Bloomberg | Self-generation of electricity by South African businesses and households is likely to reduce rolling blackouts without compromising the state power utility’s business model, according...
Reuters | Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer on Tuesday, setting the new mark with a...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 rattled several parts of Trinidad on Wednesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The...
Seattle entrepreneur Kingsley Ndoh is driven by the memory of his aunt, who died too young of colon cancer. A lot of things went wrong when...
The Central Bank of Barbados has announced the appointment of Kevin Greenidge as its eighth governor, effective March 1, 2023. Greenidge was most recently a Senior...
AP | Former Chelsea and Newcastle forward Christian Atsu was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly earthquake that struck Turkey, the...
By Gregory Simpkins For more than half a century now, Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States each February. This celebration can be...
Bahamas Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander says an investigation is underway following death threats against Prime Minister Phillip Davis. Speaking during an emergency press conference, the police...
Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, will address the regional launch of the United Nations Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL) for the Caribbean in Barbados on...
AP | Mya Smiley is a student at the University of Akron thanks to an assist from LeBron James, and she is determined upon graduation to...
Reuters | Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met senior leaders of the Tigray region forces on Friday for the first time since they signed a peace...
Bloomberg | Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, agreed with a Chinese firm to construct a 6 million-ton cement plant to expand output and exports in his...
The Holness administration has revealed that it is “willing to participate in a multinational security assistance deployment to Haiti” which is going through a period of...
Four men detained in Haiti in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021, are due to appear in a Florida court...
Reuters | Nigeria’s central bank has launched a domestic card scheme to rival foreign cards like Mastercard and Visa, hoping to enhance its drive to make...
Bloomberg | Robert L. Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and the first Black billionaire in the US, says few Black workers and entrepreneurs are...
Suriname’s Public Prosecution Service have demanded that former president and military strongman, Desi Bouterse, be jailed for 20 years for complicity in the murder of 15...
By Gregory Simpkins In the United States, the annual struggle over exceeding the debt limit has begun early. Republicans in the House of Representatives pledge to...
In the inaugural release of a report dubbed ‘Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook’ released on January 19, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group reported that “growth...
Less than 3 months after Antigua Airways made its inaugural flight emanating from West Africa, the Antigua & Barbuda government has taken a decision to temporarily...
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is reminding the public that arboviral diseases such as Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika are still circulating in the Caribbean region....
Bahamas Prime Minister Phillip Davis says the solution to the unfolding socio-economic and political situation in Haiti lies in a Haitian-led initiative that should include the...
Howard University becomes the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to partner with the Pentagon for military technology research featuring a 5-year, US$90 million contract....
A decision to set up the East African Monetary Institute (EAMI) – the Central Bank of East Africa – will be made this year, a key...
CARICOM Today | Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali has emphasized the importance of the use of natural gas as a solution for energy security in the Caribbean...
Women have drastically changed the business landscape over the past 5 years. American Express State of Women-Owned Business states that women-owned businesses have grown at double...
AP | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has marked the opening of a US$1.5 billion, Chinese-funded deep seaport in the commercial hub of Lagos that authorities hope...
Attorney Christine Kangaloo was elected President of Trinidad & Tobago on Friday, succeeding outgoing head of state, Paula Mae Weekes, and in the process becoming the...
By Gregory Simpkins In a speech during the December 2022 US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, US President Joe Biden promised to support African development through the African Union’s...
AP | Lori Lightfoot made history as the first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve as Chicago mayor, sailing to victory 4 years...
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says consideration by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of Jamaica’s request to access the Resilience and Sustainable Facility (RSF) and the...
AFP | Sierra Leone passed a law Thursday requiring public and private entities to reserve 30 percent of their jobs for women, in a bid to...
Prime Minister Gaston Browne led his ruling Antigua & Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) to a nail-biting victory in Wednesday’s general election, winning 9 of the 17...
Bloomberg | Access Bank Plc, Nigeria’s biggest lender by assets is considering acquisitions as it looks to expand operations to 26 countries over the next 5...
AP | Wes Moore ‘s inauguration as Maryland’s first Black governor will be punctuated with references to Black history, including an acknowledgment of the slaves who...
