Editorial

Africa’s Oscars moment: wins, nominations at the 98th Academy Awards

The 98th Academy Awards delivered a landmark night for African and African-American talent. Sinners, Ryan Coogler's record-breaking film rooted in…

Africa’s AI moment is now

Africa holds less than 1% of global AI compute capacity, 3% of global AI talent, and 2.5% of global AI…

5 global brands made in Kenya

Five of the world's most recognised fashion labels, including Levi's, Calvin Klein, and Victoria's Secret, are manufactured inside Kenya's export…

Ghana at 69: the unfinished story

On March 6, 1957, Ghana became the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule. Sixty-nine years later,…

Egypt opens Africa’s longest monorail line

President Sisi inaugurated the 56.5km East Nile Monorail on March 20, connecting Cairo Stadium in…

Ghana’s lithium problem isn’t geology. It’s people.

Ghana's Ewoyaa lithium project is set to produce 3.6 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate over…

From Alexandra township to running Africa’s biggest bank

Mary Vilakazi grew up in Alexandra township, sold sweets for pocket money, financed her education…

All four SA banks are chasing Kenya

All four of South Africa's biggest banks are targeting Kenya simultaneously. Nedbank is buying NCBA.…