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MERU, Kenya – More than 2,000 wildlife and marine rangers, including 166 teams from 21 African countries, simultaneously completed synchronised half-marathons carrying up to...

Africa must move beyond producing green hydrogen and take a greater share of the technology, manufacturing, skills and industrial opportunities emerging around the fast-growing...

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...

For years, cryptocurrency was built around a rebellious idea: money did not have to belong entirely to banks. Bitcoin challenged the traditional financial system...

For more than a decade, M-Pesa has changed the way Kenyans think about money. A mobile phone became a wallet, a shop became a...

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF)  is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2026 AWIEF Awards. Launched in 2017, the prestigious annual...

KIGALI, Rwanda—As geopolitics shifts and development finance tightens, African countries are being urged to reimagine how to meet their own challenges with home-grown solutions....

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. – Dolly Parton was a celebrated American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and actress who was often regarded as the "Queen of Country." She wrote...