AFRICA: THE world has seen dramatic improvements in maternal, newborn and child health. For instance, the World Health Organisation reported a 38% reduction in maternal deaths between 2000 and 2017, ...

On a blazing afternoon in Senegal, 33-year-old farmer Filly Mangassa heaved peanut plants onto a horse-drawn cart, sending ...

From Cairo to Libreville and Dakar, new towns are proliferating, driven by massive investments and futuristic promises. While ...

The OECD Development Centre and UN-Habitat report argues that fast-growing intermediary cities in Kenya and Mozambique can ...

Urban One marked its 45th anniversary in 2025, celebrating its evolution from a single radio station founded by Cathy Hughes into one of the nation’s largest African-American media companies. Hughes ...

Unpacking how ride-hailing and built-in safety features may be influencing safer festive-season travel choices.

Africa’s downstream energy sector is increasingly being positioned as one of the world’s next major investment frontiers, as ...

We explore how Africa’s booming creative industry is transforming cultural influence into hard, bankable collateral while Dar ...

French magazine Jeune Afrique has ranked four South African cities among the top 30 most attractive destinations on the continent for quality of life and investment.

Nairobi — Nairobi has been ranked the third most attractive city in Africa in the newly released Jeune Afrique 2025 African Cities Attractiveness Index, marking the capital's strongest showing yet as ...

The 2021 ECD Census in South Africa highlights a severe cycle of poverty and bureaucratic red tape, with only 40% of Early ...

South Africa remains one of the continent’s most structured power markets with an access rate of around 84.4 percent. Issues such as ageing infrastructure and load shedding still pose challenges, but ...