Africa’s future food security is being shaped not only in farmers’ fields, but also in laboratories, breeding programs, and data science classrooms where a new generation of scientists is acquiring the knowledge needed to breed the climate-smart, nutritious, and high-yielding crops of tomorrow.
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When I interviewed a man I will call Charles as part of my research on classical music and abuse in South Africa, he shared a poem with me. He’d written it when he was studying music at university in South Africa.
The rocky peaks of Mt Kenya with glaciers in view. East Africa’s iconic glaciers are disappearing fast, with Mt Kenya, Kilimanjaro and the Rwenzori Mountains facing a future without permanent ice. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
PalmPay, one of Africa’s fastest-growing digital payments companies, is considering a listing in Hong Kong after reaching a valuation of more than $1 billion, positioning the company to become one of the continent’s few fintech unicorns to test public markets following the slowdown in global startup funding.
South Africa’s governing coalition is facing one of its biggest tests yet after the Democratic Alliance (DA), the second-largest party in the Government of National Unity (GNU), asked the High Court to strike down the country’s controversial Expropriation Act, the same legislation that fuelled a diplomatic dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump and intensified concerns…
African governments are racing to digitise public services, connect institutions and modernise administration. However, many e-government projects still end in delay, underperformance, budget overruns or abandonment. The problem, a new review argues, is not simply weak technology; it is the disconnect between how digital projects are formally governed and the political, institutional and operational conditions…
West Africa’s economy is projected to remain one of Africa’s fastest-growing regions, according to the African Development Bank in its West Africa Economic Outlook 2026. The report projects regional growth of 4.7 per cent in 2026, supported by agriculture, mining, hydrocarbons and infrastructure investment, while highlighting the need to strengthen domestic resource mobilisation, deepen financial…
29.07.2612:00 Personalities Rais of Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov: “We are interested in developing cooperation both with BRICS countries and with states of South-East Asia, Islamic world and Latin America” 21.07.2618:56 Culture Director General of M. I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature, Marina Zakharenko: “Without understanding of another’s culture, it is impossible to…
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, has warned that Nigeria risks losing its position as Africa’s leading technology hub unless the government accelerates policy reforms, expands digital infrastructure and creates a more predictable regulatory environment to attract investment.
A neighbouring country has emerged as South Africa’s largest tourist feeder market, showing massive double-digit growth.
