U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee announced on Monday that she is running for Mayor of Houston. The announcement is the latest in a long line of...
Reuters | Nigeria’s outgoing government has recommended that the new administration of president-elect Bola Tinubu give public sector workers pay rises after removing a fuel subsidy...
Trinidad & Tobago will host the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the Caribbean Community that coincide with the annual summit to be held in July this year. Informed...
Trinidad & Tobago’s Finance Minister Colm Imbert, Monday, revealed that the Rowley administration has no intention of going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance...
AFP | In a perceived challenge to De Beers’s dominance of Botswana’s diamond industry, the southern African nation’s government announced Monday it will buy a 24...
Reuters | Kenya’s government is close to approving a restructuring plan for Kenya Airways to replace one introduced by the previous administration and backed by the...
Jamaica’s central bank- the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) – has revealed that a significant number of small-business operators have registered with its digital currency, ‘JAM-DEX‘, while...
By Gregory Simpkins Early in March this year as in every year, the world celebrated International Women’s Day, when women are recognized for their achievements without...
By Victor Oluwole Earlier this week, March 22nd, Tony Elumelu celebrated his 60th birthday, and his life and career achievements are worth commemorating. Born in Nigeria...
Beloved Chicago philanthropist Edward Gardner, the co-founder of Soft Sheen Products hair care company, died Monday at age 98, CBS News reports. Gardner and his wife...
Xavier A. Cole, Ed.D., with his commitment to the tenets of Jesuit education, his dedication to empowering his campus community, and his love of jazz is...
Over the next two years, Jamaica is likely to attain debt levels lower than at any time in the last 50 years, according to the island-nation’s...
Reuters | Chad has nationalized all the assets and rights including hydrocarbon permits and exploration and production authorizations that belonged to a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil,...
Kenyan wireless carrier opened a US$2 million operations center in the country’s capital, Nairobi to enhance its M-Pesa mobile money platform and prepare for launches into...
The Holness administration is making its largest-ever capital investment in agriculture with more than J$12 billion (US$96 million) to be spent across the fiscal years 2022/23...
AP | The effort to recall Democratic New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has failed, following an official count of petition signatures released by the Louisiana governor’s...
AFP | Ethiopia’s parliament on Wednesday removed the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from an official list of terrorist groups, a key step in the...
Christine Kangaloo – the 62-year-old former president of the Senate – was sworn into office Monday as the 7th President of Trinidad & Tobago, promising to...
AP | Sudan’s military leaders and pro-democracy forces vowed to begin establishing a new civilian-led transitional government on April 11, a spokesperson representing both parties said...
May the best man win. Diddy, Tyler Perry, and Byron Allen are vying to acquire Black Entertainment Television, which includes BET, VH1, BET Studios, and the...
St. Kitts & Nevis-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has been awarded the prize for Best Communications Initiative for the production of its weekly public education...
By Chinedu Okafor Tanzania’s pro-business stance, perpetrated by the president of the country, Samia Suluhu Hassan, is sending a positive message to investors, who are increasingly...
Freedom House, in its Freedom in the World 2023 report, states that democracy and governance declined around the world for the 17th consecutive year but that...
By Gregory Simpkins The aftermath of the Nigerian elections has become quite contentious, although fortunately not widely violent. There are numerous accusations of malfeasance by the...
AP | Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) play an outsize role in producing teachers of color in the U.S., where only 7 percent of teachers...
AP | Authorities in Haiti have identified new suspects in the July 2021 killing of President Jovenel Moïse, including a pastor and a well-known gang leader....
Jamaica’s Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Nigel Clarke, announced on Tuesday that the national minimum wage will be increased in April. Clarke did not...
By Chinedu Okafor The Ugandan government said on Thursday that it plans to generate at least 1000 megawatts (MW) from nuclear power by 2031 as part...
Reuters | Nigeria’s electoral commission has postponed by a week Saturday’s elections to choose new governors, saying it needed more time to reconfigure electronic machines that...
Polaris and Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group’s HBCU GO are coming together to create exclusive content on the digital platform, as well as on other AMG...
Caribbean countries continue to be rattled by earthquakes over the past 48 hours with the Trinidad & Tobago-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of...
Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange was invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Star of Honour of Ethiopia. The investiture was...
By Stacy M. Brown Viola Fletcher, a 108-year-old survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has become a Ghanaian citizen alongside her 101-year-old brother, Hughes Van...
