Africa

Sterling Bank, a leader in Nigeria’s banking sector, has announced a monumental achievement: its head office, Sterling Towers, is now the first organizational headquarters in Africa to be fully powered …

Zambia, one of Africa’s largest copper producers, has received a $187 million loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support its economic recovery and debt sustainability. The loan is …

BioNTech, the German company behind the most widely used COVID-19 vaccine in the Western world, has inaugurated its first mRNA vaccine manufacturing site in Africa, located in Rwanda’s capital Kigali. …

Moïse Katumbi, a wealthy businessman and former governor of the mineral-rich Katanga province, is one of the leading contenders for the presidency of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in …

Africa is losing a staggering $90 billion every year to illicit financial flows, according to a top official of the African Development Bank (AfDB). This amount is more than the …

Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, Jumia Technologies, has announced that it will close its food delivery business in all seven countries where it operates by the end of the year. The …

Anthrax, a deadly disease caused by spore-forming bacteria, has been spreading across five countries in East and Southern Africa, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The agency said on …

A major clinical trial of two new HIV vaccine combinations in Africa has been halted after an interim analysis showed they had little or no chance of preventing infection. The …

Flutterwave, a leading African fintech company, has announced that it has obtained payment licenses for 13 states in the US, as part of its strategy to dominate the remittance market …

Africa is home to nearly one billion people who lack access to clean cooking solutions, relying instead on wood, charcoal, kerosene, or other polluting fuels. This has devastating consequences for …