Ghanaian agric startup, SAYeTECH, has won the 2024 edition of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) Africa Challenge, pocketing $50,000 in equity funding to scale...
Former Kenyan Commonwealth 10,000-meter champion, Lucy Kabuu, has filed contempt charges seeking to have her ex-husband, Jeremiah Maina, sent to jail. In the court application, Kabuu...
Global human rights organization, Amnesty International, has claimed that over 10,000 people have died in the custody of Nigerian military since the Boko Haram conflict broke...
International streaming platform, Spotify, has placed Nigerian music consumption for 2024 at a massive 146 per cent, with Nigerian musicians topping the list of 10 most-streamed...
A report released by The Big Deal on Thursday has revealed that 32 African startups collectively secured $180 million in funding, excluding exits, in November alone,...
A Zambian court has convicted a 24-year-old driver, Maurice Chomba, after he was found guilty of assaulting, raping and sodomising his 81-year-old landlady, leaving her severely...
A Ugandan fan of English Premier League club, Arsenal, identified as John Ssenyonga, has been shot dead by a trigger happy security man while celebrating the...
Embattled Nigerian pastor, Tobi Adegboyega, who is facing deportation from the UK over his alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme, has broken his silence on the...
Tanzanian fintech startup, Tunzaa, has announced raising fresh funds to enable it carry out its expansion plans. The fintech, which has developed an innovative payments API...
A Kenyan court has found the housemate of slain LGBTQ activist, Edwin Kiptoo, also known as Chiloba, who was killed in 2023, guilty of high-profile murder....
Some officials of the World Bank have questioned if the study supporting Ethiopia’s debt restructuring may be “faulty” after criticising...
he death toll from the Cyclone Chido which stuck Mozambique last week has risen to 94 with hundreds still missing....
After four years of being in the cooler as a result of suspension by government, Facebook, now Meta, is making...
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has insisted that the country is moving in the right direction despite the criticism of...
A Non-Governmental Organization in Zambia, the Gender Organizations Coordinating Council (NGOCC), has decried what it described as persistent corruption in...
he African football fraternity was thrown into mourning following the untimely demise of promising Kenyan striker, Ezekiel Otuoma, who died...
The Nigeria Police has rejected a report by Amnesty International that accused the force of killing protesters during the #Endbadgovernance...
The head coach of Mamelodi Sundowns women’s team, Jerry Tshabalala, has been suspended indefinitely amid allegations of sexual harassment of...
Ghanaian singer, Afua Asantewaa, on Saturday, began her second attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest...
The African Development Bank Group’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab has selected 20 promising tech entrepreneurs from various African technology ventures...