The Mottley administration has revealed that it will be introducing legislation for a greener transition of the shipping sector. “I will shortly be laying before the...
By Ishioma Emi International lenders such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have issued warnings of a potential global recession. This situation...
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) revealed the winners of the 14th annual AAFCA Awards on Monday. The Woman King, Till, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever...
The Jamaican government says it will be moving with haste and alacrity towards transforming the island-nation into a republic. “It is time that Jamaica become a...
By Gregory Simpkins For more than two decades now, Americans have held polarized views about the integrity and accuracy of votes in our national elections. As...
Bloomberg | Tanzania’s central bank said it’s working toward a “phased, cautious and risk-based” introduction of a digital currency for the East African nation. The Bank...
AP | A fifth major offshore oil field being developed by a consortium led by ExxonMobil at an estimated cost of US$12.7 billion will add another...
Kenyan banks, increasingly embattled by mobile money providers, are looking to wrestle control from industry leader M-Pesa
Successful communities are built from the ground up, and every neighborhood needs thriving businesses in order to succeed. An 8-year study published in early 2022 by...
Bloomberg | Dissident forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region begun handing over heavy weapons to the national army, providing a major boost to efforts to end the...
The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping has “strongly” condemned “the violent invasion of government buildings that occurred in Brasilia on Sunday as it reaffirmed its commitment...
AFP | Uganda said on Monday it was expected to declare an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged late last year and has claimed...
Dow Jones Newswires | Airtel Africa PLC said Monday that it has bought additional spectrum to support the growth of its 4G services and 5G roll-out...
The Government of Guyana is in discussions with Star Alliance network member and Africa’s largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, to commence plying the Guyana route. This was...
The president of the Haitian Senate, Joseph Lambert, has been treated at a hospital in the capital Port au Prince after escaping an assassination attempt on...
Bloomberg | Bloomberg for Education and Bloomberg Human Resources put the finance knowledge of more than 60 students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to...
By Faustine Ngila The year 2022 saw Africa climb up the global tech ladder to join the rest of the world in running an economy driven...
Bloomberg | African startups raised a record US$5.3 billion last year, though that may be the high-water mark as a deepening slump in the technology industry...
Reuters | Kenya will not default on its debt and plans to ramp up tax collection in the next two years, President William Ruto said on...
By Victor Dixon Not many years ago many Guyanese were fleeing this small Caribbean nation on the northern tip of South America with the mantra “anywhere...
From activists to athletes, authors, and entrepreneurs - SHIFTER is proud to present its second annual list of 20 Outstanding Black Men in Canada for 2022.
Antigua & Barbuda’s main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) says if it wins the January 18 general election, it will introduce legislation allowing for the exemption...
By Gregory Simpkins Now that the New Year is upon us, we in the African Diaspora need to plan for joint action to better ensure that...
Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has endorsed Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, as his preferred choice for president in next month’s election. Obasanjo...
AP | Anita Pointer, one of four sibling singers who earned pop success and critical acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, died Saturday at the age of...
AP | Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the...
The Canadian Press | Michael Tulloch, the first Black justice to sit on a provincial appellate court in Canada, has been appointed as the new Chief...
By Chinedu Okafor The current Tanzanian president, since assuming power has made it her mission to enrich and empower the people of Tanzania. This is evident...
An election for a new president of Trinidad & Tobago is scheduled to be held on January 20. The date was confirmed by a notice in...
By Gregory Simpkins The Biden Administration pledged to listen at the recent US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, but said it also would demonstrate its interest in a robust...
AP | Family members of Brazilian football great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been...
According to the World Bank, Sub-Saharan Africa as a region is expected to grow at 3.9 percent in 2023 and 4.2 percent in 2024, with a...
The remainder of Barbados’ COVID-19 protocols, which included mandatory mask-wearing in schools and on public transportation, has been discontinued. A statement from the country’s Ministry of...
AP | The House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists...
Bloomberg | Nigerian authorities plan to sell 5 electricity-generation companies in the first quarter to help fund next year’s budget, according to the nation’s privatization agency....
Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda, Gaston Browne, on Monday night announced January 18, 2023, as the date for general elections in Antigua & Barbuda and...
AFP | Tanzania on Tuesday signed a US$2.2 billion contract with a Chinese company to build the final section of a railway line aimed at linking...
Two more universities will soon join the list of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with medical schools. The programs, to be located at Xavier University...
Bloomberg | Zimbabwe has banned the export of unprocessed raw lithium with immediate effect as part of efforts to have the key raw material in electric-vehicle...
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) earlier this month, announced a changing of the guard for the 118th Congress as Nevada Democrat Steven Horsford takes the helm...
AFP | South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party on Monday re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa as its leader for a second 5-year term, despite a...
By Gregory Simpkins Being left out of industrialization for so long has been an obstacle for emerging markets in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean...
The US-Africa Business Bridge is an emerging organization of successful African businesswomen looking for American partners to engage in mutual buying and selling of goods and...
Bloomberg | MTN Group Ltd. is considering divesting some of its smaller operations in West Africa as its focuses on core markets, people familiar with the...
Jamaica’s eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement award at BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Bolt, 36, is the...
AP | Harvard University announced Thursday that Claudine Gay will become its 30th president, making her the first Black person and the second woman to lead...
Ventures Platform, a Pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, has closed its fund at US$46 million as it looks to double down on “category-leading” companies across the...
AP | US President Joe Biden told dozens of African leaders gathered in Washington that the United States is “all in on Africa’s future,” laying out...
Reuters | The duty-free access for nearly 40 African countries in a 22-year-old U.S. trade program is no longer enough to boost their development and a...
AP | The late congressman and civil rights giant John Lewis will be honored with a postage stamp in 2023, the U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday....
AP | The Black Lives Matter (BLM) Global Network Foundation launched a new relief fund Monday aimed at Black college students, alumni and dropouts overburdened by...
AFP | South Africa’s parliament was set to debate Tuesday whether to initiate proceedings to remove scandal-engulfed President Cyril Ramaphosa from office. Ramaphosa, who was championed...
Bloomberg | The US’s resolve to claw back lost influence in Africa will be put to the test this week when dozens of the continent’s leaders...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has applauded the ratification by the Barbadian Parliament of the Partnership Agreement with the Bank. Barbados, one of the 9 member...
By Gregory Simpkins For two decades, the United States has held a trio of conferences that used to be considered summits: the African Growth and Opportunity...
Nigeria’s former minister of finance and current Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, and Nigerian media mogul Mo...
Guyana on Friday launched the first auction for the development of new oil blocks under competitive terms with the government, maintaining that it is looking towards...
Bloomberg | A court in Mozambique found the former president’s son and 10 others guilty for their role in a US$2 billion tuna-bond scandal that spawned...
AP | Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his Dominica Labour Party (DLP) won a 5th consecutive term in office after snap general elections Tuesday. Twenty-one...
AFP | West African leaders agreed on Sunday to create a regional force to intervene against jihadism and in the event of coups, a senior official...
Reuters | As a pair of motor-cyclists from Ghanaian startup Swoove zipped along Accra’s back streets with deliveries last week, a team of software engineers tracked...
AP | Jamaica’s broadcasting regulator has banned music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming, and weapons. The government...
A handful of African companies have finally started shipping goods under the long-delayed AfCFTA free trade agreement. They are part of a new initiative to kick-start...
By Gregory Simpkins I have worked on analyzing Africa issues for more than 40 years, and during that time, I have constantly heard appeals for humanitarian...
AP | Brazilian football great Pelé thanked fans worldwide on Thursday for the well-wishes he’s received since being admitted to a Sao Paulo hospital amid his...
Reuters | Uganda has discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital, a senior health official said on Friday, raising hopes that an outbreak which has...
Bloomberg | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s allies are steeling themselves before a meeting of the governing party’s top leaders at which he’s likely to face...
Robert F. Smith, the richest Black man in America, wants to invest in HBCU students – by helping them invest in the stock market. In 2019,...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 rattled Trinidad & Tobago late on Tuesday night, but there were no reports of injuries or damages. The Seismic...
