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10 largest African countries by land mass

10 largest African countries by land mass

Africa has been dubbed blessed for many reasons, from its population size, to its mineral resources and its mind-blowing land mass.10 largest African countries by land massAfrica is the wor

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Tanzania President Samia eyes more Chinese loans at this year’s Focac

Tanzania President Samia eyes more Chinese loans at this year’s Focac

President Samia Suluhu Hassan will visit China in September for the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (Focac), where she is expected to sign new loan deals as Tanzania begins to implement a freshly revised foreign policy.According to the Ministry of Fore

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Why Russia is Uganda and Africa’s key ally in trade, security

Why Russia is Uganda and Africa’s key ally in trade, security

Over the past six decades, Uganda and Russia have nurtured a burgeoning trade relationship characterized by mutual benefits. In recent years, the trade volume between the two nations has shown a significant upward trajectory.In the global arena, strateg

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Quotes of prominent African leaders

Quotes of prominent African leaders

Africa has been home to some of the most remarkable leaders in history, whose words have echoed through time, inspiring generations and shaping the continent's trajectory.Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Haile SelassieFrom liberation fig

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50 Cent slams Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ apology video after shocking Cassie hotel footage

50 Cent slams Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ apology video after shocking Cassie hotel footage

‘This is not going to work,’ the rapper saidRapper 50 Cent has criticised Sean “Diddy“ Combs’ apology video, which he posted on social

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Equity Group registers strong recovery

Equity Group registers strong recovery

Equity Group Chief Finance Officer Moses Nyabanda, Managing Director and CEO, Dr. James Mwangi and Chief Internal Auditor Beth Kithinji during the Q1 2024 Investor Briefing eve

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SA Shoprite billionaire Wiese returns to his diamond-hunting roots

SA Shoprite billionaire Wiese returns to his diamond-hunting roots

Wiese first got into alluvial diamonds in 1976 when he bought a mine along the Orange River.Christo Wiese, South Africa’s billionaire retail king, is going back to the future.The 82-year-old serial investor, who steered the expansion of both Africa’s biggest clothing reta

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The UK economy is in recession (and becoming a bit more European)

The UK economy is in recession (and becoming a bit more European)

Four years after the UK exited the European Union and three years after leaving its formal structures (single market and customs union), the British economy is becoming a bit more European. While the United States continues to grow at pace (an annual rate of 3.1 per cent in the last q

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Oscar Kampala Becomes First Ever Young East African to be Nominated for Forty Under Forty Africa

Oscar Kampala Becomes First Ever Young East African to be Nominated for Forty Under Forty Africa

The indomitable Oscar Kampala brand proprietor Oscar Nyesiga has yet again given Uganda a reason to smile with prestigious continental recognition.The fashionpreneur has become the youngest nominee from the whole of Africa to feature in the “Forty Under 40 Africa”.Forty Under 40

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Which teams have qualified for AFCON 2023 knockout rounds? List of nations in Round of 16 as Ghana are eliminated

Which teams have qualified for AFCON 2023 knockout rounds? List of nations in Round of 16 as Ghana are eliminated

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations group stage has concluded and attention now turns to the Round of 16, which begins on January 27.Ivory Coast were left facing an anxious wait to see if they would contest the knockout phase, the host nation having been thras

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