Kenya Introduces School Fees as Malawi Declares Free Education
Kenya will begin charging public senior secondary school students an annual fee of KSh 53,554 (approximately $414) starting in 2026, ...
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Ethiopia’s New E-passport Earns Global Design Honor
Ethiopia's recently introduced electronic passport has won the 2025 Red Dot Award for Brands and Communication Design, according to Selamawit ...
Kenya Dominates New York Marathon as Obiri Breaks Course Record
Kenya is celebrating a landmark achievement at the 2025 New York City Marathon after its athletes swept the podium in ...
Switzerland Returns Three Sacred Artefacts to South Africa
Three sacred cultural artefacts belonging to South Africa’s Nkuna royal family have been returned by Switzerland’s city of Neuchâtel after ...
Dakar 2026 Unveils Mascot Ayo as Youth Olympic Games Near
Ayo, the official mascot of the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026, was unveiled Friday during a festive ceremony at the ...
700 Afro-Descendants Reconnect with Roots in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso welcomes more than 700 Afro-descendants from around the world for a two-week cultural and historical mission organized by ...
4 African Countries Removed from Global Illicit Finance Watchlist
Four African countries, namely Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique and Burkina Faso, have been removed from the Financial Action Task Force ...
Nigeria Explores Stablecoin Regulation with New Interagency Task Force
Nigeria is taking steps toward regulating stablecoins as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) launches an interagency working group to ...
South African Lawmakers Urge Faster Job Creation from Investments
South Africa’s Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade has called for the urgent conversion of investment pledges into jobs ...
Angola Secures $124M for Youth Jobs and Entrepreneurship Boost
The Government of Angola, in partnership with the African Development Bank and the European Union, has launched the $124 million ...
Rwanda Positions Kigali Financial Centre as Africa’s Investment Gateway
Rwanda's Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) used this week's Inclusive FinTech Forum to advance its case as a preferred structuring...
Training Expands Poultry Support Network in Zambia
A new round of field training in Zambia is strengthening the frontline workforce supporting small-scale poultry farmers as agricultural programs...
Africa Emerges as the Global Swing Bloc in a Shifting Global Order
Moments of geopolitical conflict often reshape the global economy in ways that extend far beyond the battlefield. Energy markets tighten,...
Mame Khady Diouf: A Rising Force in Peace Negotiations and Mediation
In many high-level peace negotiations across Africa, those most affected by conflict are absent from the room. Women, who often...