Spotlight: YC-backed Bujeti is building Africa’s financial control centre

When Bujeti made it into Y Combinator’s Winter 2023 cohort, it joined a rare club, one of just a handful of African startups to break through that year, even as the famed accelerator quietly scaled back its presence in emerging markets. For...

TotalEnergies, Chevron canvass seamless oil exploration regulations at AEW

BY SAM OTUONYE Africa’s oil and gas sector could be on the brink of a new exploration renaissance, driven by advances in seismic imaging, frontier data sets and faster permitting, industry leaders said at Africa Energy Week (AEW): Invest in...

Copper producer Aurubis held talks with US on support for new smelter

Germany's Aurubis is exploring US government support for a new copper smelter, following its recent recycling plant launch. Germany's Aurubis has held preliminary talks with the US government about support for a new copper smelter in the United...

Illegal quarrying plague

Editorial Newsday 2 Hrs Ago A police SUV is dwarfed by the multi-million dollar aggregate processing plant at an illegal quarry site at Manual Congo, Guanpo on October 9. - Faith Ayoung Strategic police action on October 9 claims to have ended a...

Anthony Joshua's 5 Most Probable Opponents Ranked by Likelihood, Earnings, & Chances of Winning

One of the great things about modern boxing is that one big win can make you a celebrity overnight. And that was the case most recently, on the 11th of October, when two heavyweights scored victories in separate bouts and immediately made their...

A day to celebrate cotton

Nigerien fashion designer, Alphadi, joins students from Rome’s Academy of Fashion to celebrate African cotton on World Cotton Day and to help students delve deeper into African designs. ©FAO/Giulio Napolitano 07/10/2025 The bright light filters...

TotalEnergies,Chevron Push for Faster Permits

Africa’s oil and gas sector could be on the brink of a new exploration renaissance, driven by advances in seismic imaging, frontier data sets and faster permitting, industry leaders said at Africa Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025...

How can Africa's 2.5 billion people be fed without worsening climate change

Africa’s agricultural and food systems are at a crossroads. A new international study reveals that the continent’s farms, food industries, and forests now emit nearly 2.9 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent each year—over a quarter of global...

Obituary: James “Bau” Graves

James “Bau” Graves HARPSWELL – With great sadness we share the news that James “Bau” Graves passed away on Sept. 24, 2025, in Harpswell. He lived a vibrant, creative, and musical life, full of love and worldwide adventure, and left for his next...

Oil majors push Africa to speed permits, upgrade seismic data

Global energy giants are pressing African governments to overhaul their licensing systems and invest in modern seismic mapping, warning that the continent risks losing billions in exploration capital to more responsive oil provinces....

Once a Nation, now just Postcodes

For most of our species’ history, human life was organised around small, mobile bands and village communities. Before civilisation, human groups were rule-governed but local: kinship, ritual and customary norms regulated life; enforcement rested...

TotalEnergies and Chevron Push for Faster Permits, Better Seismic Data Across Africa

At the Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025 conference in Cape Town, industry leaders, including those from TotalEnergies and Chevron, called for major improvements in how oil and gas exploration is managed across Africa. Their key demands centered on...

GC, MICAT, LNTA dialogue on tourism sector

By Lewis S. Teh Monrovia, Liberia; October 15, 2025 – In bold steps to attract tourists, the Government of Liberia, through the Governance Commission, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and the newly established Liberia National...

The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of

UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of one of the world’s least-known human rights and environmental crises, our research has revealed. West Papua – the Indonesian-administered western half of the island also known as New...

Departing Afreximbank Chief Makes Final Case for Pan African Unity

Professor Benedict Oramah used one of his final major addresses as Afreximbank president to articulate a vision that’s been central to his decade long tenure: Africa and its global diaspora must stop thinking of themselves as separate entities and...

Undiscovered Destinations Ventures Into the Unknown With Extraordinary 2025-27 Group Tours

Award-winning tour operator Undiscovered Destinations is unveiling its carefully crafted collection of small group and tailor-made journeys for 2025–2027, reinforcing its position as one of the UK’s leading specialists in authentic, truly...

How First Wap Tracks Phones Around the World

In the spring of 2024, Lighthouse found a vast archive of data on the deep web. It contained thousands of phone numbers and hundreds of thousands of locations from nearly every country in the world. The data came from a little-known surveillance...

Tucson Meet Yourself events highlight 'the ways we come together'

Tucson Meet Yourself is back for another year of traditional arts and performances celebrating the many vibrant cultures and communities of Tucson. The festivities start at 11 a.m. Oct. 17 and run all weekend long. As always, this year's schedule...

Africa Intelligence Brief - October 2, 2025

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Energy and deal-flow led today's tape. Brazzaville is fast‐tracking a new gas code and a licensing round, Dakar wants a second refinery, Abidjan expanded its exploration map, and Maputo gained another FLNG go‐ahead. Addis...

Illegal quarry ‘boss’ falls ill, taken to private hospital

News Gregory Mc Burnie 6 Hrs Ago Police vehicles including a mobile detention unit on site at the illegal quarrying plant in Manuel Congo, Guanapo on October 9. - Photo by Faith Ayoung The man described by police the "main boss" in a multi-million...