President Joe Biden will honor his commitment to make an African-American woman his first nomination to
A US hospital has rejected a patient for a heart transplant at least in part because
A British High Court has granted Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, the permission to appeal his
Canada has suggested its nationals to cancel plans for non-essential trips to Ukraine amid rising pressure
Jury selection has begun for the trial of former Minneapolis officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, and
Democrats came up short Wednesday night on a last-ditch effort to advance a voting rights bill
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced that it was undertaking a 10-year strategy aimed at reducing
A day before the U.S. Senate was expected to take up significant legislation on voting rights
An abortion ban that went into effect in Texas last September will remain as such for
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has appointed Jeffrey Winchman, a former CIA
Brig. Gen. Charles McGee, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, passed away in his sleep
Despite being some of the most influential accounts on TikTok, there are no Black creators on
Muhammad Aziz, one of the two men who last month were exonerated in the 1965 killing
A major winter storm has brought heavy snow and ice to parts of the US and
Microsoft announced that it has hired a law firm to review how the company handled sexual
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses – a
Africa has the highest rate of people killed by Covid-19 in the world so far, the
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Oyo State, the Royal Family,
A major fire broke out at South Africa’s seat of parliament in Cape Town early on
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was reinstated as Prime Minister on November 17 by the Army
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that despite the myriad of challenges facing the country, his administration
The funeral mass for South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is taking place at a
Country lifts curfew, says infections have passed their peak; ‘The speed with which the Omicron-driven wave
The founder of the Fountain of Life Bible Church, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, has lost his twin
A South African court blocked Shell from using seismic waves to explore for oil and gas
Police have announced that churches and other religious organisations’ traditional night vigils and crossover services have
The government is considering a health policy that would make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory. When this
South Africa is holding a week of events to mark the passing of the anti-apartheid leader
The wife of the Ooni of Ife, Olori Silekunola Naomi, has reportedly announced her divorce from
Nigeria destroyed over one million expired doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The expired doses were destroyed
A female soldier has been arrested in Nigeria for accepting a marriage proposal while on duty,
The South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to work after spending a week in isolation
The founder of the Fountain of Life Bible Church, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, has lost his twin
The Omicron variant has now become dominant in South Africa and is driving the increase in
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron
The World Health Organization (WHO) is due to hold a special meeting on Friday to consider
Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of civil rights activist Malcolm X, was found dead inside her Brooklyn
President Muhammadu Buhari has received the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken at the State House
UK police have declared the blast outside a hospital in Liverpool a terrorist incident and said
FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last white president, has died aged 85, his foundation announced on
Britain’s highest court on Wednesday blocked a $4-billion class action against Google that had accused the
The police in the Federal Capital Territory announce that all abducted victims of the University of
Armed men suspected to be bandits on Tuesday morning stormed the Senior Staff Quarters of the
Sudan’s military has dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders, and declared a state of emergency. Gen
Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu pleaded not guilty to charges including terrorism in an Abuja court
Queen Elizabeth II has “reluctantly” accepted medical advice to cancel a trip to Northern Ireland, planned
Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped
Justice Ladiran Akintola of Oyo State High Court has declared the raid conducted by the Department
Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges he molested a
The Nigerian military says nearly 6,000 Boko Haram members including commanders, fighters and their families have
Liberia’s president and former football star George Weah has dedicated a newly built military hospital in
The first batch of Afghan evacuees fleeing the Taliban takeover has arrived in Uganda. They will
The first group of 51 evacuees from Afghanistan has arrived in Uganda. The group landed at
Rwanda will host dozens of schoolgirls being relocated from Afghanistan following the takeover of their country
Zimbabwe is to open talks about compensation for victims of a notorious 1980s massacre that took
One of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants more than seven years ago is
Women’s rights activists, opposition groups and the United Nations are pressuring Zimbabwean authorities to arrest a
The tiny planes, which are attached to metal drums to prevent them from getting airborne by
A court in Benin has ordered that a Nigerian separatist leader being held in the country
A Kenyan man, James Mwaura, who disappeared from home 47 years ago, has found his way
In the Mukuru Kayaba neighborhood of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, residents rely on illegal electricity connections to
A Kenyan lawyer accused of bribing witnesses in a failed International Criminal Court case is to
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has fixed Friday, July 9, for the hearing of Nigerian government’s
The African Union Commission has condemned the violence in South Africa that has left 72 people
Nigeria now ranks in the league of nations of Venezuela and Zimbabwe. Were this not true;
The dramatic resignation of Zimbabwe’s Vice President Kembo Mohadi after he was embroiled in a sex
Despite an agreement with the UN to allow “unimpeded” humanitarian access, very little aid and very
Governments don’t have a good record when delivering IT projects, but a new study from digital
In our series of letters from African journalists, Mannir Dan Ali, above editor-in-arch of the daily
40% of low and lower-middle income countries have not supported disadvantaged learners during the COVID‑19 crisisPresentation
It is the responsibility of the people of the Sahel to free themselves from the current
One of the most important aspects of living a healthy and prosperous life is understanding “risk.”
