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Finance

Afreximbank: African bank of the year for the second year running

30 May 2024

Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attend the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding agreement, that allows Ethiopia to use a Somaliland port, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 January 2024. Reuters/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

Legal

Somalia president signs law nullifying Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal

Abdi Sheikh 8 Jan 2024

Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attend the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding agreement, that allows Ethiopia to use a Somaliland port, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 January 2024. Reuters/Tiksa Negeri

Logistics & Transport

Landlocked Ethiopia signs pact to use Somaliland's Red Sea port

Dawit Endeshaw, Abdi Sheikh and Bhargav Acharya 2 Jan 2024

Aysha construction began in 2016 with majority investment from Exim Bank of China.

Energy & Mining

Ethiopia signs $600m UAE deal to expand Aysha wind farm project

Dawit Endeshwa 3 Dec 2023

From crisis to opportunity: Using climate change to ramp up investment in Africa's water sector

ESG & Sustainability

From crisis to opportunity: Using climate change to ramp up investment in Africa's water sector

Mtchera Chirwa 25 Oct 2023

US, Norway join forces to boost African agriculture

Agriculture

US, Norway join forces to boost African agriculture

Daphne Psaledakis 20 Sep 2023

A man carries his bicycle over a flooded area in Muloza on the border with Mozambique after the tropical Cyclone Freddy, around 100km outside Blantyre, Malawi, 18 March 2023. Reuters/Esa Alexander

ESG & Sustainability

Extreme weather events under the spotlight as Africa Climate Summit kicks off

Hereward Holland 4 Sep 2023

The camera trap image that caused all the excitement: the first recorded cheetah in Djibouti for more than three decades. Photo: HawkWatch International

ESG & Sustainability

Cheetah spotted in Djibouti for the first time in over 30 years

John Yeld 3 Aug 2023

What this year's El Niño means for wheat and global food supply

Agriculture

What this year's El Niño means for wheat and global food supply

David Ubilava 17 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Ethiopia asks to join Brics bloc of emerging economies

Hereward Holland 30 Jun 2023

ESG & Sustainability

UN gets $2.4bn in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts

Michelle Nichols 26 May 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

ESG & Sustainability

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

Source: Reuters.Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres speaks as he receives the University of Lisbon 2020 prize, in Lisbon, Portugal, January 5, 2023.

Finance

Debt-laden African countries charged 'extortionate' rates, UN chief says

Dawit Endeshaw 20 Feb 2023

COP27 in review: climate talks delivered big gains for Africa, but also several challenges

ESG & Sustainability

COP27 in review: climate talks delivered big gains for Africa, but also several challenges

Saskia Werners and Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola 5 Jan 2023

Building community through African food storytelling with Dennis Molewa and Airbnb

Tourism & Travel

Building community through African food storytelling with Dennis Molewa and Airbnb

Robin Fredericks 12 Jan 2023

#COP27: 3 reasons rich countries can no longer ignore calls to pay developing world for climate havoc

ESG & Sustainability

#COP27: 3 reasons rich countries can no longer ignore calls to pay developing world for climate havoc

Lisa Vanhala 9 Nov 2022

From water conservation to crop selection, how farmers can take action against drought

Agriculture

From water conservation to crop selection, how farmers can take action against drought

Delphine Luquet, Ndjido Ardo Kane and Vincent Vadez 26 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. An artist paints a mural as part of the "cholera" campaign to depict the suffering of cholera patients in Sanaa, Yemen; April 25, 2019.

