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Africa Moves to Reduce Reliance on Foreign Aid for Health Financing
African governments are under growing pressure to find new ways of financing healthcare as declining foreign assistance, rising debt costs and limited domestic revenues...
Technology
PAPSS Eyes Next Growth Phase as Cross-Border Payments Surge Across Africa
The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is preparing to accelerate the adoption of its cross-border payments platform as transaction volumes surge and its...
Africa
PAP Pushes Stronger Parliamentary Action to Turn Africa’s Climate Pledges Into Results
Africa must move from making climate commitments to enforcing them through stronger laws, budgets and parliamentary oversight, the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has said, as...
Africa
African health ministers adopt a landmark framework to strengthen emergency medical teams
The speed and quality of medical care during an emergency are critical. Yet, many African countries lack permanent, self-sufficient medical teams that can rapidly...
Africa
Africa Cannot Afford to Ignore the Deadly Cost of Unsafe Roads
Every journey on Africa's roads carries an economic story. A motorcycle rider heading to work, a trader transporting goods to market, a student travelling...
African Union
United Nations (UN) Security Council must be reformed to include Africa’s interest—Ghana’s president demands
President John Dramani Mahama urged the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to go beyond passive diplomacy and push for a fairer international system. He said it...
African Union
Exit Biya, Enter Tinubu: Why Africa’s Leaders Keep Turning to the West While Their People Wait for Prosperity
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is heading to London for a 21-day “vacation”, a decision that has revived a familiar and uncomfortable debate across...
African Union
Ghana backs African Union (AU)-led financing architecture for peace, calls for momentum on reparatory justice
Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to self-reliant conflict resolution in Africa, with President John Dramani Mahama advocating an accelerated transition to African-owned peace support...