JOHANNESBURG, March 30 - The risks to ⁠Africa's ⁠economic growth outlook were skewed ⁠to the downside even before the Iran ...

Africa holds abundant private savings, but much of it remains informal. As a result, its contribution to development financing is limited. Researcher Florian Léon is one of the authors of a recent ...

From the perspective of complex systems, a new study reveals the universality, specificity, and explanatory power of underlying rules governing urban system evolution. The paper is authored by an ...

Daniel Danino is the CEO and founder of Volta Metals, an international group focused on energy, industry, trading and aviation in EMEA. West Africa's banking sector has experienced a remarkable ...

The countdown has begun. At the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) upcoming annual meetings on 26-30 May in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, the name of Akinwumi Adesina’s successor will finally be known. He or ...

The (un)lucky fossil, now known as Kabwe 1, represents a turning point at a time when Africa was considered peripheral to the story of human evolution. A century later, it’s widely accepted that the ...

Akinwumi Adesina remains fully mobilised to the end. At the end of July, he attended the Standard Chartered Africa Summit in Lagos, then, a few days later, inaugurated an agro-industrial zone in Oyo ...

As the world gathers for the 79th United Nations General Assembly, Africa's unique challenges and opportunities take center stage in a pivotal side event that will serve to discuss two central issues ...

New research pushes back the oldest evidence of C4 grass-dominated habitats in Africa -- and globally -- by more than 10 million years, with important implications for primate evolution and the ...

By Elsie Appiah-Osei Accra, March 30, GNA — The University of Ghana (UG) has been adjudged the winner of the Pan-African Shifting the Power Youth Debate, held in Accra on Monday. For their prizes, the ...