The Prime Minister of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, has said that Guyana, with its smaller population and military, should “sleep better” now that...
Bloomberg | Nigeria is introducing incentives to attract oil and gas investment as Africa’s biggest economy works to ramp up crude output. The measures include substituting...
Press Release | Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu, a Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience known for her ground-breaking work in nanoparticle drug delivery, will become the 7th President of...
Reuters | COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech aims to start production at its mRNA vaccine factory site in Rwanda in 2025, company officials said on Monday, the...
Press Release | Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall’s famous words, “If we are ever to become a fully integrated society, one in which the color of...
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has told the diplomatic community in the country that the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nation in 2024 will seek to “overcome...
Reuters | Tanzania’s economy is expected to grow by about 5.5 percent in 2024, up from about 5 percent in 2023, but it faces risks from...
When Byron Allen was just 14, he started doing stand-up comedy. Four years later, in 1979, he became the youngest comedian to appear on “The Tonight...
By Gregory Simpkins December 10th is commemorated as Human Rights Day in honor of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights by the United...
AFP | The presidents of Guyana and Venezuela pledged after direct talks on Thursday not to resort to force to settle a long-simmering – and recently...
AFP | A Senegalese judge on Thursday ordered that jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko be reinstated on the electoral roll, clearing the way for him to...
Reuters | The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved over US$696 million in financing for a rail project to link Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic...
AP | Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor who would master gritty drama for seven seasons on “Homicide: Life on The Street” and modern comedy for eight...
Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali, and his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, are scheduled to meet in St. Vincent & the Grenadines on Thursday amidst heightened tension over...
AFP | American Noah Lyles and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya were named track athletes of the year, World Athletics announced in Monaco on Monday. Lyles was...
The St. Lucia government has revealed it will be paying out an estimated EC$20 million (US$7.4 million) in outstanding tax refunds dating back to 2015. A...
By Gregory Simpkins We live in a time of great upheaval worldwide, and according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), there has never...
Reuters | The Dangote oil refinery in Nigeria on Friday received its first cargo of 1 million barrels of crude oil from Shell International Trading and...
AFP | The foreign ministers of Venezuela and Guyana spoke by telephone Wednesday as tensions escalated over a disputed, oil-rich region and Brazil reinforced troops on...
Reuters | Up to US$1 billion will be available to boost African vaccine manufacturing as part of a new scheme set up by Gavi, the Vaccine...
AP | Guyana’s president told The Associated Press on Wednesday that his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela, which has ordered...
Shirley Chisholm was a groundbreaking Black politician who championed and advocated for many, including the Black community. The first Black woman elected to Congress, her elementary...
Reuters | Joseph Vincent, a former informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), on Tuesday became the fourth person to plead guilty in a U.S....
APO Group | Entrepreneurs hailing from Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt were in the top three following the final pitching session in the Grand Finale; ABH (www.AfricaBusinessHeroes.org)...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the Guyanese economy continues to experience record growth, supported by the government’s modernization plans and unparalleled oil and gas sector...
AP | Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Monday that he will run for Virginia governor in 2025. In a campaign video announcement, Stoney said he...
By Gregory Simpkins The African ‘coup train’ keeps on rolling with the latest coup attempt in Sierra Leone. This time, however, the coup was thwarted before...
The former director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dominican-born Dr Carissa F. Etienne, died Friday of an apparent heart failure. She was 71 years...
Bloomberg | Media executive Byron Allen is weighing a bid for several television stations from broadcaster E.W. Scripps Co. and is seeking funding from the private...
AFP | After he won last month the nomination as Ghana’s ruling party presidential candidate in the 2024 election, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia quickly made clear...
The St. Kitts & Nevis government has launched a plastic ban campaign to raise public awareness and support for its agenda towards banning, phasing out and...
Bloomberg | Angola rejected a new output quota handed to it by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and said it planned to breach...
CNBC Africa | The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has revealed plans to list the US$20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX),...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 rattled parts of Barbados on Tuesday, however, there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad &...
AP | The Kenyan High Court on Tuesday struck out key clauses of a contentious finance law that has been blamed for significantly raising taxes and...
AFP | Conflict-weary Somalia was admitted on Friday into the East African Community (EAC) as the eighth member of the bloc as it seeks to expand...