The African fintech industry is booming. From the number of fintech to the size of funding, African fintech is the newest investment magnet. Sector studies show...
Eight months after he was arrested, former British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie has written a farewell letter to his former colleagues of the House of...
This spring, Ovell Hamilton, a professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta, will guide students through a first-of-its-kind course in which Black history is taught entirely through...
Bloomberg | Namibia’s ruling party elected Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as its vice president, making her the frontrunner to lead the party into presidential and...
By Gregory Simpkins The global population recently reached 8 billion people. Sometime early on November 15, the eight billionth person – a baby girl in a...
Reuters | Ghana has ordered all large-scale mining companies to sell 20 percent of their entire stock of refined gold at their refineries to the Bank...
Reuters | Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested and charged the country’s Vice President Saulos Chilima over graft allegations, it said on Friday, following months of investigation...
The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology & Hydrology (CIMH) is warning the region that recent heavy rains could continue into December and pose a risk for...
Jessica Spaulding, the founder of Harlem Chocolate Factory, had always wanted to be a chocolatier but never pursued it because she needed startup capital. However, after...
Barbados has secured a major “game-changer” contract with the government of Rwanda to establish a new pharmaceutical industry – the first in the Caribbean. Prime Minister...
Reuters | Ghana’s government is working on a new policy regime where gold will be used to buy oil products rather than U.S. dollar reserves, Vice-President...
Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has defended his decision to call a snap general election on December 6 – two years ahead of the constitutional deadline...
Bloomberg | Nigeria has unveiled redesigned high-denomination banknotes on Wednesday as the central bank confirmed a January deadline to roll out the new bills despite calls...
As countries in the sub-region continue to advocate for the protection of their respective Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIPs), one Caribbean leader says bolstering the security...
AFP | Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Ghana, the world’s two biggest cocoa producers, said Monday there had been progress towards resolving a tug-of-war with chocolate...
The rental platform REZI, which describes itself as a provider of “Occupancy As A Service”, has secured an additional US$100 million in debt funding from longtime...
Guyana on Friday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss as “both legally unstoppable and entirely without foundation” Venezuela’s preliminary objections regarding the border...
By Gregory Simpkins When the Marvel Studios film Black Panther hit theaters in 2018, it created a couple of sensations. The first, of course, was that...
The Guyana government has announced an across-the-board increase of 8 percent to public servants, teachers, members of the disciplined services, constitutional officeholders, as well as government...
Reuters | U.S. congressman Hakeem Jeffries on Friday formally launched a bid to become the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, a day after Speaker...
AP | Nigeria’s navy has seized a foreign ship and detained 27 foreigners who are charged with operating illegally on Nigerian waters and attempting to export...
AP | U.S. Rep. Karen Bass defeated developer Rick Caruso to become the next mayor of Los Angeles on Wednesday, making her the first Black woman...
Reuters | As sustainable fashion enthusiast Uche Aladimma sorts through discarded denim clothes in an open market in Lagos, Nigeria, a faded sky-blue jacket catches his...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping has called on the world’s most developed economies to help establish an action plan on food and energy security, agricultural innovation,...
AFP | President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday fired Ghana’s junior finance minister over corruption allegations made in an upcoming documentary on illegal gold mining. The president...
AFP | Mozambique has officially started exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced in the country’s restive north, President Filipe Nyusi said on Sunday. Nyusi said Mozambique...
AP | Prime Minister Ariel Henry has dismissed Haiti’s justice minister, interior minister, and its government commissioner in a fresh round of political upheaval. Former Justice...
AP | Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, an MMA light heavyweight fighter who went 23-6 in his career, has died. He was 38. Bellator MMA announced Johnson’s death...
By Gregory Simpkins The announcement of a so-called “permanent” cease-fire agreement in Ethiopia’s Tigray war sparked optimism among those outside Ethiopia, as well as those clinging...
AP |The presidents of South Africa and Kenya said Wednesday they have resolved a long-standing visa dispute and Kenyans will be able to visit South Africa...
AP | Democrat Wes Moore was elected Maryland’s first Black governor Tuesday, defeating Republican Dan Cox in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1. Moore’s victory...
