The GSMA’s 2025 State of the Industry Mobile Money Report shows that sub-Saharan Africa has 1.1 billion registered mobile money accounts, over two-thirds of all registered accounts globally.

Africa is poised to dominate the future of consumer spending, which will be shaped by key metrics such as high population and ...

UNICEF USA visited Senegal in February 2025 for a firsthand look at how UNICEF is addressing the needs of girls and women ...

In Tanzania Tundu Lissu, the opposition leader, was arrested on April 9th. The charge sheet cites comments he made ...

In value terms, Nigeria led the market at $10.5billion alone. The second position in the ranking was taken by Madagascar ($3.9billion). It was followed by Egypt. From 2013 to 2024, the average annual ...

With Congress on Easter break for the next couple of weeks, much of the focus on the US-Africa relationship turns to northern ...

Herd of animal puppets treks from Africa to Europe in climate action A wildebeest, a gorilla and a giraffe were among the life-size puppets to begin a 20,000-kilometre (12,400-mile) trek across the ...

While the AES countries continue to be demonised in western narratives, their unorthodox actions to pursue economic ...

A military officer who seized power but promised to step down is expected to win the presidential vote on Saturday.

In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals – monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe – stand at ...

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health1 assesses global progress ...

In 2009, a group of wealthy nations committed to helping less developed countries cope with the effects of climate change.