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Highlighting economic, educational, and technological prospects across the continent.

From Lagos to the World: SAGLEV Is Driving Africa’s Electric Future

From Lagos to the World: SAGLEV Is Driving Africa’s Electric Future

It started with a single question. While stuck in gridlocked traffic in Lagos, engineers and entrepreneurs looked out at the smoke-choked skyline and wondered: “What if Africa didn’t just follow the E...

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Aug 2, 2025

Africa, Tell Your Story: The AU Media Fellowship is Calling a New Generation of Changemakers

Africa, Tell Your Story: The AU Media Fellowship is Calling a New Generation of Changemakers

In a small community radio station in Banjul, a young journalist once asked: “What if African stories didn’t need permission to be told?” Thousands of miles away, a digital content creator in Nairobi ...

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Aug 1, 2025

$6.4B Hydropower to Electrify Southern Africa

$6.4B Hydropower to Electrify Southern Africa

Imagine a proud Zambezi River, flowing patiently for centuries through Mozambique's heart. Soon, its current will power a revolution. Thanks to a new $6.4 billion World Bank-backed initiative, Mozambi...

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Jul 25, 2025

Report Shows a Clean LPG Revolution Across Sub‑Saharan Africa

Report Shows a Clean LPG Revolution Across Sub‑Saharan Africa

In a small, smoky kitchen in rural Malawi, 12-year-old Rabecca tends to a pot of beans bubbling over a wood-fired stove. Her mother coughs in the corner, another morning of inhaling thick black smoke....

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Jul 20, 2025

Dangote’s New Fuel Tanks Is a New African Story

Dangote’s New Fuel Tanks Is a New African Story

The Atlantic Ocean brushes softly against the Namibian port of Walvis Bay , a city known more for ships and salt than for big oil ambitions. But this week, something changed. Africa’s richest man, Ali...

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Jul 14, 2025

Nigeria & Brazil Unite: A Cinematic Cultural Bridge Across Continents

Nigeria & Brazil Unite: A Cinematic Cultural Bridge Across Continents

In a moment that echoes beyond borders, Nigeria and Brazil have come together in a first-of-its-kind partnership aimed at deepening cultural dialogues through the universal power of film and storytell...

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Jul 14, 2025

Ethiopia’s 6,000 MW Dam Aims to Power Africa’s Energy Future

Ethiopia’s 6,000 MW Dam Aims to Power Africa’s Energy Future

In the heart of Ethiopia’s rugged mountains, something massive just came to life: a dam so big it can light up cities, power factories, and change the course of a continent. After more than a decade o...

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Jul 10, 2025

Africa’s First “AI Factory”: Masiyiwa and Nvidia Power a New Era

Africa’s First “AI Factory”: Masiyiwa and Nvidia Power a New Era

It started with a simple belief: Africa can own its digital future. A few days ago, Cassava Technologies , helmed by telecom mogul Strive Masiyiwa , unveiled a partnership with Nvidia to build what’s ...

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Jul 8, 2025

The World Bank Africa Fellowship Opens Doors for Africa’s Next Policy Architects

The World Bank Africa Fellowship Opens Doors for Africa’s Next Policy Architects

At a university lab in Ibadan, a young economist models how trade liberalization could affect local food prices under the AfCFTA. In Nairobi, a Ph.D. candidate explores how climate-smart agriculture c...

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Jul 7, 2025

Zambia Lights Up with 100 MW Solar Plant to Power Homes and Industry

Zambia Lights Up with 100 MW Solar Plant to Power Homes and Industry

In the early morning light of Chisamba, a quiet farming town in central Zambia, the sun rises like it always has, steady, generous, and full of promise. But now, that same sun is doing something diffe...

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Jul 7, 2025

Meet the Top 75 Agripreneurs Shaping Africa’s Food Future

Meet the Top 75 Agripreneurs Shaping Africa’s Food Future

This isn’t another awards list. It’s a roll call of visionaries; agripreneurs across Africa who are transforming farms, food, and futures. Today, GoGettaz Africa has unveiled its Top 75 semifinalists ...

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Jul 5, 2025

$100M Invested to Powering Africa’s Tech Boom

$100M Invested to Powering Africa’s Tech Boom

In the heart of Kinshasa, where the Congo River hums and motorbikes weave between traffic, a quiet hum from a grey building barely draws attention. But inside, this facility is not just humming; it’s ...

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Jul 5, 2025

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