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Mining

Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea

Hanri Mostert and Tracy-Lynn Field 22 Jul 2025

Arik Karani says PR needs to embrace empathetic communication. Source: Instagram.

PR & Communications

#BizTrends2025: Arik Karani on how data, disinformation, and ethics will redefine PR in Africa

Karabo Ledwaba 3 Feb 2025

Human Rights Law

Zimbabwe scraps the death penalty – tracking the path to abolition

Carolyn Hoyle and Parvais Jabbar 3 Jan 2025

The digital divide in sub-saharan Africa: A barrier to quality education and information access

Education

The digital divide in sub-saharan Africa: A barrier to quality education and information access

George Barrett 2 Apr 2024

100 Most Influential African Women 2023 announced

Media

100 Most Influential African Women 2023 announced

22 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Africa-US trade programme needs at least 10-year extension, AU says

Joe Bavier 3 Nov 2023

Former Central African Republic militia leader Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka attends the International Criminal Court hearings to determine the exact charges it will bring against him, in The Hague, Netherlands, August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool/File Photo

Human Rights Law

ICC prosecutor drops charges against Central Africa militia leader

Bart Meijer 19 Oct 2023

Economy

#BRICS2023: Putin's pledge: A path to food security in Africa

Katja Hamilton 23 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters. Felix Mutati, when he was finance minister of Zambia.

Fintech

Zambia to finish cryptocurrency regulation tests by June -minister

Chris Mfula and Rachel Savage 13 Apr 2023

Covid-19

Africa's reliance on imported Covid-19 test kits threatens right to health

1 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Alice Tomdio, chief financial officer at Yellow Card Financial.

Trends

#BizTrends2023: The future of crypto in Africa

Alice Tomdio 11 Jan 2023

Source © Southern Africa Resource Watch Investing in African Mining Indaba is returning to Cape Town in February 2023

Mining

Investing in African Mining Indaba returns to Cape Town

23 Dec 2022

CAR delays crypto token listing, cites 'market conditions'

Fintech

CAR delays crypto token listing, cites 'market conditions'

Rachel Savage and Elizabeth Howcroft 20 Dec 2022

Source: © Oleksandr Pidvalnyi The digital switchover process from analogue to digital TV has marooned in Africa

TV

Analogue to digital switchover in Africa process marooned

15 Dec 2022

Source: African Bank.

Banking

African banks increasingly worried about funding costs, survey shows

Marc Jones and Rachel Savage 21 Oct 2022

Grain ship in Ukraine readies for journey to Africa

Agriculture

Grain ship in Ukraine readies for journey to Africa

Andrea Shalal 15 Aug 2022

When you buy diamonds, think of Bucha, Ukraine envoy says

Markets & Investment

When you buy diamonds, think of Bucha, Ukraine envoy says

Helen Reid 28 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS. Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera speaks during the annual gathering in New York City for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, September 21, 2021.

Finance

Central African Republic to launch Bitcoin investment platform

26 May 2022

Bitcoin adoption by Central African Republic baffles cryptoverse

Financial Services

Bitcoin adoption by Central African Republic baffles cryptoverse

29 Apr 2022

Central African Republic adopts Bitcoin as an official currency

Financial Services

Central African Republic adopts Bitcoin as an official currency

28 Apr 2022

Source: Flight facilitated by Hope Consortium touches down in Belgium with delivery of ultra-cold chain freezers for onward shipment to Africa, Oct.

Covid-19

Consortium transports ultra-cold freezers to 20 African nations

28 Dec 2021

African countries must include all migrant populations in their vaccination plans. Thierry/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Excluding migrants undermines the success of Covid-19 vaccine rollouts

Rebecca Walker, Jo Vearey & Nicholas Maple 2 Aug 2021

Source: ©Jason Ross

Infrastructure & Utilities

How the private sector is shaping the future of Lake Chad and the Congo Basin

Nidhi Nagabhatla & Ramazan Caner Sayan 25 Jun 2021

Image: ©Jozef Polc -

Covid-19

Why countries best placed to handle the pandemic appear to have fared the worst

Rachel M Gisselquist & Andrea Vaccaro 18 Jun 2021

Global food price index rises for 9th consecutive month

Agriculture

Global food price index rises for 9th consecutive month

4 Mar 2021

OxERA oxygen supply device

Covid-19

Innovation bridges oxygen supply gap for Covid-19 patients

12 Jan 2021

Trade and industry minister, Ebrahim Patel

Economy

New dawn in African trade

5 Jan 2021

Global food prices rise by 3.9%

Agriculture

Global food prices rise by 3.9%

3 Dec 2020

Early diagnosis and treatment are key in the fight against HIV. Peter Casaer

HIV/AIDS

Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: why are so many still dying?

Gilles van Cutsem 19 Nov 2020

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, regional head, Africa, World Health Organisation

Covid-19

Africa's fragile health system hit hard by Covid-19

9 Nov 2020

After Covid-19, Africa can build back better

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

After Covid-19, Africa can build back better

Amina J. Mohammed 28 May 2020

Entries open for 10th Orange Social Venture Prize

Awards

Entries open for 10th Orange Social Venture Prize

9 Mar 2020

Ibrahim Mahama.

Design Indaba

#DI2020: African icons at Design Indaba 25

Terry Levin 3 Mar 2020

CFA franc countries will no longer have to keep 50% of their foreign exchange reserves at the French Treasury. Shutterstock

Banking

Is the time right for a single currency in West Africa?

Iwa Salami 27 Feb 2020

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

Health & Social Welfare

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

20 Feb 2020

#EvolutionOfWork: Why Africa is championing the flexible workspace revolution

#EvolutionofWork

#EvolutionOfWork: Why Africa is championing the flexible workspace revolution

27 Jan 2020

Rural areas can and must be connected in Africa

Internet

Rural areas can and must be connected in Africa

Nora Wahby 10 Dec 2019

Global food prices up 2.7% in November

Agriculture

Global food prices up 2.7% in November

6 Dec 2019

TB is still a leading cause of death around the world. Sanjay Baid/EPA-EFE

Tuberculosis

We are gaining against TB but knowledge gaps remain

Emily Wong, Al Leslie & Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala 11 Nov 2019

Marketing & Media

Luis Sequeira wins Rory Peck video award

8 Nov 2019

Millions of people have been displaced from countries like Mali. Can a free trade zone create more security? NICOLAS REMENE/EPA-EFE

Markets & Investment

The African free trade zone can't ignore continent's security issues

5 Sep 2019

Africa is championing the flexible workspace revolution

Retail

Africa is championing the flexible workspace revolution

Issued by GO Content Lab 31 Jul 2019

Photo: World Economic Forum

Infectious Diseases

20-million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018

16 Jul 2019

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo attends a confirmation of charges hearing at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. EPA/Michael Kooren

Criminal Law

Flirting with fire: African leaders and international law

Marco Bocchese 16 Jul 2019

Maza Wanawake Kwanza Growers Association via

Agriculture

Ongoing conflicts take toll on food insecurity in Africa

8 Jul 2019

Central African Republic gendarmes and police officers are seen on January 2, 2016, in Bangui. Police in Bangui allegedly assaulted two French reporters from AFP recently. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Issouf Sanogo.

Media Freedom

Police arrest, assault 2 AFP journalists in Central African Republic

3 Jul 2019

African countries and the state of their environments: the best and the worst

Environment & Natural Resources

African countries and the state of their environments: the best and the worst

Corey J. A. Bradshaw and Enrico Di Minin 28 Jun 2019