Africa faces 86 mn tonne fuel shortfall by 2040: AFC
Nairobi – The Iran war has exposed Africa’s vulnerability to fuel chokepoints and is heading for a 86 million... Read more
23 Apr
Africa is losing health workers when it can least afford to – a pattern rooted in colonial history
Danica Sims, University of Oxford Africa has a challenge to retain the health workers it needs. The World Health... Read more
13 Apr
Mideast war threatens Africa’s supply of humanitarian medicine
Dakar – The Middle East conflict is exacerbating tensions over the humanitarian supply of medicines in Africa, a sector... Read more
10 Apr
Middle East conflict could trigger cost-of-living crisis in Africa
Addis Ababa – The Middle East war “presents a serious risk to Africa”, the African Union and the African... Read more
5 Apr
China is helping build Africa’s cities, but its approach sidelines local urban planners and residents
Ding Fei, Cornell University As African cities experience some of the fastest urban growth rates in the world, China... Read more
31 Mar
Joy, scepticism across west Africa after UN vote on slave trade
Accra – Ghanaians in the streets of the capital Accra were full of pride – and already looking toward... Read more
27 Mar
SA looks to Nigerian billionaire for lifeline in fuel crunch – report
Cape Town – African countries are scrambling to secure fuel supplies after the Iran war disrupted global flows, driving... Read more
20 Mar
Oil price surge is hurting African economies: scholars in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, SA, take stock
Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College; Ibrahima Thiam, Université Iba Der Thiam de Thiès; Rod Crompton, University of the Witwatersrand; Tsegay... Read more
20 Mar
Electric vehicles could soon be cheaper than petrol cars in Africa – if financing barriers fall
Christian Moretti, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and Bessie Noll, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich The cost... Read more
16 Mar
African workers in the Middle East weigh safety against livelihoods as conflict escalates
Johannesburg – When blasts rolled across Dubai as air defences intercepted Iranian missiles overhead, Marion Kuria froze as a... Read more
7 Mar
