Art & Culture
Nigeria’s Kakanda Wins Top Prize at Cannes Pan-African Film Festival
Nigerian film Kakanda, directed by Toka Mcbaror, has won the best feature-length fiction award at the 2026 Festival International du Film Panafricain…
Tag: Africa
Africa
US Development Finance Corporation Signals Greater Equity Role in African Digital Infrastructure and Minerals
The US International Development Finance Corporation is signalling a greater willingness to take equity stakes in African projects, with digital infrastructure and…
AfDB
East Africa Strengthens Regional Power Planning as Cross-Border Electricity Trade Takes Shape
East African electricity institutions are working to update the region's power-system master plan, a technical exercise with major implications for future transmission…
Africa
CAF Reopens AFCON Calendar Debate as Motsepe Reviews Four-Year Tournament Plan
The Confederation of African Football is reconsidering its plan to stage the Africa Cup of Nations every four years, reopening a debate…
Africa
Zambia Reaches $1.5 Billion IMF Staff-Level Agreement as Focus Shifts to Sustaining Recovery
Zambia has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on a proposed new three-year Extended Credit Facility of roughly $1.5…
Africa
Ecobank Moves Towards China’s CIPS as African Trade Banks Expand Yuan Settlement Options
Pan-African banking group Ecobank is moving towards participation in China's Cross-Border Interbank Payment System, or CIPS, as demand grows for more direct…
Agriculture
Tanzania Takes Ports, Rail and Processing Projects to European Investors
Tanzania has taken a pipeline spanning agro-processing, critical minerals, ports, dry ports and railway expansion to European investors as it seeks capital…
Africa
After Africa’s Record World Cup, CAF Turns to the Question of What Comes Next
CAF’s strategy conference in Cabo Verde will examine the continent’s record 2026 World Cup performance and what African football must change in…
Africa
AFCON 2027 Is Still Months Away. East Africa Is Already Building the Business Around It
CAF and organisers in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are building the commercial ecosystem around AFCON 2027, targeting banking, airlines, telecoms, tourism, technology…
Africa
Lagos Becomes the Choreography in Qudus Onikeku’s New Berlin Performance
Qudus Onikeku and QDance Company are taking Lagos to the Berlin stage through dance, sound, fashion and archives, treating the Nigerian megacity…