DHL invests €300m in Africa trade

In a bold maneuver set to bolster trade across the African continent, DHL Global Forwarding has announced a significant investment of over €300 million earmarked to support the expansion of trade infrastructure and logistics capabilities in the...

The Hidden Strength Of West African Women Entrepreneurs -By Zarah Aji Ali

In the bustling markets of Accra, the lively streets of Lagos, and the rising tech hubs of Dakar, a quiet revolution is unfolding — one powered by women who refuse to be defined by limitations. Across West Africa, women entrepreneurs are rewriting...

WFF 2025: Rome Water Dialogue Advocates For Concrete Solutions To Global Water Crisis

The high-level segment of the Rome Water Dialogue 2025 took place today at FAO headquarters, gathering governments, experts and communities from around the world to advance collective action on sustainable water management for resilient...

Kenya introduces air ticket fee to strengthen its aviation and tourism ecosystem

The air levy results from the Air Passenger Service Charge (Amendment) Bill, 2025, signed into law by President William Ruto on the 15th of October, 2025. As reported by Tuko, Kenya’s National Assembly Majority Leader, Kimani Ichung'wah, the...

NNPCL Hails Tinubu On Ekperikpo, Mshelbila’s Emergence As Chairman, Secretary General Of GECF

NNPC Ltd has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his role in the emergence of Nigeria’s candidate Dr. Philip Mshelbila, Managing Director of Nigeria LNG Ltd as the new Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). It...

Africa and Angola must identify economically sustainable projects

The Angolan capital will host the third Summit on Financing for Infrastructure Development in Africa from October 28 to 31, with Angolan authorities aiming to mobilize up to $160 billion (137 billion euros). According to Mário Rui Pires, former...

French terrorists turn guns on ex-ally Jolani in Syria’s new power war

The Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) forces of Abu Muhammad al-Jolani have clashed with a battalion of French militants and mercenaries that assisted the terrorist group to topple the Arab country’s democratically elected former president Bashar...

Africa Poised for Historic Breakthrough: Nine Nations Secure Spots in 2026 FIFA World Cup, Tenth in Sight

October 15, 2025 – Johannesburg, South Africa In a landmark moment for African football, the continent is gearing up for its most monumental showing yet at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Nine powerhouse nations—South Africa, Egypt, Ghana, Algeria,...

Wenlei Ma’s 12 best Netflix original shows of all time

There is so much new, mostly mid-range, basic stuff out on Netflix every week it can feel like a gargantuan task to actually find something that isn’t reality TV. But they exist, especially if you reach back further into its originals library,...

Dangote Refinery Targets 1.4 Million BPD Output To Become World’s Largest, Plans Stock Market Listing

The 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery is set to more than double its current refining capacity to about 1.4 million bpd, becoming the world’s largest refining facility and surpassing the 1.36 million bpd refinery in Jamnagar, India....

How Marty Cooper pioneered the cellphone and changed the way people talk to each other

The Chicago boy became a star engineer who ran Motorola’s research and development arm when the hometown telecommunications titan was locked in a 1970s corporate battle to invent the portable phone. Cooper rejected AT&T’s wager on the car phone,...

United Nations Youth Office Announces 17 New Young Leaders For The Sustainable Development Goals

Press Release – UN Department of Global Communications Every two years, the United Nations Youth Office recognizes 17 exceptional young changemakers who are driving solutions to some of the worlds most pressing challenges and whose leadership is...

UVM’s International Professors

Situated in a small, sequestered state in the Northeast, UVM draws professors from across the country and further, but a 2021 report found that only 2% of UVM’s faculty identify as international. Below are the voices of faculty who completed...

CBS Sports Top 100 And 1 best teams for 2025-26 season

It's an embarrassment of storyline and star-power riches in college hoops this season. Take a good look around and you'll see possibilities covering the canvas. Florida is coming off a national championship and theoretically has the roster to...

It’s a big world after all

When I moved to Carrollton in 2011, I’d fly back to Charlotte to visit friends and assuage my homesickness the first five years. I stopped making that pilgrimage because there’s a lengthy list of what I’d rather do than deal with Atlanta’s...

Rachel Reeves pushes UK to abyss - now we're doing even worse than PERU

Every day brings new shame for Labour. The economy flatlines. Productivity slips. Consumer spending dries up. Tax receipts disappoint. Keir Starmer embarrasses himself. A cabinet member resigns. Someone else resigns. The PM embarrasses himself...

Why Nigerian fintech entities are targeting Francophone Africa

Nigeria’s fintech scene, the largest in Africa, is now eyeing French-speaking markets, where a new frontier of customers awaits. Homegrown players like Flutterwave, Paystack (Stripe), PalmPay and others have announced moves into Côte d’Ivoire,...

West African Leaders Finalize Plans for ECOFEST Dakar

Regional organizers are putting finishing touches on West Africa’s most ambitious cultural gathering, as ECOWAS, UEMOA, and Senegalese officials prepare for crucial coordination meetings that will shape the inaugural ECOFEST Dakar 2025. The three...

Let’s keep migratory birds soaring

For centuries, bird migration has awed humanity. Every year, millions of birds travel thousands of kilometres, transversing continents in search of feeding, breeding and resting grounds. During these sojourns, these birds provide critical...

Did a Reporter Prompt an ICE Sweep?

Most in Media Say ‘MAGA Influencer,’ Not ‘Journalist’ Homepage photo: ICE agents arrest a man who became involved in a raid in New York’s Chinatown on Tuesday. (Credit: Dean Moses/amNewYork) World Star Hip-Hop captioned its video, “SHE REALLY...