Africa’s Opportunity In A Shifting Global Energy And Resource Landscape
By Viren Sookhun, Managing Director: Workforce Staffing Africa and Middle East Global volatility has created gaps in the supply of oil to the world, which is a massive opportunity for Africa to step forward. Several countries on the continent have notable reserves of oil and gas, but up until now, there have been significant delays in […]
South Africa’s Richest Man Just Pulled $200M Out of the Continent’s Biggest Bank
The sale was announced with the clinical neutrality that large financial transactions typically demand: 39.6 million shares of FirstRand, disposed of on the open market, raising R3.6 billion. Approximately $195 million. A rounding error to some; a statement to those who follow the architecture of South African capital closely. For Johann Rupert — South Africa’s […]
My First Tech Solution Hackathon For Girls In Garissa
By Peter Ongalo, Caroline Mbaya, African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026, the Northern Innovation and Empowerment Hub (NIEHUB), organized for a 3-day Hackathon in Garissa, culminating in a pitching competition and mentorship session on February 11, 2026. The event dubbed “My First Tech […]
70% Of South Africans Turn To Ride-Hailing For Flexible Earning Opportunities, Bolt’s Gig Economy Report Reveals
Bolt, the leading on-demand mobility platform, has released its flagship Gig Economy Report in partnership with Ipsos, revealing how ride-hailing is helping South Africans earn income, build financial independence, and navigate a tough economic environment. The report provides fresh insight into how digital platforms are reshaping livelihoods, with many South Africans turning to ride-hailing not […]
From Complexity To Customer Growth: Simplifying ISP Operations Through Wholesale Services
By Andre Eksteen, Senior Product Manager – FTTB, Vox Entering and scaling in the local Internet Service Provider (ISP) market presents numerous challenges, including having to wrestle with growing a customer base while managing the technical and financial burden of operating a reliable network. Add to that the presence of hundreds of ISPs in the […]
Inside the $500M Rocket-Shaped Tower in Morocco
On a Tuesday morning in April 2026, a young woman named Fatima stood on the rooftop observatory of a building that hadn’t existed when she was born — not really, not in any completed sense. For eight years, she had watched it grow from the right bank of the Bouregreg River in Salé, a 55-storey […]
How Africa’s Richest Man Just Crossed $32 Billion
In Kano, in northern Nigeria, in 1957, a boy was born into a family whose patriarch had once been the richest man in all of West Africa. The weight of that inheritance — not money, but expectation — would shape everything. Aliko Dangote started with a $500,000 loan from his uncle, a trading operation in […]
Tanzania’s Commission Finally Puts Numbers to Its Bloodiest Election
In the weeks after October 29, 2025, families across Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Mbeya, and Arusha did what families do when institutions fail them: they went looking. To hospitals. To police stations. To neighbours. Some, according to testimony gathered by investigators, buried clothing in place of bodies because the bodies had not come home. Twenty-four […]
Madagascar’s youth movement grows disillusioned
Madagascar’s military regime, led by Colonel Michael Randrianirina, has arrested multiple Gen Z activists, sparking fears that the junta is replicating the authoritarianism of the government it overthrew in October 2025. The protesters were detained for demanding a clear election timetable and constitutional reforms. While authorities claim the activists undermined state security, civil society groups […]
US-led drill in Libya aims to counter Russia
For the first time in its modern history, rival Libyan military factions are training together during the US-led Flintlock 2026 special operations exercise in Sirte. The unprecedented joint drill unites forces from Tripoli’s internationally recognized Government of National Unity and the eastern administration backed by warlord Khalifa Haftar, as well as forces from 29 other […]
