“Come January 16, 2027, you must go out massively and elect me again.” From a stadium in Kaduna, Bola Tinubu kicked off a campaign shaping up…
Society
In Durban, shutters stay down and anti-immigrant marches continue. In Lagos, a sixteenth evacuation flight has just touched down.
Technology
Phishing, ransomware, fake lending apps: in just two months, Interpol took close to 1,500 suspects out of action across the…
Culture
A Rwandan drama about the aftermath of genocide to open, a Lagos cab driver to bring down the curtain. In…
Society
Twelve years after it was praised for its swift response, Nigeria is facing Ebola on its soil again, this time…
Technology
Siloed systems and rules drawn up country by country have long held the region back, and Central Africa now wants…
Culture
For five days, Abuja becomes a hub for African and international cinema. For its 23rd edition, the festival founded by…
Technology
First Lagos in 2024, now Nairobi. Staff at Microsoft’s Africa Development Centre learned on 12 October that their engineering hub…
Sport
Morocco had to wait until the second half to break loose. Four goals later, the hosts were top of their…
Technology
Nigeria is laying the groundwork for one of the continent’s largest digital projects: 90,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable, with…
Climate
After the crash that killed 25 air force personnel, Igbokoda faces another threat: aviation fuel in the river that provides…
Technology
A market that is holding up, but at two speeds: big cheques go to proven champions, while seed-stage founders turn…
Economy
The World Bank has raised its 2026 growth forecast for Angola to 4.5%, driven by oil. Mozambique is expected to…
Technology
Nigeria’s electricity generation fell to 2,033 MW on 5 October, with sixteen plants idle. Several states now get less than…
Society
Not even a first shot against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough: in 2025, 9.5 million children remained outside any vaccination…
Economy
Export bans, quotas and new taxes are reshaping West Africa's shea trade as the 2026 season begins. Butter exports are…
Culture
Lagos is about to open a biennial devoted to artworks that almost no one has seen. It also launches a…
Technology
Does accepting terms of service mean agreeing to be tracked? No, says a Nigerian judge, who classes behavioural advertising as…
Society
Thirty-eight people shot dead in a week and women killed one after another in Ekurhuleni, while Pretoria's ties with Washington…
Sport
Nigeria lost 3-0 in Bissau, Ghana were beaten at home by the Gambia, and Algeria were 2-0 down after twelve…
Economy
Two years after shaking up Nigeria's oil market, Aliko Dangote is moving into East Africa. His future refinery on the…
Economy
The Central Bank of Nigeria has made a bold move, cutting its key rate by 3.5 points to 23% in…
Economy
A Saudi pipeline shutdown has pushed Brent above $105 just as the Fed raised rates for the first time since…
Technology
Nigeria's Dangote refinery is selling 4.1 billion shares at 525 naira each, with a minimum ticket of about $4. Fintechs…
Society
A cheap herbal spirit called Monkey Tail has killed at least 48 people and sickened 182 in Ondo State, Nigeria.…
Climate
They were rounded up for mining gold without a permit. By the next morning, 37 of them were dead. As…
Technology
Sending crypto has long meant copying and pasting a string of characters, one typo away from disaster. Mastercard and Busha…
Technology
Every time an African government digitizes a service, it often deepens its reliance on technology built somewhere else. Now, policymakers…
Economy
Africa's richest man is taking his crown jewel public. On September 14, 2026, Dangote Petroleum Refinery opened subscriptions for what…
Technology
Twelve years after pioneering ride hailing in Lagos, Uber has pulled the plug on Nigeria and Uganda in one abrupt…