After two decades focused on expanding financial inclusion, the next challenge for African financial systems is no longer bringing more people into formal finance but ensuring digital services remain trusted, reliable and resilient, according to a new report by Bridgforte.
Author: Anjianjei Constantine
Members of the March and March movement destroy stalls, for allegedly belonging to a foreigner, during a weekly demonstration in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, on July 23, 2026. (Photo by MZINGENKOSI SIBANDA / AFP)
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Chad has become the latest African country to distance itself from the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move that has been welcomed by the United States as Washington intensifies its campaign against the world’s top war crimes tribunal.
Global funding cuts threaten the resurgence of the HIV epidemic, warned UNAIDS in a recent report. A sharp reduction by 18% last year brought funding to its lowest level in two decades, endangering the progress made in HIV and AIDS prevention efforts globally.
More than 1,000 young people in Bayelsa State have completed a two-month digital and vocational skills acquisition programme aimed at equipping them with employable and entrepreneurial skills beyond the oil and gas sector. The training, organised by Africa’s Hub for Skills and Enterprise Development (AHSED) to commemorate this year’s World……
Africa’s electricity expansion depends on governments and development finance institutions (DFIs) using limited public capital to unlock substantially larger pools of private investment. As each participant assumes a distinct role in the capital stack, electricity projects are becoming bankable through policy reform, risk-sharing mechanisms and commercially driven investment rather than public spending alone.
H. Ubamba converted D. Minja’s pass in the 87th minute to restore Tanzania’s lead, sending their bench into wild celebrations.
Centre of Science and Technology (Cosat) has put Khayelitshaon the map after it was awarded the title of the top-performing Quintile 3 school in the country in the category of Top-Performing Public Ordinary Schools on Friday, 24 July.
Four shopkeepers, believed to be of Pakistani origin, were shot dead in a suspected targeted attack in the main city of South Africa’s Gauteng province, prompting calls for a thorough investigation from the local Pakistani community leaders.
