Jihadist fuel blockade makes life a struggle in Mali's capital

In Bamako's business district, hundreds of cars and motorcycles sit stranded day and night on a boulevard, waiting for one of three side-by-side petrol stations to finally have fuel. Jihadists have rendered everyday life in Mali increasingly...

First African Gazettes Forum sets new trend in motion

This article was produced with the support of African Gazettes Forum In February 2025, the Republic of Djibouti scored a major diplomatic coup – its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, was elected chairperson of the African Union...

Spiro Raises $100 Million in Africa’s Largest-Ever Investment in Electric Mobility

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Spiro expects to surpass 100,000 deployed electric motorcycles within 2025 — a 400% year-over-year jump. Before this latest round, Spiro had secured more than $180 million...

‘Turn health crisis into opportunity’

[DURBAN, SciDev.Net] African leaders urged the continent’s health community meeting in South Africa this week to turn crisis into opportunity, highlighting progress in vaccine manufacturing against a backdrop of drastic job losses and aid cuts....

Galien Forum 2025: Young people lead advocacy for Africa’s health sovereignty

Faced with a global disease burden of 24 per cent but only 3 per cent of the world’s health professionals, Africa continues to grapple with the challenge of meeting its own health needs. Yet, a growing number of young Africans are rising to the...

Dangote Cement Reports 165 percent Surge in EPS, Reinforces Market Leadership Across Africa

Dangote Cement Plc has announced robust financial results for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, showcasing a remarkable 164.8 per cent increase in earnings per suare (EPS), which rose from ?16.55 to ?43.80. This significant growth reflects...

Kenyan creator wins global award for designing app that translates speech to sign language

Elly Savatia, the creator of Terp 360, has made Kenya proud after winning the prestigious Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation Savatia was recognised for designing a web-based platform that translates speech and text into sign language The...

Morocco commits to smart power while Algeria boosts military spending

Morocco: modernisation of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) Algeria: quantitative deterrence and foreign dependence Two opposing visions of the future of the Maghreb Defence spending: social and economic factors Defence doctrines between smart power...

Despite high-calibre healthcare, medical tourism lags behind in Tiruchi

While hospitals in Tiruchi are emerging as a preferred destination for medical tourism among Indian diaspora in the West and patients from neighbouring countries, more can be done to improve the current scenario, experts say. There has been a...

UAE–Africa Tourism Investment Summit highlights tourism’s role as key driver of economic transformation and calls to reposition Africa as a new global sustainable tourism brand

Participants emphasize the importance of joint action at the public and private sector levels to expand GCC-African partnerships in the aviation sector The ‘UAE–Africa Tourism Investment Summit 2025’, hosted by the Ministry of Economy and Tourism...

Guinea-Conakry Emerges as West Africa’s Next Oil & Gas Frontier

Guinea-Conakry, long known as one of the world’s leading bauxite exporters with nearly 100 million tons shipped in the first half of 2025, is now positioning itself as an emerging player in West Africa’s oil and gas sector. Geologically, the...

If You're Obsessing Over The Louvre Heist, Watch This Hit French Netflix Series

If you're fascinated by the recent Louvre heist, I've got weirdly great news for you: There's a French Netflix show where the protagonist steals jewels from the Louvre in the very first episode. Let me back up. Before 10 in the morning Central...

Air France–KLM appoints Laure Daynie as Country Manager for Indian Subcontinent

Air France–KLM has announced the appointment of Laure Daynie as Country Manager for India and the Indian Subcontinent, effective from September 1, 2025. She will be based in the airline’s country office in Gurugram and will oversee operations...

This is not Ghana: The alarming rise of Kidnapping and Human Trafficking within our borders

Interior Minister Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak and IGP Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno Kidnapping is no longer a distant story that happens “out there.” In October 2025, 18-year-old Senegalese goalkeeper Cheikh Touré was lured to Kumasi by fake...

Witnessing China-Africa cooperation within UN framework

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT Editor's Note: The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the UN. It is also a moment to review and reflect on the extraordinary trajectory of China-Africa relations. From sharing similar historical...

Guinea-Conakry is Next Oil & Gas Frontier

Guinea-Conakry, long known as one of the world’s leading bauxite exporters with nearly 100 million tons shipped in the first half of 2025, is now positioning itself as an emerging player in West Africa’s oil and gas sector. Geologically, the...

“West Africa’s growing population keeps Dutch onion exports in demand”

Surprises are nothing unusual in Dutch onion trading. In mid-September, a ship on which JP Beemsterboer was to load 5,400 tons of onions was detained in Rotterdam. "A ship detained because of fuel? I've never seen that before. It just goes to...

“MSP Onions boosts export power with new high-tech sorting facility”

"A huge amount of Dutch onions are being exported," begins MSP Onions' Lindert Moerdijk. "It's a superb product of high quality and color, suitable for the whole world. Exporters worldwide are asking similar prices, as if there are no risks, so...

Ekpo, Mshelbila Emerge President, Secretary-General Of Gas Exporting Countries

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, and Managing Director of Nigeria LNG Ltd, Dr. Philip Mshelbila, have been elected as the President and Secretary General of the 2026 Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)...

The Growing Tide Of Youth Migration In West Africa -By Amina Audu Ado

In recent years, youth migration has become one of the most pressing social and economic issues across West Africa. From Nigeria to Senegal, thousands of young people are leaving their home countries in search of better opportunities abroad. The...