Africa Tech Festival 2022 Awards (AfricaCom) Winners
Technology and telecommunications heroes heralded for their Innovation, improving lives, and increasing inclusivity across Africa Winners of the 15th Africa Tech Festival Awards (formerly AfricaCom Awards), sponsored by Intelsat, were announced in Cape Town on Wednesday night as the second day of Africa Tech Festival welcomed yet another record attendance. Hans Geldenhuys, Director, Intelsat Africa, said: “It has […]
Women’s Health Initiative Launched For Africa; Focus On Advancing Women’s Health
A continent-wide and dedicated women’s health initiative was launched today to advocate for and implement solutions to improve healthcare for women in Africa. The Coalition for Women’s Health In Africa (CoWHA) is the first initiative emanating from a conference held in February, in Kenya, where private healthcare firms, organisations and governments met to interrogate and […]
Kenya and South Africa Eliminate Trade Barriers
President William Ruto and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa have agreed on a working formula to eradicate trade barriers and increase business and cooperation between Kenya and South Africa. The two Heads of State said their countries would deal with non-tariff barriers such as licensing bureaucracy, regulation restrictions and sanctions allowing opening up for […]
Chad’s Main Opposition Figures in Hiding
The two leaders of the main political opposition movements in Chad, Succès Masra and Max Loalngar have gone into hiding for their safety, three weeks after a bloody demonstration by their movements. They both told the AFP on Wednesday that the repression continued with arrests and “deportations” and “extra-judicial executions”. Mr. Masra, president of the […]
Uganda’s Public Debt Hit 50% GDP
According to the Deputy Governor Bank of Uganda, Uganda’s public debt has risen to Shs 80 trillion, which is 50% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).The East-African nation’s debt has been under sharp focus recently, with international lenders and rating firms like IMF, World Bank, Moody’s and S&P downgrading its creditworthiness. The World Bank and […]
Ethiopia’s two Year Tigray Conflict: Timeline
On November 2, representatives of the Ethiopian federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) agreed to a cessation of hostilities after peace talks led by the African Union (AU) in South Africa. That agreement, on the eve of the second anniversary of the war, brought an end to a conflict that began after […]
Digital Benin Project Reunites Looted Bronzes
Cheerfully gnashing their magnificent fangs as they stand side by side, the two bronze leopards look back on a journey that was as adventurous as it was cruelly absurd.Looted by British soldiers on a punitive expedition to the west African kingdom of Benin in 1897, the bronzes were shipped to the UK, where they spent […]
Fear Engulf’s Uganda’s Ebola Epicentre
As Ugandan farmer Bonaventura Senyonga prepares to bury his grandson, age-old traditions are forgotten and fear hangs in the air while a government medical team prepares the body for the funeral — the latest victim of Ebola in the East African nation. Bidding the dead goodbye is rarely a quiet affair in Uganda, where the […]
Confederation of African Football Supports Fifa’s Call for Unity
The host nation has been criticised for its stance on same-sex relationships, its human rights record and its treatment of migrant workers. Earlier this month, world governing body Fifa wrote to competing nations asking them to “now focus on the football” instead of the competition’s controversial build-up. However, Sepp Blatter, who was Fifa president when […]
Innovative Pest Control Needed in West Africa
The link between climate change and the spread of crop pests has been established by research and evidence.Farmers are noticing the link themselves, alongside higher temperatures and greater variability in rainfall. All these changes are having an impact on harvests across Africa. Changing conditions sometimes allow insects and diseases to spread and thrive in new […]
