IN today’s digital age, economic diversification is no longer a luxury but a necessity for sustainable growth and development. Nations across the global North have demonstrated that broadening their economic bases can not only stimulate growth but also strengthen the…
IN the early light at Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park, rangers move in single file through the rugged brush, their eyes scanning for signs of poachers. Sgt. Abdou Diouf and his team, with guns at the ready, are not searching for…
GRAND Baie, a once-sleepy coastal town in Mauritius, has transformed into Africa’s fastest-growing millionaire enclave, boasting a staggering 95 percent increase in high-net-worth individuals over the past decade. This surge, reported in the 2024 Africa Wealth Report by Henley & Partners, places…
SUB-SAHARAN Africa is witnessing an impressive surge in finance app usage as the region steadily recovers from recent economic instability. In their latest report, The State of App Marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa, AppsFlyer and Google have conducted a comprehensive analysis of the…
KENYA is set to boost its cruise tourism sector as the government introduces significant changes to visa and Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) requirements at the Port of Mombasa. The move comes as part of broader efforts to simplify entry processes…
EQUATORIAL Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who currently heads the Economic Community of Central African States, called on Gabonese voters to support their leader, General Brice Oligui Nguema, in the upcoming presidential elections on April 12, AFP reports. Speaking during a ceremony marking…
ROBERTA Flack, the Grammy-winning singer known for her timeless hit Killing Me Softly With His Song, died on Monday at the age of 88, AFP reports. Her publicist announced her passing, stating that she died peacefully surrounded by her family, without citing a cause.…
MORE Kenyan women are choosing to remain child-free and undergo sterilisation, challenging long-held societal norms about womanhood and motherhood. According to the BBC, 28-year-old Kenyan Nelly Naisula Sironka underwent tubal ligation last October, a procedure that permanently prevents pregnancy by blocking…
IN a historic move, the Senegalese government and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) have signed a peace agreement, bringing an end to one of Africa’s longest-running conflicts. The peace deal, brokered by Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo,…
More than 50 people have died from an unknown disease in northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) local authorities reported on Monday Actualite news portal reported that over 943 cases of fever of unknown origin have been identified in…
