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Cossi Achille Arouko noticed the problem while watching someone else solve it. As tech lead at Paystack, the Stripe-owned Nigerian fintech, he watched how Divvy, a US finance management platform, handled the company’s expenses: corporate cards issued to employees, automatic spending limits, and reimbursement requests processed without anyone chasing anyone.  It was clean. It was

The ongoing public feud between the Department of Defense and the AI company Anthropic has raised a deep and still unanswered question: Does the law actually allow the US government to conduct mass surveillance on Americans? Surprisingly, the answer is not straightforward....

Jimma, Ethiopia | 27 February 2026 — Jimma University is advancing national efforts in Ethiopia to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through the Local Production of Antibiotic Disc (LoPAD) project, an innovative initiative supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) under the Leap Engage Accelerate Disrupt (LEAD) Innovation Challenge Program. The project is testing the possibility

Nairobi - For the first time, Kenya has measured how children under five are growing, learning, and developing as part of a major national health survey, a move that could reshape how the country designs and delivers support for its youngest citizens. The early years of a child's life are widely recognised as the most

A seventh U.S. soldier has been killed in action during combat in Iran, less...

A seventh U.S. soldier has been killed in action during combat in Iran, less...

1 of 2 | Iranians carry national flags and portraits of Iran's Late Leader,...

Kari Lake's actions at Voice of America and its parent agency, including massive layoffs...

Stephanie Imohede, Africa Skilling Leader at TeKnowledge; Oluwatomisin Mordi, Country HR Manager at TeKnowledge; Ifeoluwa Ayoade, Vice President, Product & Engineering at Zest Payments Ltd; Dr Nefi Wole Abu, Co-Founder of Lane Consulting; Aileen Allkins, President and CEO of TeKnowledge; Olapeju Ibekwe, CEO of Sterling One Foundation and Olatomiwa Williams, Chief Growth & AI Officer

The Federal Government has begun reforms aimed at transforming the National Veterinary Research Institute into a commercially viable vaccine production hub as part of efforts to reduce Nigeria’s heavy reliance on imported animal vaccines and unlock the country’s livestock export potential. The move, driven by the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, seeks to increase domestic

Akande Wahab Adekola is a career diplomat who was recently appointed as as a career ambassador to Switzerland by President Bola Tinubu. His career reflects a long-term involvement in Nigerian administration, moving from technical linguistic roles to senior diplomatic leadership. Read also: Full list of 65 ambassadors and countries they are posted to by President Tinubu

For much of Africa’s post-independence history, the presidency was widely seen as a man’s office. Power was shaped by liberation movements, military rule, and political parties dominated almost entirely by men. The idea that a woman could lead a nation at the highest level often seemed distant, even unlikely. That perception began to change in

Abubakar Bagudu, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, has announced that the Federal Government is exploring innovative funding options, including collaboration with development partners, to deliver a credible and technology-enabled population and housing census. Bagudu made this disclosure while receiving a delegation from the National Population Commission (NPC), led by its Chairman, Aminu Yusuf.

Kenya’s Court of Appeal struck down criminal penalties for publishing “false information” online, a decision that weakens a cybercrime law rights groups say has been used to arrest bloggers, journalists, and social media users since 2018. In a ruling delivered in Nairobi on Friday, a three-judge bench invalidated Sections 22 and 23 of the Computer