The rise of women in African technology does not live only in statistics or conference speeches. It lives in real stories. It lives in persistence. It lives in women like Yashmita Bhana. From a South African township with limited resources…
The 9th All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) 2026 lit up Lagos this past Sunday, bringing together the continent’s most celebrated and emerging music stars for a night of rhythm, talent, and celebration. The week-long event, judged by a diverse panel…
In the roar of AFCON 2025, amidst the chants, drums, and electric tension that only African football can deliver, one moment cut through the noise. Nigerian striker Akor Adams had just scored against Algeria. But instead of running wildly in…
Ghana is quietly reshaping the continent’s technological landscape. The country holds vast digital public assets from national identification databases to health and social systems but these assets have long existed in isolated silos. During the “Accelerating Artificial Intelligence Adoption in…
The biggest lie about Africa is not poverty or conflict, it is how the world perceives the continent. Maps shrink Africa visually, distorting its true size and influence. Yet the continent can fit the United States, China, India, and most…
As the world steps into 2026, humanity finds itself navigating one of the most fragile moments in global history since the end of the Second World War. From escalating conflicts to political uncertainty, the constant echo of war drums has…
Burna Boy has once again rewritten the rules of African music on the global stage. The Grammy-winning Nigerian superstar has officially recorded the biggest streaming year ever by an African artist on Spotify, pulling an extraordinary 1.986 billion streams in…
For centuries, Africa has looked unchanging on the world map, a single vast landmass bordered by two great oceans. But beneath its soil, a quiet transformation is underway, so slow it escapes everyday life, yet powerful enough to reshape the…
Every day, planes roar in and out of Robert Mugabe International Airport, carrying people, goods and possibilities across borders. Just a few minutes away from the runway, under the wide Zimbabwean sky, a different kind of journey powered by sunlight,…
There comes a moment in every life when success stops being about accumulation and starts becoming about impact. For Tony Elumelu, that moment arrived in 2010. After years of building institutions that reshaped Africa’s financial landscape from transforming UBA into…