Ecobank’s Fintech Challenge [Hi-Tech]
In this episode of Hi-Tech, Donald Trump’s recent executive order on immigration continues to face massive opposition. Several technology giants, including Apple, Google and Microsoft, banded… source
Seychelles passport, most powerful in Africa [Travel on TMC]
It is often difficult for African passport holders to travel to diverse regions in the world including within Africa. One of the many reasons the African Union is proposing visa-free…
Anglophone Cameroonians intensify protests [The Morning Call]
A fight over colonial languages is dividing Cameroonians. Anglophones have been protesting since November last year against the dominance of the French language; the official language in four-fifth… source
Cameroonian student lights up his village with solar panels [Grand Angle]
A student of renewable energy has returned to his home country Cameroon after studying in Italy. Bolive Wakam is training other young people in Batoufam, a community in the western…
Ivory Coast troops join Mali’s UN mission [The Morning Call]
For the first time, Ivory Coast sent last week 150 soldiers to Mali to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission. According to the government, the unit is expected to reinforce…
Two African satellites launched into space in a week [Hi-Tech]
We always hear about satellites being launched into space but hardly hear about African satellites. This is not the case anymore as South Africa’s first privately owned nanosatellite – nSight1……
Gambia jailed opposition leader released [The Morning Call]
Just days after a surprising election outcome in The Gambia, a top opposition figure, Ousainou Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party has been freed on bail with 18 others…
Tanzania’s helium deposit [The Morning Call]
Tanzania could hold the worlds solution to ending the fear of helium shortage. After the discovery of over 54 billion cubic feet of the gas in Lake Rukwa. … READ…
Morocco’s African Union reintegration controversy [The Morning Call]
Participants at the recent MEDays International Forum in Tangiers, Morocco are in favour of the reintegration of Morocco into the African Union. Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperatio… source
Burundi crisis: Is Michel Kafando up to the task? [The Morning Call]
Former Acting President of Burkina Faso Michel Kafando has been appointed as the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. His role includes leading and coordinating… source