by Premium Times on July 26, 2021 at 3:27 am

[Premium Times] Nigeria accounts for about 10 per cent of the African population without electricity.

by Balancing Act on July 25, 2021 at 7:50 pm

[Balancing Act] London — There have been few local challengers to the global big tech social platforms. Aiming to become a super app, Moya has made significant progress in South Africa along this road. Russell Southwood talked to Datafree CEO Gour Lentell about what’s cooking.

by Thomson Reuters Foundation on July 24, 2021 at 11:22 am

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Rainforests are far more vulnerable than predicted in the past, researchers find, warning areas that are disturbed or fragmented lack resilience to climate warming and drought

by Govt of SA on July 23, 2021 at 3:07 pm

[Govt of SA] Minister Nzimande congratulates Biovac for having been appointed to manufacture and distribute Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 vaccine doses within Africa

by Daily Maverick on July 23, 2021 at 2:36 pm

[Daily Maverick] With carbon dioxide emissions poised to rise to record highs in 2023 and global average temperatures potentially reaching above the 1.5°C tipping point in the next five years, the climate crisis has never been more salient.

by East African on July 23, 2021 at 12:42 pm

[East African] African countries continue to face substantial financing gaps as they take on projects of all sizes in pursuit of development. To tackle the slowdown in foreign direct investment since the onset of the pandemic, some African countries are actively courting their diaspora and looking for pockets of cash-rich businesses around the continent.

by East African on July 23, 2021 at 12:40 pm

[East African] As the protests against the jailing of former South African president Jacob Zuma for contempt of court swept the country last week, criminals and opportunists saw an opening and unleashed an orgy of looting unseen in Africa outside a war.

by Rugby Africa on July 23, 2021 at 11:48 am

[Rugby Africa] Cape Town, South Africa — Qualifying began with a round-robin tournament between Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Burundi

by Capital FM on July 23, 2021 at 11:20 am

[Capital FM] KILIFI, Kenya, July 22, 2021, -President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for the intensification of fight against malaria and other diseases ravaging Africa even as the continent tackles Covid-19.

by Thomson Reuters Foundation on July 23, 2021 at 9:41 am

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] A shift to a greener economy should bring social benefits, especially for the poorest, or ‘the politics will end up against us’

by allAfrica on July 23, 2021 at 9:11 am

[allAfrica] As of July 23 confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 6,368,328 while over 41,619,926 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.