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As Africa’s digital economy expands, fintechs are moving beyond payments to build the trust infrastructure that makes cross-border trade, investment and financial inclusion possible.   SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY |  Africa has spent the past decade building the infrastructure to move money digitally. The next phase is focused on making …

  The continent receives less than one percent of global clean air investment, a gap experts say must be urgently addressed   NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa has no shortage of evidence that polluted air is harming people’s health, slowing economic growth and placing an increasing burden on cities …

  African Youth Survey 2026 reveals a rising generation more positive about the future than at any point since Covid-19 but pressure from the cost-of-living crisis means leaders must deliver work, accountability & democracy that reflects African realities   Johannesburg, South Africa | NEWS ANALYSIS | Africa’s young people are more …

  Afreximbank’s record $1.5bn bond sale signals renewed global confidence in the continent’s growth prospects, but investors still demand a premium for risk   Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s multilateral lender, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), secured its largest bond issuance on record after raising $1.5 billion from international …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | A bizarre map of Africa recently appeared in a U.S. government presentation at an international conference in Brazil. Nigeria was shown as a landlocked country in the Sahara, Mozambique was moved to the Horn of Africa, and Cote d’Ivoire was placed on the opposite side …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has declared that African countries will continue supporting Somalia’s peace and stabilisation efforts even if the United States and other international partners withdraw financial and logistical support for the African Union mission. Speaking on the final day of the Second Extraordinary Summit …

    China and Africa pursuing modernization together, with no country left behind, is “a very large undertaking,” said Xiang Wenbo, chairman of Sany Heavy Industry, one of China’s largest construction machinery manufacturers.   NAIROBI | Xinhua | Sany Heavy Industry, one of China’s largest construction machinery manufacturers, posted 3.5 …

  The continental bid to make more of its own vaccines is moving from ambition to production   NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa has set itself an ambitious deadline of eliminating cholera by 2030. But behind that goal sits a more fundamental question about the continent’s ability to protect …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For years, Africa’s music industry has been dominated by artists emerging from established entertainment capitals such as Lagos, Johannesburg and Nairobi. But the rise of digital streaming and content platforms is beginning to redraw that map, creating opportunities for artists working far from the …

  Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | East Africa’s growing appetite for mobile internet continued to fuel Airtel Africa’s Mobile Services business during the quarter ended June 30, 2026, helping lift mobile services revenue to $607 million, up from $498 million in the same quarter last year. The performance reflects sustained …