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The National Museum of Niger is a 24-hectare gem and boasts a multitude of displays. From dinosaurs to living animals in its zoo and there… Read More »Niger Puts its Best Foot Forward with Exhibition

Renewable energy is expected to account for less than 10% of Africa’s electricity generation by 2030, showing huge investment is needed to unlock the continent’s… Read More »Africa Should Use the Next Decade to Go Green

Malian fintech startup OKO Finance has distributed US$70,000 in payouts to farmers affected by floods through its new insurance service. Founded in 2017, OKO develops… Read More »Mali’s Mobile-based Crop Insurer

Negotiations between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, in a long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, have reached a new… Read More »Five Steps Back for Talks on Grand Ethiopian Dam

It is well connected with the domestic formal economy and has also established links into trans-border trade with neighbouring and distant countries. But managing the… Read More »Lagos’ Waste Economy is Huge

The appointment of British supermodel Naomi Campbell as Kenya’s tourism ambassador has caused a Twitter storm in the East African nation. Many queried why it… Read More »Ms Campbell Becomes the Face of Kenya Travel

The World Bank plans to invest over $5 billion over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve agriculture productivity, and promote livelihoods… Read More »Africa’s Green Wall Intitative Gets Cash Injection

Lack of rain and poor harvests have left more than one-third of southern Madagascar’s population short of food, not knowing from where their next meal… Read More »Recurrent Drought and COVID-19 have Brought Southern Madagascar to its Knees

Filming on his phone inside Egypt’s Hussainiya hospital, Ahmed Mamdouh pans around the ward to show beds occupied by motionless bodies. “All the people are… Read More »The State of Egypt’s Hospital Supplies in Pandemic Fight