https://www.africa.com Stay Smart About Africa Tue, 14 May 2024 11:30:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-Blue-africa-32x32.png https://www.africa.com 32 32 https://www.africa.com/revolutionizing-africas-fintech-landscape-calls-for-foundational-digital-public-infrastructure/ Tue, 14 May 2024 10:14:35 +0000 https://www.africa.com/?p=202167 In a visionary address, stakeholders in Africa’s financial technology (fintech) sector rallied behind a bold strategy to accelerate the continent’s fintech transformation and seamlessly integrate with the global fintech ecosystem.  […]]]> https://www.africa.com/world-bank-set-to-disburse-2-5-billion-loan-to-nigeria/ Mon, 13 May 2024 16:31:14 +0000 https://www.africa.com/?p=202100 The World Bank has reportedly approved a $2.5 billion loan for Nigeria. This news arrives a few weeks after the Minister for Finance, Mr. Wale Edun, revealed Nigeria’s eligibility for […]]]> https://www.africa.com/south-african-voters-head-to-the-polls-in-important-election/ Mon, 13 May 2024 16:30:09 +0000 https://www.africa.com/?p=202125 South Africa will conduct its next national election on May 29 and, based on the current poll numbers, the African National Congress will likely lose its majority after three decades. […]]]> https://www.africa.com/internet-users-across-east-africa-experience-outage/ Mon, 13 May 2024 16:28:53 +0000 https://www.africa.com/?p=202123 People across four East African nations – Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda – have been experiencing poor connectivity that bears a resemblance to what happened across some West African countries […]]]> https://www.africa.com/egypt-joins-south-africas-icj-genocide-case-in-major-blow-to-israel/ Mon, 13 May 2024 16:27:37 +0000 https://www.africa.com/?p=202121 Egypt has declared its intention to formally support South Africa in its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed this […]]]> https://www.africa.com/itno-wins-chads-presidential-elections-by-a-landslide/ Mon, 13 May 2024 16:26:39 +0000 https://www.africa.com/?p=202119 Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, Chad’s current military leader, has been declared winner of the election held across the country on Monday, May 6. Declared by the country’s national election agency […]]]> https://www.africa.com/south-african-survivor-rescued-116-hours-after-building-collapse/ Mon, 13 May 2024 16:25:33 +0000 https://www.africa.com/?p=202117 Rescuers working at a collapsed building in George, South Africa, saved a survivor on Saturday. The survivor was trapped under the rubble for 116 hours with the building having crumpled […]]]> https://www.africa.com/tunisians-demand-date-for-presidential-elections-end-to-repression/ Mon, 13 May 2024 16:24:22 +0000 https://www.africa.com/?p=202115 Hundreds of civilians gathered on the streets of Tunis, Tunisia’s capital, on Sunday to protest against the unjust imprisonment of people who criticized President Kais Saied’s government, including journalists, activists, […]]]> https://www.africa.com/rebel-attack-claims-lives-in-central-african-republic-mining-town/ Mon, 13 May 2024 16:22:52 +0000 https://www.africa.com/?p=202113 A group of armed rebels attacked a Chinese-run gold mining town in Central African Republic on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring others. According to a local government […]]]> https://www.africa.com/rwanda-denies-burundi-accusation-it-sponsored-terrorist-attack/ Mon, 13 May 2024 16:21:44 +0000 https://www.africa.com/?p=202111 Rwanda has refuted claims by neighboring Burundi that it armed a rebel group accused of executing a terrorist attack in Bujumbura, its economic capital. The grenade attack, which was carried […]]]>