Caribbean-American legislators are urging voters in the community to exercise their franchise and cast ballots on Tuesday during the important United States midterm elections. “Early voting...
The President of the Haitian Senate, Joseph Lambert, says he will challenge the decision of the United States and Canada for imposing sanctions against him for...
By Gregory Simpkins Pollution has been significantly diminished in developed countries due to the use of less polluting energy sources such as unleaded gasoline and natural...
Billionaire businessmen Jay-Z and Jeff Bezos are in talks on a possible joint venture. The Roc Nation founder and Amazon founder are exploring a potential joint...
AP | The fire burning on Mount Kilimanjaro for almost 2 weeks has been largely contained after hundreds of military personnel were deployed to help, Tanzania’s...
Reuters | The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough 2 years into a conflict that...
Sevetri Wilson, the founder, and CEO of Resilia, has made history once again. On October 27, the SaaS platform announced its US$35 million Series B funding...
The supply and distribution of food and disaster relief items to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states will soon be facilitated by two separately-managed regional logistics hubs,...
AFP | Wilson Kiprugut Chuma, the middle-distance runner who became Kenya’s first Olympic medalist at the 1964 Tokyo Games, has died at the age of 84,...
The Antigua & Barbuda government has defended the decision to allow for Antigua Airways to operate flights from West Africa directly to the Caribbean country saying...
By Gregory Simpkins Since the days of African independence, the continent has been bedeviled by internal and external conflicts. There have been coups like the recent...
AP | Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation inspired stories of black struggles that grew into universal tales of grace...
When FedEx Custom Critical CEO Ramona Hood started her career at the transportation provider, her initial goal was not to become the first African American woman...
Bloomberg | Funding for African startups is on track to hit a record this year despite a slowdown globally, according to a recent report. Venture capital...
The Trinidad & Tobago government says it is using the “very successful” model implemented by Jamaica with its Junior Stock Exchange (JSE) to develop its Small...
AP | Zimbabwe says it is on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history, thanks in large part to efforts to overcome food supply...
Billionaire investor, Robert F. Smith, shared how he achieves company growth and long-term success on Thursday at the 2022 Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala in Phoenix,...
Reuters | Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi will serve as a facilitator for the political transition process in Chad, Central Africa’s main regional body...
The President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon, Monday warned it “cannot be business as usual” urging a new global trade deal...
AP | Peace talks to end Ethiopia’s devastating Tigray conflict have begun in South Africa, a South African government spokesman said Tuesday. The spokesman for South...
HiPipo, a Ugandan fintech firm, has been among the world’s Top 20 companies escalating innovation in the digital financial services market by the Global Business Leaders...
NBA Hall Of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson is reportedly interested in buying a stake in the National Football League’s Las Vegas Raiders. The ownership stake that...
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Saturday announced a Cabinet reshuffle – the second in 2 years. Mottley, who made the announcement at the 83rd Annual...
By Gregory Simpkins For more than a century, members of the African Diaspora in America and the Caribbean have made efforts to create linkages with our...
Press Release | African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President Akinwumi Adesina is pleased to announce the appointment of Hassatou Diop N’Sele, as Acting Vice-President for Finance...
Reuters |South Africa’s financial watchdog has classified cryptocurrency assets as financial products, a notice in the government gazette said on Wednesday, enabling them to be regulated....
Press Release | Carver Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank, a certified Minority Depository Institution, has announced the appointment of Robin L....
Last May, the Nigerian presidency launched the Nigeria Startup Bill in collaboration with a group of Nigerian tech leaders and several government bodies to govern how...
The Belizean government has tabled a bill – the People’s Constitution Commission Bill – that will allow for a commission to draft and guide the process...
Members of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) who recently paid a visit to Aliko Dangote’s multi-billion-dollar refinery disclosed that the refinery is...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has launched a major regional platform to facilitate intra-regional trade in goods and agricultural products. The CARICOM Interactive Marketplace Suspension Procedure (CIMSUPRO)...
By Gregory Simpkins It has become fashionable in the developed world community to criticize Africa for the lack of unity among its component members, as evidenced...
