Africa will launch its own credit rating agency on Wednesday, aimed at countering what many see as unfair assessments by ...

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The World Bank has raised Africa's 2026 economic growth forecast to 4.3%, citing stronger performance across the region, and urged governments to embrace ...

Formula 1 is poised to return to Africa for the first time since 1993, with a new grand prix in Rwanda targeted for the 2030 ...

Africa was already in the midst of an investment boom before the US and Israel went to war with Iran this year. Now, its ...

I first traveled to Africa when I was five years old, and I’ve returned every year since. No matter how many times I go, I’m always filled with that same excitement and awe I had as a little boy. Now ...

When Capitec Bank opened its doors in 2001, few expected that a start-up based on rejecting almost every convention of South ...

The government is putting the well-being and in many cases the lives of the more than five million people living in South Africa’s informal settlements at risk by failing to provide them with access ...

U.S. ambassador Brent Bozell warns South Africa is drifting toward Iran, Russia, China and Hamas as Trump pushes back on land ...

In many ways, there has never been a better time to be born African. Since 1960, average life expectancy has risen by more than half, from 41 years to 64. The share of children dying before their ...

Berlin, Germany – The plaque that marks 77 William Street, the building in the German capital where a meeting that forever shaped Africa’s fate took place, is different. Unlike those beside it – ...

China's role in Africa is shifting from state-owned enterprise-led infrastructure to private consumer goods. Surge in Chinese exports and small entrepreneurs targeting Africa's growing consumer market ...

The first group of 49 Afrikaners arrived in the United States in May 2025 under the program. In May 2026, the Trump ...