A New York-based minority investment firm has sweetened its offer for Carver Bancorp. Dream Chasers Capital announced last Monday in a press release that it would...
The Bermuda government says it is moving ahead with plans to join the regional integration movement – the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), after being given the green...
By Gregory Simpkins Djibouti is viewed as a small country on the northeastern edge of the African continent. It is little known globally despite its advantageous...
AP | Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Denis Mukwege kicked off his campaign for president in next month’s election on Saturday, promising to tackle corruption and...
Lagos-based Access Bank, one of Africa’s biggest banks, is close to finalizing a regulatory process to launch its first full banking service in Asia in the...
AFP | Burkina Faso’s junta-led government on Thursday launched the construction of the country’s first refinery for gold, Burkina’s main mineral resource, an AFP journalist said....
Sati Smith is breaking barriers in banking. She has been named the first Black woman CEO to lead Diversified Members Credit Union (DMCU), based in Detroit,...
Bloomberg | Nigeria will seek to become a member of the BRICS group of nations within the next 2 years as part of a new foreign...
Press Release | Virginia State University (VSU) is proud to announce that it has been chosen by the Commission on Presidential Debates to host a 2024...
PRNewswire | Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines last week announced the carrier has agreed to order 11 787 Dreamliner and 20 737 MAX airplanes with an opportunity...
AP | Authorities in Haiti on Monday arrested a new suspect in the July 2021 slaying of President Jovenel Moïse. Macky Kessa, mayor of the southern...
Two leaders from the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have sought to assure the government of Guyana that their countries are individually backing Guyana that its borders...
Reuters | Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) President Felix Tshisekedi launched his re-election bid on Sunday in a packed-to-capacity stadium in the capital Kinshasa, urging...
By Gregory Simpkins “The world is aflame in conflict.” How often do we hear some version of that? It is, of course, quite true, but the...
AP | Higher education officials in Mississippi voted Thursday to name a new president of Jackson State University (JSU), the state’s largest historically Black university. The...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has reserved its judgement to Guyana’s claim that it has evidence that Venezuela intends to gain ownership of the mineral...
AP | Liberian President George Weah conceded defeat late Friday after provisional results from this week’s runoff vote showed challenger Joseph Boakai beating him by just...
AP |Serena Williams and Ruby Bridges will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame next year, the hall announced Thursday, adding the tennis great...
Former Deputy Premier, Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, has been sworn in as the new Premier of the Cayman Islands, a few hours after the incumbent, Wayne Panton, had...
AFP | Kenya’s parliament on Thursday approved the proposed deployment of its police to lead a UN-backed multinational mission to Haiti to restore peace and security...
Press Release | Reinstein Ross, the distinguished jewelry brand renowned for its exquisite brushed gold creations in iconic custom gold alloys and rare gemstones, is proud...
AP | Jesmyn Ward’s slave narrative “Let Us Descend” and Jake Bittle’s exploration of climate change’s impact “The Great Displacement” are among the finalists for the...
Artificial intelligence company Tech Spark AI announced on Wednesday a $1.4 million pre-seed round to build out a new generative AI platform called Spark Plug. The...
AP | Liberian President George Weah faced a tight runoff election Tuesday as he seeks to defeat a repeat challenger and win a second term in...
Reuters | Toronto-based law firm Bennett Jones on Monday named Dominique Hussey as its chief executive officer, the first Black woman to take the helm at...
Bloomberg | Billionaire Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, said his refinery has secured a license to refine more than 300,000 barrels of Nigerian crude per day...
Isaac Hayes made history as the first Black entrepreneur to raise an impressive US$10 million in crowdfunding. His subscription-based social media platform Fanbase announced crossing the...
By Gregory Simpkins Since its signing into law in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has been the main trade program for the United...
Bloomberg | Angolan President João Lourenço on Friday opened a long-delayed international airport outside the capital Luanda, with passenger flights scheduled to begin in early 2024....
Senior government officials of both Haiti and the Dominican Republic, have engaged each other in discussion in a bid to calm the tensions that have escalated...
By Chris Wedding Meet the first Black woman-owned, electric vehicle (EV) charging station manufacturer in the world. Natalie King is the founder and Chief Executive Officer...
Press Release – APO | The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), a groundbreaking initiative developed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to revolutionize cross-border payments...
