40.1 billion as at 31 December 2024, underscoring the Bank's consistent growth trajectory.
Go to resource »In Cairo, Egypt, Afreximbank signed a landmark financing agreement, underwriting US$2.5 billion in a US$4 billion syndicated term loan for Dangote Industries Petroleum & Petrochemicals.As the largest contributor to the facility, Afreximbank continues to mobilise capital for transformative industrial projects that strengthen Africa's energy security, reduce import dependence, and expand intra-African trade.
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Fatalities linked to militant Islamist groups in Africa continue to occur at near record levels. The 23,968 fatalities in 2025, a 24 percent increase from the previous year, reflect increased violence in nearly every theater. The reported 8,375 violent events linked to these groups were the highest ever reported on the continent.
The Sahel continues to experience the greatest number of militant Islamist group-linked fatalities of any region on the
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