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Africa’s Business Heroes Launches 8th Edition with USD 1.5 Million in Grant Funding Available for African Entrepreneurs

Africa’s Business Heroes Launches 8th Edition with USD 1.5 Million in Grant Funding Available for African Entrepreneurs

KIGALI, Rwanda. Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), the flagship philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy and the Jack Ma Foundation, has opened applications for its 8th edition, calling on Africa...

Mar 8, 2026

African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Unveils Africa-Wide Aviation Financing Platform to Turn Growth into Sustainable Profit

African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Unveils Africa-Wide Aviation Financing Platform to Turn Growth into Sustainable Profit

NAIROBI, Kenya. With Africa poised to become the world’s fastest-growing aviation market, policymakers and industry leaders are focused on a central challenge: how to translate rising demand into sust...

Mar 5, 2026

Amazon Leo to Connect Millions of Africans with Satellite Connectivity

Amazon Leo to Connect Millions of Africans with Satellite Connectivity

Millions of people in remote parts of Africa have no connectivity at all. Amazon Leo, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network, was created to help address this. Amazon Leo is partnering with Vanu, ...

Mar 2, 2026

Indian EV firm completes first Africa factory

Indian EV firm completes first Africa factory

PlugNRide, an Indian EV startup, has completed the construction of its assembly plant in Tanzania’s business capital, Dar es Salaam, its first production facility in Africa. The company makes electric...

Mar 1, 2026

Chinese EVs Picksup Pace in Tanzania

Chinese EVs Picksup Pace in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's transition toward green mobility has gained fresh momentum with the arrival of the country's first electric dual-cab pickup trucks, powered by Chinese technology and supply p...

Feb 27, 2026

African Development Bank Group awards $16.6 million grant to IITA to scale agricultural technologies in Africa

African Development Bank Group awards $16.6 million grant to IITA to scale agricultural technologies in Africa

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have signed a $16.61 million grant agreement to launch the third phase of the Technologies for ...

Feb 23, 2026

ACET and the African Union to Collaborate on Advancing Africa’s Economic Transformation

ACET and the African Union to Collaborate on Advancing Africa’s Economic Transformation

The African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in advancing Africa’s economic ...

Feb 19, 2026

Egypt Launches Team Africa: $500 Billion to Fund 300 Massive Development Projects in Africa

Egypt Launches Team Africa: $500 Billion to Fund 300 Massive Development Projects in Africa

A Pivot from Aid to Orchestration Formally presented at the AUDA-NEPAD steering committee, Team Africa is a direct response to the continent’s widening infrastructure and financing gap. Egypt is posit...

Feb 18, 2026

Science for Africa: Research and Collaboration Can accelerate Africa's Development Agenda

Science for Africa: Research and Collaboration Can accelerate Africa's Development Agenda

Strategic Insight The shift toward a unified African research and development ecosystem presents a massive, untapped opportunity for organizations to transition from fragmented operations to continent...

Feb 13, 2026

Africa’s Solar Boom is 300% Bigger Than Official Records

Africa’s Solar Boom is 300% Bigger Than Official Records

For years, the story of Africa’s energy transition has been told through the lens of "utility-scale" projects: massive, government-led solar farms funded by development banks. But new data reveals tha...

Feb 11, 2026

The Horizon Europe 2026-2027 Program might be Africa's New Lifeline Beyond Aid

The Horizon Europe 2026-2027 Program might be Africa's New Lifeline Beyond Aid

In the wake of the 2025 Aid Shock that saw traditional assistance models falter, a new blueprint for international cooperation has emerged. The European Commission’s adoption of the Horizon Europe Wor...

Feb 1, 2026

The Khaby Lame Blueprint: A Billion-Dollar Lesson for African Creators

The Khaby Lame Blueprint: A Billion-Dollar Lesson for African Creators

The world of content creation just got a seismic shake-up, and while the headlines are buzzing with Khaby Lame’s near billion-dollar deal, the real story for Africa's burgeoning creator economy lies i...

Jan 28, 2026

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