Education

Education is the foundation of Africa’s demographic dividend. Africaspoint covers school and university policy, EdTech, skills development, literacy, and the reforms needed to prepare Africa’s 600 million young people for a rapidly changing economy.

Africa’s women who changed everything

On International Women's Day, Africaspoint profiles the African women who built movements, broke science, led nations, and invented the future…

Africa’s youth are the continent’s greatest economic asset, and global leaders are finally taking notice

At the 2026 World Economic Forum annual meeting, African ministers, economists, and business leaders made the case that the continent's…

Kenya offers foreign investors a Sh258 billion stake in Kenya Airways to revive the national carrier

Kenya is offering a significant equity stake in Kenya Airways, valued at approximately Sh258 billion, to foreign strategic investors as…

US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

South Africa braces for June 30

South Africa's police service has activated joint operations in all nine provinces at a projected…