‘Supporting Women’s Increased Access to Family Planning Through Pharmacies and Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors’
Education not an expenditure, but a vital investment – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that education, from pre-school to tertiary level, should not be seen as an expenditure, but as a vital investment. Ms Christian Munduate, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, made the assertion at the launching of…
USAID’s Demise Threatens a Vital Health and Climate Solution in Africa
A funding stoppage hurts efforts to phase out polluting home cookstoves and replace them with cleaner alternatives. The Trump administration’s gutting of the US Agency for International Development, with 80% of its programs now canceled, is a blow for clean…
New Report Exposes Global Financing of Unjust Industrial Agriculture Practices – Seeks Investment for Agroecology in Africa
Follow the money, find the injustice: Industrial agriculture is bankrolled, agroecology is starved. In March 2025, AFSA convened over 100 food systems actors from across Africa in Nairobi to expose how industrial agriculture is bankrolled by global financial systems…
NGO Wants More Awareness on Improved Cassava Seeds
The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), a non-governmental organisation, has called on social media influencers in Benue and Nasarawa States to create more awareness on the availability of improved disease-free cassava seeds. SAA made the call in Makurdi at the Building…
19th Islamic Development Bank Global Forum to Explore Digital Transformation and Financial Inclusion in Islamic Finance
Organized annually as a flagship side event of the Annual Meetings, this year’s Forum will bring together thought leaders, policymakers, financial experts, and other stakeholders in the Islamic finance industry The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) is pleased to…
Climate Change Takes Increasingly Extreme Toll on African Countries
© Unsplash/Florian Berger: Africa faces “urgent and escalating realities” of climate change such as persistent drought and deadly flooding, warned Celeste Saulo, head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which supports adaptation efforts. By Juliette Maigné Devastating floods in South…
Cassava Technologies and Zindi Collaborate to Showcase African Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation
This partnership represents a significant step in accelerating digital transformation in Africa and will see the two organisations collaborate on several initiatives Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, is pleased to announce that it has signed…
International Nurses Day: Nurse-Led Team Honored for Bringing Dignified Care and Support To Terminally Ill Patients on Hospital Ship in Africa
In Partnership With the DAISY Foundation™, the Global Mercy™ Nursing Team Receives Inaugural Mercy Ships DAISY Team Award for Transformative End-of-Life Care The compassionate care of a team of palliative care nurses from the United States and the Netherlands…
African Mining Week to Connect Junior Miners with African Prospects, Global Investors
Under the theme From Extraction to Beneficiation: Unlocking Africa’s Mineral Wealth, African Mining Week will connect emerging miners with lucrative opportunities within Africa’s mining value chain The upcoming African Mining Week – scheduled for October 1–3, 2025, in Cape…