AFP | Kenya said Thursday it would not be sending its police to Haiti unless the UN-backed multinational mission was fully funded by the world body’s...
Bloomberg | The full ramp up of Africa’s largest oil refinery, a landmark moment for crude and fuel markets both regionally and beyond, is still a...
By Victor Oluwole The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the launch of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Alliance (SAPZ), a groundbreaking project aimed at mobilizing...
AP | Voters elected two women for the first time to lead Philadelphia and Pennsylvania’s second-largest county, installing Democrat Cherelle Parker as the 100th mayor of...
Press Release – CNW | The Federation of African Canadian Economics (FACE) released its 2022/2023 annual report showcasing its commitment to driving generational wealth, economic empowerment,...
Black Girls Code has new leadership. According to a press release, on late last month, Cristina Jones was announced as the nonprofit organization’s CEO. Under her...
Bermuda is considering becoming a full-fledged member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and is initiating a consultation process. Governor Rena Lalgie made the disclosure during the...
AP | The Kenyan government announced Monday a surprise public holiday on November 13 for a nationwide tree planting day, part of its ambitious plan to...
After earning a company millions of dollars, Robert F. Smith wanted to be on the other side of the equation. Before Smith became a billionaire, he...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves says Africa and the Caribbean must join efforts in addressing ‘technological emancipation’ as well as reparations for...
By Gregory Simpkins I recently came across an intriguing headline in the New York Times: “The World Is Becoming More African.” The point being made is...
Reuters | Nigeria’s state oil firm NNPC Ltd will supply the new 650,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Dangote oil refinery with up to six cargoes of crude oil...
Caribbean National Weekly | The Caribbean island-nation of Grenada has marked a significant milestone in its Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program. In the span from January...
Microsoft has appointed a new leader to take charge of the future of one of the top brands it owns. Following Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard,...
PR Newswire | Standard Chartered has today published its Future of Trade: Africa report, highlighting the outlook for African trade and providing a view of the...
AP | Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such...
Press Release | OneUnited Bank, the nation’s largest Black-owned bank, unveils WiseOne® Insights, a revolutionary financial wellness companion. This groundbreaking AI-driven tool is designed to guide,...
Bloomberg | There is no place like home for African governments shut out of global debt markets by crises that have made foreign borrowing too expensive....
The Belize government has revealed that it will be removing fees in public hospitals as part of efforts to promote universal health care in the country....
Dr. Africa Wallace, director of Thoracic Surgery at Capital Health, was recently named the president of the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society (ECTSS). Dr. Wallace is the...
Morgan State University is proud to be named as a Fulbright Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Institutional Leader for 2023, marking the fourth consecutive year...
By Joseph Rutakangwa The rapid evolution of the digital age has seen the world grow closer than ever before. An integral part of this story has...
AP | A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit Jamaica on Monday, prompting people to flee buildings amid heavy shaking that knocked out power in some areas but...
Bloomberg | For all of COVID-19’s disruptions, one trend during the global pandemic presses on unabated. And that would be 5 of the world’s 10 fastest-growing...
Barbados’ economy expanded by 4.4 percent in the first 9 months of this year, the largest nine month expansion since 2006, excluding the pandemic recovery period,...
Africanews | Kenyan President William Ruto has announced the impending removal of visa requirements for all African visitors by the end of this year. Speaking at...
By Gregory Simpkins It probably escaped the notice of most people that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in October 2023 declined to prosecute Maxime Mokom, a...
After completing the evaluation of the bids submitted for 8 of 14 oil blocks, the government has finally awarded 8 of the blocks to 6 different...
By Giza Mdoe The Exchange Africa | Green hydrogen, which is derived from a clean process of electrolyzation, has the potential to transform the energy landscape...
BBC | Ethiopian-born scientist Gebisa Ejeta has received the National Medal of Science, the highest state honor attainable by scientists in the United States. US President...
Jamaica-based H&L Agro and Guyana’s Agricultural & Public Health Solutions (APSOL) have signed an agreement to help develop and sustain agriculture in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...
AP | Nigeria’s Supreme Court refused Thursday to void the recent election of President Bola Tinubu and dismissed the political opposition’s challenges, which argued that the...
AfDB | The International Energy Agency projects that manufacturers of clean energy technologies will need forty times more lithium, twenty-five times more graphite, and about twenty...
