President Paul Kagame’s address at the Global AI Summit in Kigali delivered a timely and necessary wake-up call to African leaders: the artificial intelligence revolution is here, and the continent cannot afford to be left behind again. The opportunities are immense. As highlighted during the summit, AI has the potential to add up to $30 […]
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African countries are working towards the creation of a continent Artificial Intelligence (AI) fund that will finance the much-needed infrastructure, skills, and energy to drive AI adoption and transformation. ALSO READ: Africa must not be left behind, Kagame tells AI Summit This was disclosed at the ongoing Global AI Summit on Africa held under the
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Africa’s health sector is facing an unprecedented financing crisis, driven by a sharp decline of 70% in Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 2021 to 2025 and deep-rooted structural vulnerabilities. This collapse is placing immense pressure on Africa’s already fragile health systems as ODA is seen as the backbone of critical health programs: pandemic
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Respondents offer mixed assessments of government efforts to support vulnerable children. Key findings While more than seven in 10 Tanzanians (72%) say parents are “never” justified in using physical force to discipline their children, Uganda (53% “never”) and Kenya (48% “never”) are much more divided on the issue of corporal punishment. o Almost half (45%)
·Lokpobiri to IOCs: Nigeria has created right conditions, it’s time to invest ·Insists on withdrawal of licences from unproductive oilfield owners Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Peter Uzoho in Lagos In a significant development for Africa’s energy sector, Nigeria, Angola and Ghana have fulfilled their capital commitments toward establishing the Africa Energy Bank (AEB), a
Addis Ababa, — – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) stressed that regional integration and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) are essential for advancing cross-border transport development in Africa. The 2025 Annual General Meeting of the African Transport Policy Programme (SSATP) was held Cotonou to discuss on regional transport priorities, institutional
The country that President Donald Trump declared “nobody’s ever heard of” during his 4 March address to Congress has been hit with the highest U.S. tariffs in the world. Lesotho tops the list of 20 African nations upon which the White House has announced what it calls “reciprocal” tariffs, which add to the baseline imposed
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The urgency of climate change compels us to revisit lost wisdom in the African Agricultural Sector. Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki is African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems observes that extreme weather, erratic rainfall, and rising temperatures threaten the staple crops that dominate global agriculture, necessitating the need to look beyond rice, maize, and wheat–species
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The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, weekend, challenged governments at all levels, corporate organisations and philanthropists to invest more in education to produce global billionaires and brands. Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central in the Senate, highlighted how developed and emerging nations in Asia, Europe and North America leveraged education as a veritable tool
Two senior UN officials appealed in the Security Council on Wednesday for an end to attacks against humanitarians and personnel working for the global organization. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General with UN aid coordination office OCHA, and Gilles Michaud, head of the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) were speaking during a meeting on the
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