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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 Discover Africa

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 Discover Africa

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 Discover Africa

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 Discover Africa

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 Discover Africa

3 Top Funding Opportunities Supporting Poverty Alleviation Initiatives

3 Top Funding Opportunities Supporting Poverty Alleviation Initiatives

1. Submissions open for World Food Prize Deadline : 01-May-2026 The World Food Prize honors an individual whose exceptional achievement has significantly advanced global food security by improving the...

Feb 23, 2026 Opportunities

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 Discover Africa

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 Discover Africa

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 Discover Africa

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 Discover Africa

Top 4 High-Impact Grants Transforming African Innovation in 2026

Top 4 High-Impact Grants Transforming African Innovation in 2026

As 2026 unfolds, a fresh wave of international and local funding is hitting the African continent, targeting the next generation of entrepreneurs, researchers, and community leaders. From equity-free ...

Feb 13, 2026 Opportunities

The Silent Shift: Why Informed Capital is Flowing to Francophone Africa

Aurel Kinimbaga

The Silent Shift: Why Informed Capital is Flowing to Francophone Africa

After 18 years in corporate finance across African markets, you learn to spot patterns. Here's one most investment conversations miss: while attention stays fixed on Anglophone Africa's giants, Nigeri...

Feb 11, 2026 Thought Leadership

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