Cyberattacks in Africa Have Risen 421% in a Decade, Mastercard Finds
Cyberattacks targeting African organisations rose more than 421% between 2016 and 2025, outpacing a 307% increase globally, according to a […]
Cyberattacks targeting African organisations rose more than 421% between 2016 and 2025, outpacing a 307% increase globally, according to a […]
Global institutions must give Africa a greater role in shaping international decisions if they are to restore public confidence in […]
East Africa’s biggest company Safaricom uses artificial intelligence to prevent 94% of attempted fraud in real time, its chief executive […]
When mobile networks first started rolling out at scale, the African market was considered unviable by many of the companies […]
South African mining tycoon Mzi Khumalo faces the risk of losing control of three Zimbabwean gold mines after a $70 […]
Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has ordered an investigation into an airstrike that killed 72 people at a gold […]
Ethiopia has launched its first gold refinery in a $50 million joint venture aimed at expanding domestic mineral processing and […]
Microsoft’s plan to close its Africa Development Centre in Nairobi is threatening to end a six-year effort to build a […]
In any supermarket in Nairobi right now, a shopper looking for a carton of milk might struggle to find any […]
Solar energy company Sun King has expanded its inverter range in Kenya to systems of up to 30 kilowatts, targeting […]
South Africa’s First National Bank has launched cryptocurrency trading through a partnership with digital asset exchange VALR, allowing customers to […]
Imagine a scenario in which Ebola infections multiply in your country, hospital isolation wards begin to fill up, and health […]
Kenya’s progress in extending life expectancy needs to be matched by stronger social protection systems that help people age with […]
Tanzania’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 6.25% for the fourth quarter, maintaining a tighter monetary policy […]
Kenya’s I&M Group is gradually pulling its Mauritius joint venture Bank One away from retail banking and refocusing the business […]
The African Development Bank has agreed to provide a $10 million guarantee to Exim Bank Tanzania to help local companies […]
Unilever has invested about $540,000 in an 800-kilowatt solar installation at its Nairobi factory, the consumer goods company said on […]
On the southern Kenyan coast, where cassava fields and sugar cane give way to dense forest, a low volcanic hill […]
Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have killed, tortured and forcibly recruited artisanal miners in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and helped traffic […]
Gold mining has resumed in parts of Nigeria’s Niger state despite a government-ordered suspension following the deaths of 37 alleged […]
The European Commission has suspended €18 million ($20 million) in financial aid to Sierra Leone over the country’s refusal to […]
Tanzania’s central bank will retain a 10-year limit on how long bank chief executives and directors can serve at the […]
South Africa recorded a sharp increase in foreign direct investment inflows in the second quarter of 2026, with investment more […]
Burkina Faso has opened its first gold refinery in the capital Ouagadougou as the military-led government seeks greater control over […]