Security systems are only as successful as the people who sit behind them In May 2020,
Businesses now accept that the future of organising, processing and presenting their data is in the
A disturbing video shows a person who appears to intentionally drive into a protester in Denver
Former NBA player Stephen Jackson spoke at a rally Friday afternoon in Minneapolis in remembrance of his friend
The official newspaper of North Korea has denied that the regime’s leaders can magically bend time and space,
By Sebastiane Ebatamehi Many years before the speeches and declarations that led to Ghana’s independence in
Australia’s foreign minister insists a motion that has won support from more than 120 countries will
The US Treasury has minted coins featuring poet Maya Angelou – the first black woman ever
The Queen has appointed the first black person to the Order of the Garter, Buckingham Palace
Caleb Smith, a Black teenager from Prince George’s County, Maryland, has become the youngest glider pilot
Four Africans have been appointed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey to serve as board members of
Adeoye Fawaz, the 18-year-old boy who works as a bus conductor, has emerged as the overall
A Kenyan-born academic has become the youngest black professor at the UK’s prestigious Oxford University, the
Kristen Hayden is the first Black woman to win a national diving title. Indiana University’s Kristen
New York will appoint Keechant Sewell as its first-ever woman police chief to head the largest
Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, has finished second runner-up in the Miss Universe contest held in
The smartest family in Britain today, is a Nigerian family, for the following reasons 1. At
President Biden just made a major nomination within his administration that is set to make history.
CEO, Rehoboth Property International (RPI), Sanmi Adegoke has become the first black recipient of the Property
Astronaut Jessica Watkins is on her way to becoming the first Black woman to join NASA’s
Two Kenyan inventors have created what is said to be the world’s first bio-robotic arm operated
Diana Wilson, CEO of Yielding Accomplished African Women (YaaW), has won the award for Female Innovator
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named as one of this year’s “Library Lions” by
Africa has the highest rate of people killed by Covid-19 in the world so far, the
A researcher in Cyprus has been said to discover a new strain of the coronavirus this
As new COVID-19 variants spread across the country, health authorities are once again guiding people to
As more and more countries register record numbers of infections the World Health Organisation, WHO, warns
President Joe Biden formally announces that he will lift a ban this week on travel from
The government is considering a health policy that would make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory. When this
People at risk of getting HIV will now have an injectable option for pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep)
Ghana’s land borders will remain closed indefinitely to prevent a potential fourth wave of Covid-19 infections
The United Kingdom has recorded the first death of a patient infected with the Omicron variant
The World Health Organisation said that the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, is more transmissible than the
Ramaphosa, 69, who is fully vaccinated, contracted the contagion on a day the country recorded a
Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat has said the travel ban on southern
A person in California who had been vaccinated against Covid-19 became the first in the United
China has promised to help African countries overcome the shock of the Covid 19 pandemic and
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron
The government in Rwanda has announced new measures that include the suspension of flights to and
Tyler Perry is bringing back America’s favorite grandmother to Netflix for the first time ever in
Janet Jackson revealed some of the horrible names her more famous brother, Michael called her. “There
Kim Kardashian has spoken out after Kanye “Ye” West said he retrieved a laptop from Ray
Disney has responded to criticism of its forthcoming live-action adaptation of Snow White and the Seven
Damon Albarn has apologized “unreservedly and unconditionally” to Taylor Swift after causing anger by claiming she
Cardi B has been awarded nearly £1 million in damages after winning a defamation lawsuit against
Taylor Swift has criticized Damon Albarn, lead singer of Blur and later of Gorillaz, after he
Beyonce has led tributes to French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler following his death aged 73.
The Weeknd is doing some big numbers on Spotify and has become one of the top
Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra, the celebrity couple, have welcomed their first child together via surrogate.
