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Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi was born in Kampala, Uganda, in 1967, and now lives in Manchester. Her first novel, Kintu, was longlisted for the Etisalat prize… Read More »The Stories and Writers that Inspired a Ugandan Author
Ivory Coast inaugurated Saturday its new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium, built with the help of China, in Ebimpe, on the outskirts of Abidjan, in preparation for… Read More »The Elephants are Ready to Host CAF Games
International Holding Co. said a unit entered into an agreement with DAL Group to jointly invest $225 million in a Sudan agriculture project as the… Read More »Sudan Farming Project Gets Big Boost from the UAE
This Kaduna-Abuja railway line, opened by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016, is the first of the country’s standard gauge railway modernisation projects, accommodating high-speed rail… Read More »Poor Transport Infrastructure a Big Hindrance to Economic Development in Nigeria
Lual Mayen’s is putting the finishing touches on a video game that he’s been thinking about for years. It’s a lifelong dream for Mayen, a… Read More »South Sudanese Refugee Turns Past into a Pastime
Many low- and middle-income countries, such as Malawi, continue to experience high child mortality rates. Most of these deaths are caused by preventable and treatable… Read More »mHealth Helps Curb Child Mortality Rates in Rural Malawi
Ethiopia has banned all flights over its giant new hydropower dam on the Blue Nile for security reasons, the head of its civil aviation authority… Read More »Ethiopia Marks its Territory over Controversial Dam
The Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan Africa 2020 report predicts that there will be just under 30m mobile 5G connections in sub-Saharan Africa in five years, with… Read More »Annual Report on the Continent’s Telecoms Industry
Despite only having seven doctors for every 100,000 people, the BBC’s Mayeni Jones and Naomi Scherbel-Ball look at how the country has managed to keep… Read More »Senegal Is Widely Praised for its Handling of the Coronavirus Pandemic
South Africa’s borders officially reopened for tourists on October 1 after more than six months of being shut. Government released a list of high risk… Read More »How to Navigate South Africa’s New Travel Guidelines