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LOC unveils ‘crack team’ for Africa U-18/U-20 Athletics Championships in Abeokuta

The Guardian (Nigeria) · June 14, 2025

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the combined Confederation of Africa CAA U-18/U-20 Championships, holding in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has rolled out various sub-committees that will oversee the smooth running of the Games. The championships...

Why Stablecoins May Become Africa’s Best Crypto Innovation

Leadership · June 14, 2025

By Danny Oyekan, Founder, Blockfinex In many parts of Africa, inflation isn’t something you read about in reports; it’s something you feel in your pocket. When your currency loses 40% of its value in a single year, like the naira did in 2023,...

AfDB, GEXIM Bank explore joint financing to boost garment sector, support 24-Hour Economy vision

GhanaWeb · June 14, 2025

The Ghana Export-Import (EXIM) Bank has announced plans to deepen its cooperation with the African Development Bank (AfDB) following a high-level working visit by Dr Solomon Quaynor, AfDB’s Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure, and...

UN advocates financing opportunities to scale-up e-mobility innovations

Ghana News Agency · June 14, 2025

By Edward Acquah Accra, June 14, GNA – The United Nations (UN) has called for the creation of financing opportunities to support innovators in electric mobility for a scale-up in production to boost Africa’s transition from fossil fuel to green...

After years of veering towards gates of cricketing hell, South Africa pitch up in paradise with WTC triumph

Firstpost · June 14, 2025

Sport teaches life lessons. It advocates stories of camaraderie, of emphasising the collective over your own interests, and offers a chance to chase dreams that otherwise would have been put down as fantasy. But there is a crueller side to sport...

Top 10 stories of the day: Eastern Cape floods death toll rises | How much Proteas will bank | Minister on unemployment statistics

Cybercriminal group targets financial platforms

The Manila Times · June 14, 2025

A NEWLY identified cybercrime group known as "Grey Nickel" is exploiting weaknesses in remote identity verification systems to target banks, cryptocurrency exchanges, and digital payment platforms across the globe, according to a new report from...

Africa’s Social Media Destiny

The Namibian · June 14, 2025

In today’s digital world, social media platforms are more than communication spaces. They’ve become modern town squares and powerful tools shaping economies, politics, narratives and culture. The recent move by the United States (US) to ban...

Violence-torn Africa gets security body to stop out-sourcing its future, By Owei Lakemfa

Premium Times · June 14, 2025

Africa has been so torn by violence that it has witnessed some of the most stupid wars in contemporary history. One that deserves a gold medal in this wise is that in Sudan where the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its offshoot, the Rapid Support...

Cassava strikes again — this time with Vambo AI to build Africa’s own ChatGPTs

Techzim · June 14, 2025

Cassava Technologies is on a mission and it’s not even subtle. If you weren’t paying attention, it’s all about boosting and then dominating an African AI ecosystem. The company has a deal with a startup called Vambo AI to build what they’re...

Trump’s gift to Africa

Independent (Uganda) · June 14, 2025

FILE PHOTO: Trump speaks at a luncheon with African leaders, including Uganda’s Museveni and Nigeria’s Buhari, in 2017. Why the US president’s visa restrictions and aid cuts are good for the development of our continent THE LAST WORD | Andrew M....

Africa Eyes Diaspora Funds to Close US$1.3 Trillion Development Gap

News Ghana · June 14, 2025

New research reveals Africa’s diaspora communities could hold the key to solving the continent’s massive infrastructure and development financing challenges. The 2025 African Economic Outlook report shows that while remittances to Africa reached...

United Capital expands to Francophone West Africa

Business Day · June 14, 2025

United Capital Plc, the Lagos-based investment banking and financial services group, has established its first operational foothold in Francophone West Africa with the launch of a new subsidiary in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The unit, United Capital...

Russia Enhancing its Economic and Investment ties in Africa

Modern Diplomacy · June 13, 2025

Without arguments, Russia plans to boost appreciable economic ties in Africa after holding two Russia-Africa summits and the Ministerial Conference in November 2024. Prior to these powerful gatherings, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an...

How Israeli and International Businesses and Financial Institutions Sustain Illegal Occupation

Modern Diplomacy · June 14, 2025

Recently, The Norwegian parliament rejected efforts to tighten rules on its huge sovereign wealth fund investing in companies operating in the West Bank. Despite Norway’s central role in the initiation of the two-state peace process in the 1990s,...

Delhi Police bust international cyber fraud racket involving Nepali and African nationals

The News Mill · June 14, 2025

In a significant breakthrough, the Delhi Police have busted an international cyber fraud racket involving a Nepali citizen and African nationals who allegedly duped people through online gift scams using fake social media identities and bank...

Africa’s AgriTech Generation Rising: Youth, Agriculture, and the Innovation Imperative

The Reporter Ethiopia · June 14, 2025

Africa is home to the world’s fastest-growing population, with over 60 percent of its people under the age of 25. Yet, as climate change, resource scarcity, and outdated infrastructure strain food systems, millions of young Africans remain...

Temba Bavuma's unique celebration with mace goes viral after South Africa's historic 2025 WTC final win [Watch]

Sportskeeda · June 14, 2025

South African captain Temba Bavuma came up with a unique celebration after lifting the World Test Championship (WTC) final mace on Day 4 at the Lord's Cricket Ground. The 35-year-old held the mace like a gun as a video of the same surfaced on...

Mobile Internet in Africa : Accessibility Hindered by the Lack of a Widespread Price Floor

Tunisie Numerique · June 14, 2025

Access to mobile Internet remains a major challenge for the economic and social development of the African continent. Despite UN recommendations to implement a price floor to make Internet access more affordable, only fifteen African countries...

Africa's jaw-dropping £11bn mega-city that's set to become the new 'Silicon Valley'

Daily Express · June 14, 2025

A massive new city is being built in the middle of Kenya, and it’s already being called Africa’s version of Silicon Valley. Konza Technopolis is a £11 billion project located about 37 miles (60km) from Nairobi. When finished, it will be a massive...