Bloomberg | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a new deputy and electricity czar and replaced several ministers, injecting new blood into a cabinet that’s failed...
From pioneering physicist George Alcorn to trailblazing engineer Camille Wardrop Alleyne, Howard University has a legacy of nurturing generations of STEM innovators. The Washington, D.C.-based historically...
By Gregory Simpkins It was predicted that Nigeria’s 2023 elections would demonstrate significant progress in political plurality in the country. It has not thus far. It...
Three days of national mourning have been declared in Haiti following the recent death of former Prime Minister Gérard Latortue. In a statement, the prime minister’s...
By Chinedu Okafor According to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), by 2025, e-commerce in Africa is expected to increase by According to the...
Guyana’s government will soon introduce amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act in the National Assembly to combat financial crime and...
Black and African American communities and entrepreneurs continue to increase in financial strength: At US$910 billion in 2019 to a projected US$1.7 trillion in 2030, Black...
Bloomberg | South African Deputy President David Mabuza tendered his resignation to parliament ahead of Cyril Ramaphosa’s anticipated cabinet reshuffle. Mabuza sent a letter to parliament...
Two medical researchers from the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus in Barbados are sounding the alarm on the rising incidence of cancers...
AP | Nigerians awoke to a new president Wednesday, with ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu declared the winner of the country’s election. As he thanked his...
AP | Gérard Latortue, a former interim prime minister of Haiti who helped rebuild and unite the country after a violent coup in the mid-2000s, has...
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...
By Karen Bennett Where you bank can promote racial equity and inclusion. Supporting Black-owned banks can help economically empower Black communities, who historically have faced discriminatory...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island nation Monday morning to lead a special CARICOM mission to Haiti. According to a media release from the...
By Gregory Simpkins When the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was founded in 1961, the intent was to advance the interests of developing countries and avoid Cold War...
A group of Harvard Business School students plans to bestow its inaugural “Legendary Honor” award on Byron Allen, the chairman of Allen Media Group, on Friday...
AP | The late Burkina Faso revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was reburied Thursday, 8 years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation. Sankara’s...
AFP | Nigerians voted on Saturday for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari in a tightly fought race, with three frontrunners for the first time in...
Globe Newswire | Following the establishment of the Toni Morrison Endowed Chair in Arts and Humanities in May 2021, President Wayne A. I. Frederick and the...
Africanews | Four top Nigerian presidential candidates signed a “peace” deal on Wednesday ahead of presidential elections on Saturday. The only candidate absent from the ceremony...
Wemimo Abbey’s journey to co-founding billion-dollar fintech company Esusu, the leading platform for renter financial health that supports low-to-moderate-income households in the U.S., begins in Lagos,...
Africa Press | Angola is set to invest US$89 million to build Angola’s National Cloud infrastructure, train technicians and specialists, and store and unify government services....
Renovations are underway for a new medical school building at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Willowbrook, California. The University administration says it’s...
The government of Guyana has urged neighboring Venezuela to fully comply with the Geneva Agreement that was implemented 57 years ago in 1966, to resolve the...
By Gregory Simpkins Two decades ago, The Economist magazine labeled Africa as hopeless. “At the start of the 19th century, Freetown (Sierra Leone) was remote and...
Tanzania has floated East Africa’s largest-ever domestically manufactured freshwater passenger and cargo ship, the MV Mwanza Hapa Kazi Tu, on Lake Victoria. The ship, launched at...
AP | Six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan is celebrating his 60th birthday on Friday by making a US$10 million donation to Make-A-Wish. It is the largest...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders began their 44th regular summit in The Bahamas on Wednesday night overshadowed by the continued deterioration of the situation in the member...
Anadolu | The African Union Commission (AUC) has announced that it will send a team of 90 observers to Nigeria for the upcoming elections slated on...
Trinidad & Tobago Tuesday said it is prepared to assist Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries further develop their oil and gas industries and has taken a deliberate...
NAN | The Jamaican High Commissioner to Nigeria, Esmond Reid, has indicated that his country was planning to source for vehicles from Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing (IVM)...
By Gregory Simpkins Over the centuries, the natural blessings of Africa seem to have been more apparent to outsiders than even the rulers of African countries....
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have been able to achieve 57 percent of the target to reduce the US$5 billion regional food import bill by 25 percent...
Reuters | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed an executive order setting up a council to facilitate the transition to a new president who will...
A South Florida law school has undergone a historic name change, and a couple of famous faces were on hand to commemorate the occasion. Attendees at...
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...