AP | Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in August, promoted Natalie Hudson to be chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, making her the first Black person...
“America’s Top Young Scientist” is a 14-year-old who invented a soap that treats skin cancer. Heman Bekele, a ninth grader from Annandale, Virginia, won the prestigious...
AP | A court in Kenya has extended orders blocking the deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti to lead a U.N Security Council-approved mission to combat...
Sean “Diddy” Combs has illuminated Howard University Homecoming 2023 by delivering his US$1 million pledge to the iconic Washington D.C.-based HBCU. Fulfilling a promise made at...
Bloomberg | Jamaica plans to use a pair of credit upgrades and strong investor demand for its bonds to drive down borrowing costs as it returns...
AP | A former justice official considered one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 was arrested Thursday in...
By Gregory Simpkins Investors, especially American investors, are overly cautious in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. They require extra assurance of the viability...
AP | Scientists are setting out to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African ancestry to create what they believe will be the world’s largest...
Reuters | Ghana’s government has approved its first lithium mine run by a subsidiary of Australia-based Atlantic Lithium Limited, the West African country said on Thursday,...
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is returning to Dominica on Thursday as a strengthening Tropical Storm Tammy could become a hurricane by the end of the...
AP | Liberia’s presidential election Wednesday appeared headed for a run-off, with the top candidates neck and neck and the votes nearly fully counted. President George...
By Christina Katsouris When Aliko Dangote, an industrialist from the northern state of Kano, first announced the project in 2013, analysts were skeptical. Dozens of proposed...
The Bahamas government has criticised the European Union (EU) for relying on what it said is outdated information in order to keep the country on a...
AP | Now that she’s stepped back from the sport she dominated like few others, Serena Williams is ready to reflect. The tennis great has a...
Bloomberg | South Africa is set to briefly overtake Nigeria and Egypt as the continent’s largest economy next year, International Monetary Fund forecasts show. The IMF’s...
Eighteen specialty nurses from Ghana are scheduled to arrive in The Bahamas by the end of October to help relieve a shortage of nurses. There has...
By Gregory Simpkins Africa was the world’s cradle of civilization, and the people who left over the millennia (as well as those who remained) offered new...
Reuters | Liberia’s President George Weah and opposition leader Joseph Boakai are nearly tied in the race for the presidency following a October 10 election, provisional...
Reuters | Media entrepreneur Byron Allen last month, made a US$10 billion bid to buy Walt Disney’s ABC television network and assets including the FX and...
AP | The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) said he will gradually ease the state of military rule in the conflict-riddled east...
As Jamaica moves ahead with plans to cut ties to the British monarchy – a shift that would remove King Charles III as its head of...
Reuters | Tanzania is expecting to officially launch the country’s fifth oil and gas licensing round by June and award licences to the winners by December...
Press Release | Black Enterprise, the premier business, investing, and wealth-building resource for African Americans, is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated 2023 Black Men XCEL...
Bloomberg | Tanzania will target boosting investment from India, the East African nation’s biggest trading partner, by 10-fold in the next 2 years. The Tanzania Investment...
Starting December 1 this year, the regional carrier interCaribbean Airways will start operating fully in Barbados in a strategic move to enhance connectivity and flight options...
AP | Liberian President George Weah is seeking a second term in office Tuesday, hoping that his efforts to pave roads, build hospitals and bring electricity...
By Gregory Simpkins For the past several years, African governments and their non-African supporters have lamented the continuing exclusion of African governments from seats on international...
Bloomberg | A team spun out of Carlyle Group Inc. said they’ve got backing from the founders of the US private equity (PE) firm as well...
Caribbean National Weekly | Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is rumored to be a top contender for the United Nations Secretary-General position, with selection due in...
The eighth laureate of the Nasher Prize, an award given by the Dallas-based Nasher Sculpture Center museum that comes with a US$100,000 prize, is Otobong Nkanga,...
Reuters | Simone Biles led the U.S. women’s team to a 7th straight title at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp on Wednesday. The 26-year-old...
AP | Kenyan lawmakers said Wednesday that parliamentary approval is required before the deployment of police to the Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti to combat gang...
Reuters | Canada’s House of Commons on Tuesday elected Greg Fergus as its new speaker, making the Liberal Party lawmaker the first Black Canadian to hold...
