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Young engineers and students listening to a speaker in a Nairobi conference room during an International Data Center Day event about AI and data centres

From Mombasa Road to the Cloud: Nairobi’s Hidden AI Engine Rooms

Dul Dul Business Park on Nairobi’s Mombasa Road looked like any other new commercial complex:…

Delegates walking through an exhibition hall at the Cape Town International Convention Centre surrounded by booths for infrastructure firms and development banks

In Cape Town, a Summit Bets on the Roads to Africa’s Future

At Cape Town’s waterfront, delegates filed into the glass‑fronted convention center beneath banners promising…

Senegalese officials and experts seated around a U shaped table in a Dakar conference room reviewing a blue economy financing strategy on a projector screen

Africa’s Quiet Blue Economy Test Plays Out in Dakar

In a fluorescent-lit conference room a short drive from Dakar’s Atlantic corniche, the PowerPoint…

Young African delegates and officials seated around a conference table at the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa discussing youth employment pathways

Africa’s Youth Boom Meets a Quiet Test in Addis Ababa

In a windowless conference room on a hill above Addis Ababa, the talk was…

At the Future of Sustainability Conference 2026 in Fourways north of Johannesburg, South African officials, business leaders and international partners framed climate resilience, reliable energy and environmental governance as pillars of national defense and long term development, reflecting a shift from seeing sustainability as a corporate add on to treating it as core to economic and security strategy

South Africa’s Sustainability Summit Goes on the Defensive

Delegates in Fourways, north of Johannesburg, filled the lobby of the Indaba Hotel wearing…

African trade and climate negotiators speaking during a side event at the WTO ministerial in Yaounde, discussing critical minerals and green trade rules

At MC14, Africa Seeks a Fairer Deal for the Green Economy

Delegates filed past security cordons and television cameras into a conference center draped with…

Commuters walking past CCTV poles and camera clusters above a busy Lagos road, symbolising Nigerias rapid rollout of AI enabled smart city surveillance

Nigeria Is Becoming Africa’s Surveillance Superpower

On a muggy evening in Lagos, commuters stream past a row of new CCTV poles, each…

Residents wading chest deep through floodwater in an informal settlement outside Nairobi, carrying salvaged belongings after heavy rains

Kenya’s Deadly Floods Show How the World Is Failing on Climate Adaptation

On the outskirts of Nairobi, where paved roads give way to muddy tracks, the…

A southern white rhino stepping out of a transport crate onto the savanna in Ugandas Kidepo Valley National Park as rangers watch from a distance

Uganda Brings Rhinos Home, With Kenya’s Help

Just after dawn, the metal crate fell silent. The thump of the truck had…

Local rescuers on a dark Comoros beach carrying survivors and bodies from a capsized migrant boat bound for the French island of Mayotte

We Thought We Had Arrived: A Deadly Night on a LittleKnown Route to a French Island 

On a recent night off the northern shore of Grande Comore, the shouts came…

African ministers and delegates in a plenary hall at the UN Conference Centre in Addis Ababa discussing water, energy, cities and partnerships at the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

In Addis Ababa, Africa Rewrites the SDG Script

Africa is again gathering to take stock of its development journey, but this year’s…

British and Nigerian officials exchanging signed migration agreements in London, symbolising a partnership that promises safer mobility while tightening enforcement

Britain and Nigeria Sign New Migration Deals, Testing a Fraught Partnership

On a grey mid-March morning in London, Nigeria’s interior minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, walked into…

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