Africa

Africa faces sanitation crisis as 780 million go without basic services

Nearly 780 million people in Africa still lack basic sanitation services, the African Ministers’...

Africa imports $115 billion food despite vast farmland – UN

Africa holds more than 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land and abundant water...

Africa not getting above 2% of global venture capital

Africa currently receives only 1% to 2% of global venture capital while representing 18%...

Airtel Africa Q1 2025 revenue surges 24.9%, profit jumps 408%

Airtel Africa Plc, a leading telecommunications and mobile money services provider across 14 sub-Saharan...

Nigerians’ trust in their president drops to lowest in two decades

Public trust in the presidencies of over a dozen African nations, including Nigeria’s, has...

Nigeria’s gold smuggling triples official production, study finds

Gold smuggled out of Nigeria is three times the country’s official recorded production, according...

Africa’s economy projected to grow 4.2% in 2025, surpassing global average

Africa's economy is projected to grow at 3.8% in 2024 and 4.2% in 2025...

Climate Change costing Africa billions: 2-5% of GDP spent yearly

African countries are losing between two and five percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...

Russia thanks Nigeria for denying Bloomberg report on conscription of Africans

The Russian Embassy in Nigeria has refuted reports that Nigerian students in Russia are...

Kenya surpasses Nigeria to gain U.S. major non-NATO ally status

President Joe Biden of the United States is granting Kenya major non-NATO ally status...