Faith Nyasuguta While global powers race to mine critical minerals in Africa, Singapore is choosing a different path – one rooted in climate, not minerals. The city-state is increasingly partnering with African nations to generate carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, using them to balance its emissions footprint and sharpen its position […]
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Faith Nyasuguta At least eleven immigrants deported from the U.S. to Ghana are suing the Ghanaian government, claiming their detention in a military camp is illegal. According to court filings, all 11 have not broken any Ghanaian laws and should be produced before court to explain why they are being held against their will. These […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Google is making a major push to improve internet access across Africa by building four new infrastructure hubs. Each hub will include subsea cable landing stations and data centres, designed to link its newest undersea cables – Equiano and Umoja- to local networks in the north, west, south, and east regions of the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ghana has taken a decisive step in its long-running battle against illegal small-scale gold mining, popularly known as galamsey, by tightening visa requirements for Chinese nationals. The announcement, made by Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, represents a bold attempt to address one of the country’s most persistent environmental and social challenges. Under […]
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Faith Nyasuguta India is accelerating its global hunt for critical minerals, with Africa emerging as the centerpiece of a sweeping new strategy to secure the resources essential for the clean-energy age. Under the National Critical Minerals Mission, launched earlier this year, New Delhi has committed about $4 billion over seven years to build a reliable […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In a development analysts call historic, Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio – who became chair of ECOWAS in June – made a surprise one-day trip on Tuesday to meet with Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, at the presidential palace in Koulouba. This marks the first time an ECOWAS head has […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Zimbabwe’s richest man, Strive Masiyiwa, is set to change Africa’s digital landscape with a bold plan to build five artificial intelligence (AI) factories across the continent. Through his tech conglomerate Cassava Technologies, Masiyiwa is investing $720 million to construct these facilities in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco and Egypt within the next year. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The United States Mission in Nigeria has reaffirmed that visa application fees will remain strictly non-refundable and non-transferable, regardless of whether an applicant is granted a visa or denied one. In a public statement this week, the Mission explained that these fees are not tied to approvals but to the cost of processing […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South Africa has handed long-term leases to major foreign oil firms at its most important fuel import and storage hub, a move that ends years of uncertainty but also deepens concerns about the country’s dependence on multinational companies for its energy security. The Transport Ministry this month approved extended leases for some of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Nigeria’s $20 billion Dangote Refinery has achieved a landmark success by delivering its first gasoline cargo to the United States, showcasing both its technical prowess and its ambition to become a heavyweight in the global fuel trade. The shipment, which met some of the world’s strictest environmental and quality standards, marks the first […]
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