Fans don’t see much of Tristan Thompson on social media. Unlike some celebrities who post a
After almost five years, Will Packer has confirmed that a sequel to the box-office hit. Back
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has been delayed yet again. The second installment in the history-making Marvel
Senate Bill S7527, otherwise known as “Rap Music on Trial,” is a piece of legislation that
Sia has revealed that she considered ending her life following the intense criticism her movie titled
Actors Keith Powers and Ryan Destiny have called it quits after four years together. The Tomorrow
Amazon.com Inc. said it will stop accepting Visa Inc. credit cards in the U.K. because of
Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $68,530.34 early Tuesday, according to CoinMarketCap. That’s just a few
The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with South Africa’s Liquid Intelligent Technologies
The CBN is yet to address why the app was removed from the store. The Central
Bitcoin’s price has crashed yet again, wiping hundreds of millions of pounds from cryptocurrency markets and
Nigeria has seen booming interest in cryptocurrency as people look for ways to avoid the weakening
Zimbabwe’s government has ruled out adopting the U.S dollar as the country’s sole official currency, terming
Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchin, has said he is in talks with Chinese banks to
Nigeria and Ghana are racing to adopt a central bank digital currency as they look to
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree to raise taxes on financial transactions for three months
The Twitter ban in Nigeria has extended to 100 days, and in that time frame the
South Africa’s economy grew 1.2% in the second quarter compared to the previous three months, statistics
The Naira’s sinking value has been compounded by dollar scarcity and a recent Central Bank of
The Social Economic Rights and Accountability Project has stated that over 27 million Nigerians earned less
The Central Bank of Nigeria will work with Bitt Inc, a Barbados-based fintech company, as a
Kenya and Tanzania have set December as the target time when the two neighbouring countries will
Elon Musk has rejected claims that his Starlink satellite internet project is taking up too much
Time magazine on Monday named Tesla chief and space entrepreneur Elon Musk as its person of
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Dutch brewing giant Heineken will buy a majority stake in brewers in South Africa and Namibia,
An artist’s impression of the Orbital Reef space station. Blue Origin, the space tourism company owned
Entrepreneur and CEO of two of the world’s largest companies, Elon Musk, is well on his
Cybersecurity is not a game of choice – it is the new normal. As cyber-attacks increase
Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has been ranked the 117th richest
Netflix is reportedly set to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for actors on their US shows and
During the quarter, sales of the tech giant’s iconic smartphone increased by 49.8% to US$39.6 billion,
Wilberforce Wendo is not your average mechanic. He is a rare gem in this field which
There’s no doubt Coca-Cola is driving digital transformation through its consistent messaging and movement into a
Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, on Monday officially stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer of the
ForeMedia Group Plc, an Afrocentric Creative Media, Entertainment and Technology Company has been listed as one
The Biggest Afrocentric distribution company, ForeTVHub hosted Microsoft at their Monthly Digital Conference “ForeTalks” on the
President Joe Biden will honor his commitment to make an African-American woman his first nomination to
US President Joe Biden has called for a historic change to Senate rules as he seeks
Former FLOTUS Michelle Obama is on a mission to get the masses out to vote ahead
The US State Department said on Thursday that eight more Cuban officials, whose identities were not
Joe Biden launched his most visceral attack yet on Donald Trump on the first anniversary of
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that despite the myriad of challenges facing the country, his administration
The funeral mass for South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is taking place at a
Letters between Boris Johnson and his independent standards adviser on who paid for the refurbishment of
Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat who rose from humble beginnings to
The South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to work after spending a week in isolation
The president of Kenya spoke to Parliament praising the country’s response to the pandemic. In his
MPs voted again to elect Swedish Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson on Monday Sweden’s first
The three-day triennial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (Focac) conference has officially opened in Senegal’s capital, Dakar.