Bloomberg | Africa’s annual exports are expected to double to US$540 billion by 2030 from a decade earlier, chiefly on shipments from Nigeria to the Asian...
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry is urging the regional integration movement, of which his country is a member, to express solidarity and request assistance to alleviate...
Bloomberg | Uganda plans to identify potential partners in the coming year to develop East Africa’s first nuclear power plant, which may cost as much as...
Bloomberg | Lesotho’s Revolution for Prosperity party (RFP), which won the most seats in last week’s parliamentary elections, has teamed up with two smaller rivals to...
The Bahamas government has announced an increase in the minimum wage as well as placing 38 new items under price control amid efforts to diversify the...
The presidents of Tanzania and Kenya have agreed to fast-track the construction of a natural gas pipeline designed to increase trade and lower energy costs for...
JIS | Data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) indicate that the country is on track to returning to pre-COVID-19 levels of economic output by...
The Senate has approved a resolution urging the prime minister to withdraw his request calling for international partners to immediately deploy a specialized armed force in...
Bloomberg | Serena Williams’ venture capital firm is backing Nigerian data and insights firm Stears Inc., in a US$3.3 million seed round led by MaC Venture...
The East African | Kenya exported its first goods under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to Ghana late last month. Kenyan-made Exide batteries...
Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder and business mogul Robert L. Johnson is taking his biggest plunge to help close or narrow the nation’s lingering racial wealth...
The Antigua & Barbuda government has announced an amnesty for persons “still struggling” to deal with the financial impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has...
By Gregory Simpkins While eyes around the world are on Russia – because of its war on Ukraine, which is negatively affecting Africa and elsewhere, the...
Howard University’s College of Medicine has named its new dean, and for the first time in history, a Black woman will lead the school. Andrea A....
Reuters | Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been set free following the expiry of his prison sentence for contempt of court, a government department...
AFP | British running legend Mo Farah said on Thursday he is aiming for an April return from injury to road racing, adding he is covering...
Bloomberg | Two vaccines being developed to treat the type of Ebola that’s killed 29 people in Uganda may start clinical trials in the coming weeks,...
Reuters | African countries will use the COP27 climate talks in Egypt next month to advocate for a common energy position that sees fossil fuels as...
Senior financial officials from the region will on Thursday discuss how Caribbean people can benefit from the digitization of their country’s payments systems when the Central...
Reuters | Ketanji Brown Jackson settled into her role as the Supreme Court’s newest justice on Monday by posing frequent questions during arguments on her first...
Last month, the Harbor Bank of Maryland (Harbor Bank) celebrated its 40th anniversary. Since 1982, the commercial bank has been serving Maryland, D.C. and Northern Virginia,...
By Gregory Simpkins Much has been written and said about how the world’s big powers have squeezed Africa into the middle of their global conflicts –...
For the first time in 45 years, a new medical school at a historically Black college or university is opening and it’s proposed at Morgan State...
AP | Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop’s biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age...
Bloomberg | A third-party candidate is the top choice to become the next president of Africa’s most populous country, according to a new opinion poll. A...
AP | Barbados announced last week that it is refinancing part of its debt to help save the ocean as part of an unusual deal. Government...
AFP | With Nigeria’s economy struggling and insecurity rife, four top presidential candidates start campaigning this week for next February’s election in an open race to...
The National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference is an event where the HBCU community comes together to envision how to combat the barriers it...
By Gregory Simpkins I attended the first Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) in New York recently. It was well produced and well attended, and I got...
AFP | Kenyan great Eliud Kipchoge has beaten his own world marathon record by 30 seconds, running 2hr 01min 10sec in Berlin on Sunday. At the...
Reuters | A consortium led by Ethiopian Airlines is the preferred bidder for shares in new Nigerian airline Nigeria Air, the country’s aviation minister said on...
By Laurence Sithole | The Exchange Sub-Saharan Africa and its northern counterpart hold great economic promise. Africa’s investment case remains a compelling proposition. The continent is...
The Barbados government said it is discontinuing all coronavirus (COVID-19) related travel protocols for entering the island-nation, approving also a number of fundamental changes to the...