Urban scientists on Wednesday launched the first digital map of Africa's sprawl of slums to expose the true scale of urban poverty and bring services to millions of people.
The "Million Neighbourhoods" project by a team at the University of...
The United Kingdom (UK) receives about £90 billion illicit funds from Nigeria, Africa and countries in third world every year, according to report by Christian Erikson and Lionel Faull, anti-corruption advocates.
The advocates disclosed this in a joint paper tagged,...
Ghana's Kotoka International Airport has been adjudged the best airport in West Africa and the fourth-best in the World by the Airport Council International (ACI) Africa.
The country moved from 6th last year to 4th in the West African ranking.
At...
University of Cape Town in South Africa is the best University in Africa according to U.S. News World Report.
U.S. News World Report, the global authority in education rankings, today published the 2020 edition of the Best Global Universities rankings....
Commonly known as the warrior queen, Queen Amina of Zaria was the first woman to become the Sarauniya (queen) in a male-dominated society. She expanded the territory of the Hausa people of north Africa to its largest borders in...
Mauritius has emerged again as Africa's most competitive economy, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), ahead of the three biggest economies on the continent.
South Africa emerged second (60th position in the world) while Nigeria was ranked 16th (116th...
New research has revealed that entrepreneurs are actually happier than those who work white collar jobs. A study from researchers at ETH Zurich found that entrepreneurs display more positive emotions and fewer negative emotions on social media.
The study looked...
Central African Republic has been ranked the Hungriest country in not just Africa, but the whole world in general. The country topped an annual world hunger index on Tuesday as aid agencies warned that climate change was making it...
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation" in resolving the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea, the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo said Friday.
Ethiopia and...
Rwanda’s Mara Group launched two smartphones on Monday, describing them as the first “Made in Africa” models and giving a boost to the country’s ambitions to become a regional technology hub.
The Mara X and Mara Z will use Google’s...
Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.
