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1,200 organisations across Africa have applied for the 2025 CIO100 Awards, reflecting the continent’s rapid digital transformation as the technology market is expected to double.
More than 7.5 million Kenyans are living with vision loss that could be prevented or treated, experts have warned as the world marks World Sight Day on Thursday.
Rights groups and opposition leaders have accused Ruto’s administration of using a new compensation framework for victims of police brutality as a cover-up for impunity.
Sudan has delayed finalising its maritime border agreement with Saudi Arabia to allow for coordination with Egypt.
As rehearsals for grades 6 and 9 get underway across the country, the state department for children services has moved to cushion learners in select public schools from hunger.
African businesses are entering a new phase of digital maturity, with cloud computing, AI and cybersecurity driving the continent’s transformation.
African officials, fintech leaders and regulators met in Johannesburg this week to discuss using digital money to make payments faster and cheaper across borders.
Rapid Support Forces commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo accepts a three-month humanitarian truce under Trump-backed Sudan peace initiative, putting rival Abdel Fattah al-Burhan under diplomatic pressure.
Govt officials, policy makers and African historians converge in Algeria for a two-day international dialogue on colonial crimes.
Kenya and China reaffirmed their deepening political, economic, and cultural ties during a high-level forum in Nairobi that underscored the growing significance of China–Kenya cooperation.
The Kenya Bureau of Standards has urged institutions to integrate their management systems and use audits to drive national development, efficiency and accountability.
Doctors are being urged to prioritise their health as rising burnout threatens the medical workforce amid mounting evidence of a mental health crisis in Kenya's healthcare sector.
The government is exploring avenues to deepen cooperation between Kenya and Saudi Arabia in coral reef protection and broader environmental stewardship.
African developers are moving away from short-burst hackathons and adopting a slower, community-first approach that requires teams to consult residents before building digital tools.
Kenya has cemented its position as a global trailblazer in technology governance following the adoption of the first-ever United Nations resolution on the environmental sustainability of AI.
A private foundation in Embu is targeting the creation of 50,000 jobs by 2035 through a development model that links women farmers to export markets while investing in infrastructure.
Chinese investors are ramping up investments in Africa’s energy, transport and industrial sectors, with a strong focus on renewable power, electric mobility, manufacturing and digital infrastructure.
A first-of-its-kind Pan-African fellowship has launched to expose structural and cultural barriers preventing women from leading in law, organisers said.
By August, Baraza said the report was in its final stage before being handed over to Ruto, but the report has not been released.
Parents selecting schools for their children need to consider institutions that balance academics with skills and values.
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