Tech Expo targets $890m deals with enterprise push
Africa Technology Expo (ATE) is shifting firmly toward enterprise deal-making as it prepares for its 2026 edition, setting an ambitious read more Tech Expo targets $890m deals with enterprise push
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Fashion law added to Yaba College of Technology’s curriculum
The Fashion Law Institute, Africa (FLIAfrica), Africa’s first dedicated fashion law institution, founded in 2021 has successfully embedded fashion law into read more Fashion law added to Yaba College of Technology’s curriculum
Nigerian challengers get together in bid to unseat Bola Tinubu
Does the ADC, an unlikely coalition of former foes, have a chance of unseating the President at next year's election?
Access to capital, others to define the next phase of SMEs’ growth
The managing director of Regent Microfinance Bank, Idris Olugbesan, has emphasised that the future of small and medium scale enterprises read more Access to capital, others to define the next phase of SMEs’ growth
AFC, South African Bank Launch climate-resilient infrastructure fund for Africa
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has announced a commitment from the Development Bank of Southern read more AFC, South African Bank Launch climate-resilient infrastructure fund for Africa
Fenchurch Power takes over idle Akute Plant, targets 26MW
Fenchurch Power Limited has secured a concession to rehabilitate and expand the dormant Akute Independent Power Plant (IPP) in Lagos, read more Fenchurch Power takes over idle Akute Plant, targets 26MW
South Africa's AI policy withdrawn after AI-generated citations found
The draft policy withdrawal is an embarrassing setback for the government as it reckons with the challenges and opportunities of AI.
Zero tariffs, same structure: Africa must change how it trades with China
AUDA-NEPAD CEO Nardos Bekele-Thomas used her address at the Retreat of African Ambassadors in China to make a carefully argued case: that the continent's real challenge is not access to the Chinese market, but what Africa does once it gets there.
Africa convenes landmark development forum
African ministers, senior officials and development experts will gather in Ethiopia's capital for the Twelfth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-12), a high-stakes annual convening organised by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to chart the continent's c
Nigeria sees 21% surge in asylum seekers as refugee population declines
Nigeria recorded a 21 per cent increase in newly arrived asylum seekers in the first quarter of 2026, even as read more Nigeria sees 21% surge in asylum seekers as refugee population declines