A record number of eight African countries competed at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. At the 2022 Winter Games, currently underway, Africa is represented by six athletes from five countries: Eritrea, Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco and Nigeria. Five are competing in Alpine (downhill) skiing and one in cross-country skiing. These athletes are not touted to win…
PAN African music streaming service, Mdundo, has announced a 22 percent growth in its user base in the last quarter of 2021. The platform recorded 20 million users at the end of further quarter, up from 16.3m/-, in the third quarter and that is driven by strong demand for an easy-to-use music service coupled with aggressive expansion into new…
PAN African music streaming service, Mdundo, has announced a 22 percent growth in its user base in the last quarter of 2021. The platform recorded 20 million users at the end of further quarter, up from 16.3m/-, in the third quarter and that is driven by strong demand for an easy-to-use music service coupled with aggressive expansion into new…
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), along with its partners, Google and Africa 24 successfully held the annual flagship initiative, the Africa Business Forum, on Monday 7th of February on the margins of African Union summit in Addis Ababa via hybrid format. Bringing together heads of state with CEOs and other stakeholders, the focus of the Forum this year was…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s development banks provided $23 billion in financing for infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa from 2007 to 2020, more than double the amount lent by such banks in the United States, Germany, Japan and France combined, a new study showed. The Center for Global Development think tank said a review of 535 public-private…
What you need to know: In an interview with AFP ahead of a visit to Senegal, Von der Leyen said she will use the trip to unveil the first African scheme in a new investment scheme dubbed Global Gateway. As China and Russia court impoverished and fragile African states with offers of security or loans, EU chief Ursula von…
Following military takeovers in five different African countries in the past year, some have suggested that democracy may not be the best form of government on the continent. But here, Leonard Mbulle-Nziege and Nic Cheeseman argue that – despite these set-backs – democracy is the way forward for Africa.© AFP Soldiers received a rapturous welcome after they seized power in…
African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government have approved Kiswahili as one of the bloc’s official working languages following a request from Vice-President Dr. Phillip Mpango. Dr. Mpango had suggested that Kiswahili is one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa with about 100 million people within and outside the continent. “Kiswahili is already in use in…
World Health Organisation (WHO) regional director For Africa, Dr Matshido Moeti, says the continent records 1.1 million cases of cancer with 700, 000 deaths every year. In a report he released to mark the World Cancer Day, which LEADERSHIP in Maiduguri, Borno State, Moeti said, “Every year, Africa records around 1.1 million new cases of cancer, resulting in up…
Madagascar’s disaster management agency said that Cyclone Batsirai had left 20 people dead and forced 55,000 from their homes. INTERNATIONAL NEWS – Cyclone Batsirai swept out of Madagascar on Monday after killing 20 people, displacing 55,000 and devastating the drought-hit island’s agricultural heartland, leading the UN to warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis. Madagascar was already reeling from a…