Congo Just Crashed the Bond Market — And Won
The conference rooms were well-lit and climate-controlled — New York, London, Paris, the standard circuit of money. But the delegation that walked in was anything but standard. They came from Kinshasa, from a country that most investors knew primarily as a conflict zone: the Democratic Republic of Congo, a nation whose eastern borderlands had burned, […]
The Quiet Confidence: How Africa’s Startups Stopped Asking for Permission
There is a particular kind of silence that follows a long argument finally won — not triumphant, not loud, but settled. That is the silence spreading across Africa’s startup corridors in 2026. Not the silence of waiting, of watching Western capital decide whether the continent is worth the risk. A different silence. The silence of […]
Senegal Rewrites the Rules of its Hydrocarbon Boom as Minister Birame Soulèye Diop Heads to African Energy Week 2026 in October
Senegal is reinforcing the policy architecture behind its new hydrocarbons era, with the Ministry of Energy, Petroleum and Mines launching reforms to the legal framework for local content in the extractive sector in March 2026. The reforms are aimed at improving national value retention while maintaining momentum on upstream and infrastructure development. The move comes […]
bp Bets Big on Namibia’s Deepwater Frontier with New Offshore Blocks
The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (www.EnergyChamber.org) has welcomed bp’s acquisition of a 60% operating interest in three offshore exploration blocks in Namibia, describing the move as a strong endorsement of Africa’s frontier basins and the continent’s growing role in global energy supply. The transaction, which gives bp operatorship of blocks PEL97, PEL99 and PEL100 in […]
Merck Foundation declared Gabon First Lady as Ambassador of “More than a Mother” to build healthcare capacity, break infertility stigma, and support girl education
Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany officially launched their programs in partnership with H.E. Madam ZITA OLIGUI NGUEMA, The First Lady of Gabonese Republic, also the Ambassador of “Merck Foundation More Than a Mother”, the programs which started in 2024 with the aim to transform patient care, build healthcare capacity, break the […]
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Releases Freedom of Money, a Memoir Reflecting on the Rise of Crypto and the Story Behind Binance
Few figures have been as closely associated with the rise of the cryptocurrency industry as Binance (www.Binance.com) co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ). In his new memoir, Freedom of Money, A Memoir of Protecting Users, Resilience, and the Founding of Binance, CZ offers a candid account of the early days of crypto, the rapid explosion of Binance, […]
South Africa: Select Committee to Undertake Oversight to Municipalities in the Free State, North West and Gauteng
The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Public Administration (including Traditional Affairs, Human Settlements, and Water and Sanitation) will undertake oversight visits to municipalities in the Free State, North West and Gauteng provinces from 14 to 17 April 2026. These visits form part of Parliament’s constitutional mandate to oversee interventions in municipalities and ensure that […]
Burundi investigates illness that has caused five deaths
Geneva, Switzerland, 13 April 2026- /African Media Agency (AMA)/- The health authorities in Burundi, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, are deepening investigations to determine the cause of an illness that has led to five deaths and sickened 35 people in Mpanda district in the north of the country. Laboratory analysis […]
Cybercrime’s New Frontier: How Africa’s Digital Boom Became a Target
Cybercrime is no longer a distant threat absorbed by wealthy economies with the resources to absorb it. It has moved — quietly, deliberately — into the fastest-growing digital markets on earth. And in Africa, where connectivity is expanding faster than the safeguards around it, the cost is beginning to show. The Cost of Getting Connected […]
South Africa Didn’t Block Starlink. ElonMusk Did
The Satellite That Never Landed Act I: A Signal from Above On a clear night in the Northern Cape, where the Karoo stretches out like a cracked canvas under a billion stars, internet connectivity is less a utility and more a rumour. Schoolchildren here have learned to do homework by daylight, before the mobile data […]
