AFRICA
Kenya unveils e-commerce strategy to better harness the digital economy
Kenya President William Ruto Kenya launched a national e-commerce strategy on 13 December to fortify its position as a digital frontrunner in...
Meet Victor Larsen: The Phenomenal Youth Driving Dubai’s Real Estate Sector
Victor Larsen, an 18-year-old Danish real estate developer, surveys a development site in the UAE, where he is overseeing the...
Amid rising corruption, most Africans say they risk retaliation if they speak up, new Afrobarometer Pan-Africa Profile reveals
Released ahead of International Anti-Corruption Day (9 December), the Afrobarometer report is based on nationally representative surveys in 39 African...
Sino-African Relations and the Debt-Trap Diplomacy
Abstract With the emergence of China as a prominent provider of development finance to African nations, there has been an...
AfricaCom: Whitepaper reveals new opportunities for 5G FWA in Africa
GSMA Intelligence has released a white paper titled, "5G FWA in Africa, Emerging Trends and Opportunities". The whitepaper, which was...
MSGBC Conference to Foster Regional Power Connections
The third edition of MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power – which is organized by Energy Capital & Power -promises to...
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BREAKING! US suspends Uganda from AGOA trade program
Mixed images of US President Joe Biden (right) and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden said...
The Nile River is a symbol of the ties that bind us
Dr. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga at the closing of the Seventh Nile Basin Development Forum (NBDF) KAMPALA: The Right Honourable First...
Tanzania requests World Bank, IMF to introduce Kiswahili as working language
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Tanzania has requested the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary...
Action Aid Country Directors in Africa call for an end to debt distress and Austerity
The IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings are taking place in Africa for the first time in 50 years. The...
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