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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.
Malnutrition among children under five remains one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most persistent public health challenges. Countries and development partners have introduced numerous nutrition programmes. Yet millions of young children continue to suffer from poor nutrition.
Military drone trade is being reshaped by conflicts in Europe and Africa, with the US and Iran supplying opposing sides in the Russia-Ukraine war, while China and Türkiye have emerged as key suppliers to African countries such as DR Congo, Sudan and Mali.
Zambia is pushing back the return of open access to its main fuel-import pipeline until January, months after the International Monetary Fund called for the system to be restored.
Green technologies are mineral-intensive: electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels, wind turbines and grids need cobalt, lithium, copper, manganese, graphite and rare earths. The International Energy Agency estimates that electric cars require six times more minerals than a petrol or diesel car. A wind power plant requires about nine times more minerals than a gas-fired plant.
Abuja, Nigeria – Africa’s long-running campaign for permanent representation on the United Nations Security Council is back in focus at the 81st UN General Assembly, with leaders renewing calls to reform a body whose five permanent members have remained unchanged since 1945.
The Dangote refinery has a nameplate capacity of 650,000 barrels of crude per day.
