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A new landmark report by Smile ID, Africa’s premier identity verification service, reveals a significant uptick in identity fraud across the continent. Utilising anonymised data from over 100 million identity checks, Smile ID, Africa’s premier identity verification service, released its 2024 Digital Identity Fraud in Africa report. The report reveals a consistent year-on-year increase in […]

Judd Devermont, who joined the White House staff in October 2021 as National Security Council Senior Director for African Affairs, was the author of the influential “U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa” white paper for the Biden administration, which was announced in August 2022. The strategy was followed by the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022, […]

The conversation about investing in African startups changed dramatically over the last four years. We’ve seen such sharp shifts in investors’ behaviours that makes us wonder where exactly the ecosystsem is headed. In his TEDx Talk, Kanamugire Junior, a Rwandan venture builder, proposes his innovative strategy for boosting startup success in Africa. In his TEDx […]

The transition to digital documentation in maritime trade is a significant shift for Africa. The approach to digitizing and streamlining processes is not merely a technological upgrade but a fundamental change in how trade is conducted. The journey of digitizing Africa’s maritime sector is complex, filled with challenges such as infrastructure gaps, the need for […]

The move comes 150 years after looting them from the court of the Asante king. A gold peace pipe is among 32 items returning under long-term loan deals, the BBC can reveal. The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) is lending 17 pieces and 15 are from the British Museum. Ghana’s chief negotiator said he hoped […]

Denmark’s defence ministry said it would launch a review after evidence emerged showing its air force participated in airstrikes on Libya that killed 14 civilians in 2011, the first time any of the 10 countries involved in the Nato bombing campaign has acknowledged a possible link to non-combatant casualties. Documents released under freedom of information […]

Morocco’s 1-0 win over Zambia in Group F on Wednesday ensured Ivory Coast finished as the fourth-best third-place team, thus just qualifying for the knockout stage. Zambia’s defeat left the Copper Bullets with two points after three games, one fewer than Ivory Coast, which failed to secure its own progress when it was beaten 4-0 […]

Zimbabwean Health Minister Douglas Mombeshora told reporters in Harare on Wednesday that the country had recorded 20,121 suspected cholera cases and 376 deaths — six of them since Tuesday. He said the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund had secured 2.3 million cholera vaccine doses for the country, with nearly 900,000 of […]

Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made an unplanned stopover in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after her plane was denied permission to fly over Eritrea en route to Djibouti. It is the first stop of Baerbock’s three-day trip to East Africa, where she was scheduled to hold talks on the ongoing conflict in Sudan and the […]

Across Africa, healers have been part of the social fabric for centuries. During ceremonies, they use traditional medicine, rituals and supernatural guidance from ancestral spirits to improve people’s mental health. Once maligned as “witch doctors”, these healers are now seen by South African psychologists as vital across a country where there is a severe shortage […]