AFRICA

Africa’s startup ecosystem is bouncing back, with 2025 funding levels seen surpassing 2024 and 2023, driven largely by a surge of local investors taking charge. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY |  Africa’s startup ecosystem is emerging from two difficult years with renewed momentum, buoyed by a funding rebound that is …

More and more Zambians are finding their fortune not at the copper mines, but in the water. 27-year-old Sibongile Nthani is among those trying their hand at fish farming, benefitting from the experience of multinational Zambian players already in the market, and government support. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY |  …

Mali and Burkina Faso are the latest to issue ‘tit-for-tat’ bans on visas for US citizens with immediate effect NEWS ANALYSIS  | AGENCIES | Mali and Burkina Faso have announced they are imposing full visa bans on United States citizens in retaliation for US President Donald Trump’s ban on US …

From initially a quick bite, Kenya’s Gen- Z are evolving street food culture into an expression, creativity and community as they begin to experiment nostalgic flavours and fusing global trends with local traditions to create a vibrant, new food identity. **** SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | From a Saturday …

In the spirit of 1964, Africa must turn indignation into agency and sovereignty into strategy COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | I returned from my annual pilgrimage to Rujumbura, undertaken in observance of Christmas, only to be confronted by reports that the United States had, under cover of night, undertaken military …

    Kampala , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa PR Week, the continent’s leading platform for public relations and strategic communications professionals, has named Stanbic Bank Uganda’s Kenneth Agutamba among the Top 100 Corporate Communication Leaders in Africa. The recognition, announced during Africa PR Week in Nairobi, places Agutamba among …

 A knack for solving problems led pharmacy graduate-turned-venture-capitalist, Amanda Etuk into Nigeria’s bustling logistics sector to set up a firm that streamlines how businesses handle their supply chain operations. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | “Everything happens in Lagos,” said Amanda Etuk as she drove in her chauffeured car through a …

The world’s only living relative of the giraffe has received its strongest global protection yet. Conservationists say the move closes trafficking loopholes, strengthens protections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and signals a historic step toward safeguarding this rare and iconic forest mammal. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | …

At a quiet hotel in rain-soaked Maun, African policymakers, scientists and community voices came together to design a continental biodiversity programme rooted in shared ecosystems, resilience and cooperation Maun, Botswana | RONALD MUSOKE | On the edge of the Okavango Delta, where seasonal rains soften northern Botswana and the air …

Kampala, Uganda | Victor K’Onyango | For decades, Africa has been described as the continent of the future — a phrase that captures both hope and frustration. The continent holds immense natural wealth, a young and ambitious population, and a growing consumer market. Yet, industrialization — the true foundation of …