International starvation declined for a 3rd consecutive 12 months in 2025, demonstrating that progress is feasible. Nonetheless, the enhancements stay fragile, inconsistently distributed and inadequate to attain the Sustainable Improvement Targets by 2030, based on The State of Meals Safety and Diet within the World 2026 (SOFI 2026) report, launched on Tuesday by 5 United…
Abuja — Nigeria has urged African nations to foster higher collaborations to spice up the continent’s digital financial system. Everlasting Secretary, Ministry of Communications, Improvements and Digital Economic system, Nadungu Gagare made the decision on the seventh Particular Session of the African Telecommunication Union (ATU), Wednesday, in Abuja. Gagare, who was represented by a director…
Nakuru — Echo Community Africa Basis (ENAF), previously generally known as Kenya Ladies Belief Fund (KWFT), has introduced plans to broaden its girls empowerment packages throughout East Africa and the broader continent because it seeks to deepen its impression on the lives of girls and women. Talking throughout a thanksgiving ceremony held on the Jennifer…
Africa’s well being techniques are beneath growing pressure because the continent faces a rising burden of non-communicable illnesses (NCDs), climate-related pressures on meals techniques, and widening inequalities in accessing nutritious meals. These challenges are deeply interconnected, but typically addressed in isolation, highlighting the necessity for extra built-in, prevention-focused approaches to well being. As leaders collect…
Abuja — – Over $2.6bn FDI attracted into sector in two Years The Minister of Stable Minerals Growth, Dele Alake, has charged the US and African nations to prioritize the institution of regional vitality hubs as a strategic pathway to speed up cross-border mining industrialization and strengthen the availability chain of essential minerals important for…
Cairo/Amsterdam — African Export-Import Financial institution (Afreximbank) and FCI will collectively host the Africa Regional Convention on Factoring, Receivables Finance & Credit score Insurance coverage on 15-16 April 2026 in Kampala, Uganda. As Africa strikes in the direction of a unified market, these monetary instruments function important catalysts for bridging the commerce finance hole, significantly…
INTERVIEW | Prof Gordon Grey says US–Israel strikes on Iran have led to a full-scale regional conflict Prof Gordon Grey on the 2011 Independence Day reception at U.S. Embassy Tunis. PHOTO/ U.S. Embassy Tunis. Eyewitness Africa Editor Patrick Mayoyo posed inquiries to Professor Gordon Grey, Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs on the…
Afreximbank President, Dr George Elombi addresses the fiftieth Common Assembly of the Convention of Heads of Authorities of the CARICOM in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis Pan African Multilateral Financial institution, African Export-Import Financial institution (Afreximbank), has introduced a serious enlargement of its engagement with the Caribbean Group (CARICOM), growing its regional financing restrict from…
A brand new scramble for Africa is underway. It’s not marked by warships or colonial flags, however by battery provide chains, inexperienced transition targets, and high-level commerce delegations. The race is for lithium, cobalt, graphite, manganese, platinum group metals and uncommon earth components — the minerals powering electrical autos, renewable power methods and digital infrastructure….
The Qatari airline has but to publicly touch upon the report, which comes amid talks over an fairness funding in an airline within the southern a part of Africa. Qatar Airways is reportedly sealing a deal to buy a stake in Airlink, South Africa’s largest regional airline, although no last deal has been reached. Sources…