During the summer of 2023, Georgette Mensah-Hayes, LSEHD ’25, and Clarisse Ebeh, MCAS ’25, began to brainstorm the potential theme for Boston College’s African Student Organization’s (ASO) most ...

U.S. military officials think they know what happened to the leader of a Russian mercenary group. General Pat Ryder is at the Pentagon where intelligence analysts have observed the plane crash that ...

Africa, a continent rich in natural resources and a growing consumer base, has long been a source of immense wealth for multinational corporations (MNCs). These companies extract vast amounts of ...

Scholars, diplomats, researchers, and other stakeholders have cautioned that Africa’s future in global affairs is at risk due to bad governance, corruption, poor education, and related challenges.

At an AI Summit hosted at Microsoft South Africa’s offices, some of the collaborators on a recently launched whitepaper came together to share the findings and considerations for the future of work, ...

Jobberman Remote Work Fest 2025, themed 'Work Beyond Borders: Building Africa's Global Remote Workforce' in Lagos.

Defending capitalism, defiant over critiques of Wall Street, and keen to promote greater US involvement in Africa – the head of the biggest bank in the world did not disappoint a hall of policymakers ...

The conference marked the 60th anniversary of the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), a state-owned enterprise that has been at the forefront of developing advanced defense equipment ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. This is an excerpt from The Future of Fintech in Africa 2023 ...

The Trump administration is making changes to U.S. policy toward Africa. These changes — including dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development and its programs in Africa — have direct and ...

Vaccine are one of humanity’s greatest achievements, but their distribution is not equal. In Africa, 98.9% of the continent’s vaccine supply is produced outside of the continent. The COVID-19 pandemic ...