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Africa’s worsening floods, droughts and heatwaves are increasingly being described as “loss and damage” from climate change.
Some of the leading football minds behind Africa’s historic showing at the FIFA World Cup 2026 have been confirmed for a high-level Technical Review Panel at the CAF Strategy Conference in Sal, Cabo Verde this week.
Those words sprung to mind when I first met a Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) after traversing the maze of wooden slatted paths at the conservation centre in the dense, humid forests of Malaysian Borneo.
Few people in China have heard of Transsion Holdings, but hundreds of millions of people across the Global South use its phones.
A section of young delegates at the West Africa Youth Democracy Conference held in Dakar, Senegal. 8-10 September, 2026. Photo by Legis360. Used with permission.
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Increasingly, both public and private conversations across the continent are centred on Africa’s AI posture.
More than one million international tourists came to South African shores in the month of August 2026, representing a 7.4% growth compared to August 2025.
The region has proved it can build technology around local needs. The next opportunity is making successful digital models work across borders, writes John Syekei of Bowmans Kenya.
