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Op-Ed By Samaila Zubairu, President and CEO, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Africa has decided to build its future now, not later—moving from potential to prosperity. Across the continent, governments are acting with greater clarity and intent to develop the infrastructure systems that will underpin industrialisation, trade, and long-term resilience. What is unfolding is not isolated progress. […]
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At GITEX Africa 2026 in Marrakech, conversations across founders, policymakers, and technology leaders reflected a broader shift taking place across Africa’s digital finance ecosystem, as the focus moves from access alone toward building systems that are more integrated, reliable, and aligned with everyday economic activity. For companies operating in this space, the challenge is no […]
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Speak Up Africa’s 2025 Impact Report, Africa Solves highlights a year in which African leaders, communities, and institutions came together to design and implement locally driven solutions across health, gender equality, sanitation, and innovation. By strengthening political leadership, mobilizing sustainable financing, and amplifying community expertise, Speak Up Africa helped turn commitments into measurable action. This […]
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In the bustling Gikomba market on the eastern edge of Nairobi, Wanjiru Kamau has sold cooking oil, flour, and maize for nearly two decades. She knows, in the way only a market trader can, when the world has shifted. In early 2026, she felt it again — the kind of creeping, wordless squeeze that no […]
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Seun stopped using the word “hustle” sometime in late 2024. The Lagos-born entrepreneur — who spent three years making the rounds in London and San Francisco, sitting across polished conference tables from investors who smiled politely and said they’d follow the space — noticed something different when the meetings resumed in 2025. The balance of […]
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At Africa.com, we have always believed that telling Africa’s story with clarity and authority requires being in the right rooms, not just on the continent, but wherever the decisions that shape Africa’s future are being made. Washington DC, New York, and the United States as a whole play a critical role in Africa’s future, not […]
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The rain came down on Algiers the morning Pope Leo XIV touched African soil for the first time as pontiff. The welcoming ceremony had to be moved indoors — a small concession from a country that does not easily bend. A young girl stepped forward and offered the pope a bouquet of flowers as an […]
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A mountain gorilla has defied the odds — again. And she’s not the only one making history in one of Africa’s most embattled parks. Deep in eastern DR Congo, inside a park that has survived militia incursions, decades of conflict, and the slow grind of a conservation crisis, a mountain gorilla named Nyiramurema has done […]
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This year, the digital asset industry will no longer be divided by ideology, but by execution. The question will not be whether digital assets belong in the financial system, that debate is effectively over, but rather which platforms can operate at scale, under regulation, and across borders without friction. This is the point where much […]
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When COVID-19 hit Kenya, decision-makers faced a critical challenge: how to respond quickly to a fast-moving crisis without reliable, locally grounded data. Global models offered some guidance, but they often failed to reflect local realities. That gap is what the Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA) was built to address. Founded during the pandemic […]
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