Sweden’s first female Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, has resigned from office only hours after being voted
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been welcomed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to start a two-day state
US Vice President Kamala Harris will become the first woman to hold presidential powers in the
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has placed a supply for four million doses
With the focus on rebuilding economies in Africa post-Covid, the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum
To mark the launch of the latest African Energy Outlook 2021, the African Energy Chamber (EnergyChamber.org)
Future Hospitality Summit will welcome a comprehensive line-up of hospitality and government leaders, industry captains, founders,
The AWIEF has remained Africa’s largest and most prestigious women entrepreneurship platform where participants can network,
This year’s Summit will host over 1,000 attendees and 60+ speakers calling in from 10 different
Speaking ahead of the 11th annual African Property Investment (API) Summit Virtual (APISummit.co.za), which is taking
Angola Oil and Gas 2021 is expected to outdo the enormously successful first edition of 2019
The initiative aims to create a collaborative and co-ordinated approach towards increasing the promotion of local,
Applications are invited from motivated and self-driven female entrepreneurs for the AWE South Africa 2020 program
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted late Friday that the company will have to postpone its annual shareholder
MultiChoice Group (MCG), Africa’s most-loved storyteller and leading entertainment business, was a key sponsor and participant
African countries fast-tracking membership to ATI in response to expected trade and investment insurance capacity impact
Africa Real Estate Association has slated their annual conference and awards for 28th of August, 2019
On Wednesday July 10, An international conference to review developments in the petroleum downstream sector in
The 12th US-Africa Business Summit 2019 will be hosted by Corporate Council on Africa, in partnership
Many of BlackBerry Ltd.’s mobile phones will stop reliably working after the company decommissions several of
Social media company Twitter has met the six conditions handed to it by the Federal Government
Apple is the first company with a $US3 trillion stock market value, lifted by investor confidence
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief of the social media company, effective immediately.
The Government of Rwanda, led by the Ministry of ICT and Innovation, has partnered with Google
Instagram is giving users an incentive to receive some extra cash by using their Reels feature.
Britain’s highest court on Wednesday blocked a $4-billion class action against Google that had accused the
It seems like almost every major technology company has embraced Cryptocurrency in some shape or form.
Almost a week ago, social media users were shocked to learn that massively successful social media
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has announced a major shift for social networking, saying it will no
According to a report published by Nikkei Asia, Apple has cut the production of iPad to
Japanese Entertainment Company Sega announced it had agreed to a strategic alliance with Xbox maker Microsoft
Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta as part of a major rebrand. The company
Adobe is finally leaping to providing a web app version of its creative products and it’s
Tesla just became the sixth company in US history to be worth $1 trillion. Shares popped
Former US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he’s launching a new media company with its
A joint investment to modernize logistics infrastructure in Africa has been agreed between the Dubai ports
Malawi’s telecoms regulator has fined the local business of India’s Bharti Airtel over $2.5m (£1.9m) for
South Africa opened up applications for importing plastic waste in order to meet the plastic industry’s
China wants to expand the sale of African agricultural products across its e-commerce platforms, according to
Brazil’s Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque is warning that the country’s energy crisis is worse
The World Bank has frozen payments for its projects in Afghanistan in the wake of the
Kenya has cut sugar imports from Uganda by 79 percent in a move that is likely
US officials for the first time declared an official water shortage for the huge Lake Mead
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2021 that was recently
The board of directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of $50m to
Kenya has been ranked as the top country in the world in reducing households without electricity
Nigeria’s oil sector reform bill, expected since 2008, was finally passed by parliament on Thursday, a
Ugandan internet users will from Thursday start paying a 12% excise duty on mobile data. The
Zimbabwe faces prolonged power outages after a surge in electricity imports from neighbouring South Africa overloaded
Kenya has been known globally for its quality coffee over the years, but mismanagement and low
The World Bank says Nigeria can generate more than N600 billion annually by increasing excise duties
Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter says she believes the slain civil-rights leader would have been disappointed
The US State Department said on Thursday that eight more Cuban officials, whose identities were not
Barbados has officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and become the world’s
The World Bank said Wednesday it has suspended aid to Sudan following the military takeover that
Sudan’s military has dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders, and declared a state of emergency. Gen
The government had also increased the national budget for the fiscal year from N13.98 trillion to
Dr. Chike Akunyili, husband to late former Information Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has been reportedly murdered
The UK parliamentary committee that scrutinises British aid has described funding cuts to several African countries
The US justice department says that $26.6m (£20m) seized from Equatorial Guinea’s Vice-President Teodorin Nguema Obiang
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson demoted his foreign secretary on Wednesday in a major reshuffle, removing
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu has announced the country’s first woman defence minister. Stergomena Tax replaces Elias
The United States has issued a statement “on the military seizure” condemning the apparent coup in
Special Forces who seized power in Guinea on Sunday, capturing President Alpha Conde, announced a nationwide
State House correspondents were stunned at President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest decision on two of his appointees.
The authorities in South Sudan have denied shutting down the internet and blamed a “technical problem”
Police in Ghana have gunned down two suspected armed robbers they say were behind the killing
