The fund, administered through Africa-focused investment vehicle Speedinvest, aims to back emerging tech firms.

Medical supplies in Sudan risk running out within weeks as conflict-driven disruptions choke humanitarian supply chains.

UN-backed anti-gang force in Haiti targets full deployment by October, with Chadian troops training to replace Kenyan police.

Somalia’s nine Eala representatives were sworn in after months of legal disputes and financial delays. Somalia’s nine representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala), have been sworn ...

Across East Africa, such projects are beginning to support conservation efforts that had previously relied largely on charity.

A Safaricom's M-Pesa app user. Safaricom and Vodacom launch Tanzania’s first tap-to-pay M-Pesa for fast, contactless ...

US President Donald Trump, President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix ...

US aid cuts have left Kenya exposed to rising disease outbreaks, climate shocks, and looming pandemic threats.

It treated the military seizure of power as the decisive rupture when the deeper rupture lay in the weakening of authority ...

Maritime disruptions often hurt net importers such as Kenya. When piracy incidents off the coast of Somalia went up, for instance, insurance companies raised premium for covering ships ...

It is unclear exactly how many Africans have gone to fight in Ukraine but Kyiv says over 1,700 Africans fighting on the Russian side.

The strong performance in the year ended December 31 followed a ​difficult 2024 for the group, when its largest business, MTN ...