African Development Bank approves $28.49 million grant to enhance Ghana’s universal electrification goal
By Olufemi Terry The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a grant of $28.49 million for Ghana…
Vusi Thembekwayo: The Surprising Differences Between Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors
When it comes to raising funds for start-ups, two of the most commonly used types of investors are venture capitalists…
Hadebe Hadebe: Historicising Lesotho’s imagined expansion – The Shepstone legacy of the paramount-chief system
Some of the things when told, e.g., mainly what l usually write about on the history of southern Africa, seem…
Afropolitan Casuals: The launch boosts fashion, cuisine and music as Nigeria’s public diplomacy arsenals in forging continental integration
Jambo Africa Online’s Publisher, SAUL MOLOBI, attends the launch of Ken Ayere’s Afropolitan Caduals – a fashion brand rooted in…
Francois Fouche: Trade News-in-Brief – “Booming energy industry, for the wrong reasons” plus other stories
Booming energy industry, for the wrong reasons Not too many ways to view load shedding (electricity curtailment) in a positive…
No Armaggedon in South Africa
“If it bleeds, it leads and if does not bleed it can’t lead,” is a mantra long practiced by merchants…
The astonishing life and music of Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the Ethiopian nun who’s died at 99
By Ilana Webster-Kogen, SOAS, University of London As the Ethiopian pianist Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou approached the age of 100, fans and music…
ECA calls for Africa’s economic growth to be inclusive to reduce widespread poverty
By Staff Reporter While the world was still fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine broke out in early…
Africa must urgently invest in economic recovery
By Staff Reporter Africa should deploy innovative resource mobilization and accelerate economic recovery from multiple crises which have eroded two…
Without good governance, development in Africa is dead on arrival, says Mohamed Ibn Chambas
By Staff Reporter Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the African Union High Representative for Silencing the Gunscampaign, has emphasized the vital role of…