Happy Index Rates Liberia as the Most Improved Country in Africa
The list of the world’s happiest countries has been released with Mauritius, Libya and Ivory Coast among the leading countries on the continent, the UN’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network annual World Happiness Report revealed. According to the report, experts who participated in the report focused on 6 indicators: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life […]
Creating a High-level International Panel on Investment in Water in Africa
Senegal’s Minister of Water Serigne Mbaye Thiam announced the creation of the panel at the closing ceremony of the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar on Friday. “The objective of the panel is to develop concrete ways to mobilise $30 billion per year until 2030 to implement the African Water Investment Programme and to close […]
Leveraging African Genetic Diversity to Discover the Next Generation of Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Ghanaian cancer research and diagnostics company Yemaachi Biotech has closed a US$3 million seed round to advance its mission of diversifying precision oncology globally. Founded by Yaw Bediako, David Hutchful, Joyce Ngoi, and Yaw Attua-Afari in 2020, Yemaachi uses cutting-edge immunogenomics, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of cancer detection and cure strategies […]
Building the Largest Network of Profitable African Farmers Using Technology
ThriveAgric, a fast-growing technology-driven agricultural company, has raised $56.4M in debt funding from local commercial banks and institutional investors. The raise also included a co-investment grant of $1.75M from the USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment. The new investment will enable the company to grow its 200,000+ farmer base, and expand into new African markets, […]
Amazon’s Planned HQ in South Africa Halted
A South African judge has put the brakes on a $270 million real estate project that includes a regional headquarters for Amazon, saying that indigenous people who consider the land to be sacred must be consulted. The Khoi and San peoples have inhabited South Africa for thousands of years. The residential and commercial development is […]
The AfCFTA Pledges to Grease the Wheels of Trade in Two Ways
If time is money, then Beitbridge must be a most expensive place. Late last year lorries carrying, among other things, cobalt from Congo, copper from Zambia and tea from Malawi snaked for miles as they waited to cross the Limpopo River into South Africa. Many were there for days. African politicians say they want to […]
Meet the New Man at the Helm of Ethiopia’s National Carrier
Ethiopian Airlines has announced the appointment of Mesfin Tasew Bekele as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed former CEO Tewolde Gebremariam, who resigned earlier this week due to health reasons. Mr Bekele has nearly four decades worth of cognate experience in airline management and operations. Specifically, he has been with Ethiopian Airlines for […]
The First African Elected to Head the UN’s Tripartite Organisation
The International Labor Organization elected former Togolese Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo as its director-general, the first African to hold the top post since the body was founded in 1919. Houngbo said the outcome of the election carries a rich symbolism. “Your choice today fulfils the aspirations of a young African boy whose humble upbringing turned […]
Nigeria Plans to Become a Net Exporter of Fertiliser after Commissioning Africa’s Biggest Urea Plant
The 3-million-ton facility near Lagos, the commercial hub, adds to existing output of 3.1 million tons in the West African nation, according to the central bank. The biggest plant of its kind in Africa, owned by billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote, is already shipping to the U.S., India, and Brazil. “This fertilizer plant is expected to […]
Africa.com’s Teresa Clarke Speaks To Patricia Obozuwa
Vice President, Public (Government) Affairs, Communications & Sustainability, Africa at The Coca-Cola Company after the launch of the African Women Heads of State Initiative. The summit, which was held on March 23, brought together female presidents such Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Malawi’s Joyce Banda, Mauritius’ Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Central African Republic’s Catherine Samba-Panza.
