Elections: Facebook is Working to Reduce the Spread of Misinformation Across Africa
By Akua Gyekye With a number of upcoming elections across Africa, Facebook is working to reduce the spread of misinformation, protect election integrity and support civic engagement across the…
Debt-Distressed African Countries Again Look to IMF
By: Akani Chauke By the International Monetary Fund (IMF’s) own admission, there are circumstances where African governments’ debt levels are so high they become unsustainable, such that the…
Google Lunchpad Accelerator Africa programme Graduates class 2
Google has graduated the Class 2 of its Lunchpad Accelerator Africa programme in Lagos. The Country Director, Google, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor disclosed this at the graduation…
AMC launches new film production hub for Africa
With a focus on African storytelling, the African Movie Channel has launched a production hub to develop and produce movies and TV series. Its new production division will be…
Zimbabwean police looking for opposition leaders in connection with post-election violence
Zimbabwean police said Tuesday they are looking for nine senior opposition MDC Alliance leaders in connection with the post-election violence in central Harare. Six people died while several others were…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa condemns riot police interruption of press event
Emmerson Mnangagwa, who narrowly won re-election as the president of Zimbabwe in a poll followed by violence and political tension, has condemned a move by riot police to break up…
South African court overturns immunity for Grace Mugabe in assault case
South Africa’s High Court on Monday overturned a decision by the government to grant Zimbabwe’s former first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity after she was accused of whipping a woman…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa casts vote as voting gets underway
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe cast his ballot Monday morning in the first post-Mugabe election in Kwekwe in his home province of Midlands. His main rival Nelson Chamisa of the…
IMF warns of rising African debt in spite of faster economic growth
May 8, 2018 The IMF on Tuesday warned that Sub-Saharan African nations are at growing risk of debt distress because of heavy borrowing and gaping deficits, in spite of an…
Africa’s democratic ‘laggards’ must listen to calls for change – Liberia’s Johnson Sirleaf
African leaders resisting “democratic transformation” must heed their citizens’ calls for change, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Saturday, after receiving an award aimed at promoting good leadership…