A key challenge facing African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is access to finance to survive and grow. The French-speaking part of Africa is particularly disadvantaged: 98% of private funding goes to South Africa, Nigeria,…
Ebola’s death toll in Uganda jumps to four,…
A few days after reporting an outbreak of a strain of the disease in a central district, the Ugandan authorities in charge of public health have verified the deaths of three further Ebola patients in…
In an airstrike in Somalia, the US claims…
The United States military announced on Wednesday that it had killed 27 members of the Al-Shabaab militant group in an air strike in the central Hiran region of Somalia. This is the same region where…
Rains in Niger killed more than 160 people…
Since June, Niger has been hit by persistent and heavy rainfall, which has resulted in severe flooding, which has claimed the lives of 159 people and impacted over 225,000 others. Because of this, this country,…
The first PM appointed in Senegal since 2019…
Two months after a tense legislative election in which President Macky Sall's coalition lost its comfortable majority, he brought back the position of prime minister and gave it to a former economy minister. Amadou Ba,…
MVP March raises $5M from stage 2 capital
MVP Match, a marketplace for tech talent, has raised €5 million ($5 million) in seed funding from Stage 2 Capital to expand its approach to connecting businesses with talent throughout the world. The business, which…
England-South Africa third test: Match to resume on…
After the second day was postponed on Friday due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth, the third and final test between England and South Africa at The Oval will begin on Saturday. The England and…
Heavy rains in Uganda cause landslides that result…
According to reports from the Red Cross, a landslide that was caused by intense rainfall claimed the lives of at least 15 people in western Uganda. The disaster occurred when the heavy rains buried the…
A Burkina Faso IED convoy explosion results in…
According to the governor of the troubled northern province of Burkina Faso, an improvised explosive device (IED) caused at least 35 civilians to die when it detonated near a convoy of cars bringing supplies. The…
Nigerian co. Josplay launches African Music Library
The African Music Library (AML) social initiative, a unified database designed to give the worldwide music business the most accurate and thorough understanding of African music, was announced as being launched by Nigerian music intelligence…
Scientists to solve ozone threat to Africa’s food…
Felicity Hayes, a plant scientist, keeps an eye on her crops from one of the eight tiny, dome-shaped greenhouses she has built against the Welsh hills. The spring-planted papaya and pigeon pea plants in pots…
President Faustin Archange Touadéra created a constitution-writing committee
According to a declaration that was issued by the President on Friday, a committee that will be charged with drafting a new constitution has been established in the Central African Republic, a country that has…
Iran is a threat to America and global…
Josh Block, an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute, a foreign policy researcher and political strategist, and a former US State Department spokesman, wrote an article for Prolific Solutions, highlighting the negative facts about Iran.…