Healthcare

Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates rising - WHO

Jennifer Rigby 3 Oct 2022

Retail

Nestlé appoints Arvind Bhandari to head the East and Horn of Africa cluster

25 Aug 2022

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Agriculture

Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa

Nelson Banya 11 May 2022

Agriculture

Rethinking risk can unshackle Africa's small scale farmers from the grip of poor weather

24 Feb 2022

SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

Retail

SA entrepreneur drives sustainable development using African foods

Lauren Hartzenberg 10 Dec 2021

Five climate change messages from the African continent

ESG & Sustainability

Five climate change messages from the African continent

Nicholas Westcott 29 Oct 2021

France's Orange submits interest for stake in Ethio Telecom

ICT

France's Orange submits interest for stake in Ethio Telecom

Dawit Endeshaw 21 Jul 2021

Pests on the march as climate change fans spread of crop destroyers

Agriculture

Pests on the march as climate change fans spread of crop destroyers

Nita Bhalla 3 Jun 2021

Kenya launches Lamu port. But its value remains an open question

Logistics & Transport

Kenya launches Lamu port. But its value remains an open question

24 May 2021

Retail

New beverage brand Bissap inspired by flavours of West Africa

21 May 2021

Image: FAO/G.Tortoli

Agriculture

FAO, partners' high-tech response to help win fight against desert locust swarms

11 May 2021

Covid-19 economic impact failed to put brakes on climate change - WMO report

ESG & Sustainability

Covid-19 economic impact failed to put brakes on climate change - WMO report

22 Apr 2021

Disasters take heavy toll on agri-food systems as new threats emerge

Agriculture

Disasters take heavy toll on agri-food systems as new threats emerge

23 Mar 2021

FAO seeks funds as Desert Locust swarms threaten food security in Africa, Yemen

Agriculture

FAO seeks funds as Desert Locust swarms threaten food security in Africa, Yemen

23 Dec 2020

Agriculture

EU contributes €15m to the fight against desert locust in Africa

9 Jul 2020

Africa Food Security 11 via

Agriculture

Mitigating Covid-19's impact on Africa's food systems

Atsuko Toda and Dr Martin Fregene 17 Apr 2020

Tourism & Travel

Is tourism the answer to Ethiopia's job creation goal?

25 Feb 2020

East Africa locust invasion approaching full-blown crisis

Agriculture

East Africa locust invasion approaching full-blown crisis

Nelson Mandela Ogema 13 Feb 2020

Locust invasions are cyclical: African states shouldn't be caught napping

Agriculture

Locust invasions are cyclical: African states shouldn't be caught napping

Cyril Piou 7 Feb 2020

Urgent funding needed to fight desert locust upsurge in Africa

Agriculture

Urgent funding needed to fight desert locust upsurge in Africa

31 Jan 2020

Documentaries explore reality of migration

Marketing & Media

Documentaries explore reality of migration

3 Dec 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Marketing & Media

Peace in the Horn of Africa leads to economic recovery

14 Nov 2019

All the 2019 African Digital Media Awards winners

Marketing & Media

All the 2019 African Digital Media Awards winners

12 Sep 2019

Millions of people have been displaced from countries like Mali. Can a free trade zone create more security? NICOLAS REMENE/EPA-EFE

Finance

The African free trade zone can't ignore continent's security issues

5 Sep 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zambian President Edgar Lungu meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in 2018. EPA-EFE/Alexei NikolskySputnik/Kremlin Pool

Finance

Russia in Africa: can it offer an alternative to the US and China?

János Besenyo 3 Jun 2019

US National Security Advisor John Bolton sees China as a threat to Washington in Africa. EPA-EFE/Shawn Thew

Finance

US still sees Africa as important. But it must learn from past mistakes

Maria Ryan 24 Apr 2019

The youth now have a future in both Ethiopia and Eritrea. Image source: Gallo/Getty

Marketing & Media

Time for development in Ethiopia, Eritrea

Daniel Otieno 19 Mar 2019

Economic growth of 4% forecast for Africa this year

Marketing & Media

Economic growth of 4% forecast for Africa this year

7 Feb 2019

Lamin Momodou Manneh, director, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Marketing & Media

#BizTrends2019: This could be a big year for Africa

Lamin Momodou Manneh 21 Jan 2019

The EU putting civil-military cooperation in practise in the Horn of Africa

Logistics & Transport

The EU putting civil-military cooperation in practise in the Horn of Africa

3 Jan 2019

Steps calls for submissions for documentary film project Generation Africa

Marketing & Media

Steps calls for submissions for documentary film project Generation Africa

4 Oct 2018