Reuters | California Governor Gavin Newsom said he had picked Laphonza Butler to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy left by Dianne Feinstein, who died on Thursday...
TheGrio | Claudine Gay has landed a spot in Harvard University history as the institution’s first Black president. Gay is also the second woman to lead...
By Gregory Simpkins The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the decision-making body of the United Nations effort to combat climate change. It has met every...
Reuters | Air Senegal and Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding for code-sharing and other steps to deepen cooperation. Air Senegal...
Barbados has become the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to indicate that it will participate in a multinational security force seeking to restore peace and stability...
APO Group | African statesman and former President of the Republic of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo represents one of the continent’s most influential and impactful leaders who...
By Chinedu Okafor Kenya plans to begin building its first nuclear power station in 2027 as the nation works to diversify its energy production in response...
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Ernest Addison, stated on Monday that recent data suggests the country’s economic growth is more robust than expected. He...
Health officials in Jamaica have declared an outbreak of the dengue fever with at least 565 suspected, presumed and confirmed cases in the Caribbean nation. Jamaica’s...
In North America, we have taken clean water for granted until recent events in Flint, Michigan, and East Palestine, Ohio, brought into question the safety of...
Haiti says it has no intention of going to war with the Dominican Republic over a border situation that in the past few days “has been...
S&P Global | The long-awaited Dangote refinery – billed as a game-changer for Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa – will receive its first cargo of crude in...
Hailing the two-day official state visit by Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi to The Bahamas as a success, Bahamas Prime Minister Philip E. Davis said that a...
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford said his commitment to marginalized communities, Black America, and his Democratic colleagues has always been unwavering. The 2023 National Newspaper...
Reuters | Nigeria’s two main opposition leaders on Tuesday filed separate appeals at the Supreme Court challenging a tribunal ruling that earlier this month upheld President...
Bloomberg | Vista Equity Partners tapped a credit line backed by its private equity stakes to finance a cash injection for Finastra Group Holdings Ltd. that...
The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping Monday said it remains firm in its support for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) even as it...
By Gregory Simpkins The current wave of coups in Africa demonstrates a disdain for following through on democratic governance in Africa – mostly by impatient military...
AP | The HBCU Transformation Project, a coalition of 40 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), on Wednesday announced a US$124 million gift from philanthropic funders...
Bloomberg | Egypt is considering holding presidential elections before the end of 2023, according to people familiar with the matter, an earlier than expected date as...
AP | Family, friends and state lawmakers gathered Tuesday for a ceremony celebrating the ascent of Judge Rowan Wilson, who was sworn in last spring as...
Reuters | Djibouti launched a 60 megawatt MW windfarm on Friday, increasing the Horn of Africa country’s power production by almost 50 percent and reducing its...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 rocked several parts of Trinidad & Tobago on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage....
JIS | Jamaican micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are being encouraged to tap into the Latin American (LATAM) market as they seek to expand their...
By Gregory Simpkins Since African nations began the road to independence in the 1950s, there have been about 100 coups in which militaries overthrew elected governments....
New York Governor Kathy Hochul says the new City University of New York (CUNY) has unveiled the Harry Belafonte Scholarship to honor the legacy of the...
AFP | Liberia’s President George Weah officially launched his campaign for a second term on Thursday, in front of thousands of supporters in the capital Monrovia...
Bloomberg Law | Maryland’s Supreme Court is set to take a step toward rectifying the state’s racist past, recognizing that Edward Garrison Draper should have been...
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Tuesday predicted that the region’s economies will maintain low levels of growth this year and next...
Cynthia A. Pratt was sworn in as the 12th Governor General of The Bahamas during a ceremony at Government House in Nassau on Friday, September 1....
Reuters | Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Rosalind Brewer has stepped down, the U.S. pharmacy chain operator said on Friday, less than 3 years after the former...
Bloomberg | Nigeria’s gridlocked commercial hub of Lagos started operating its first light-rail system on Monday, 12 years after it first planned to start ferrying riders....
Two earthquakes rattled several Caribbean islands over the past 24 hours, the Seismic Research Center (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the...
Reuters | President Bola Tinubu has ordered a recall of Nigeria’s ambassadors the world over with immediate effect, his spokesman said on Saturday. “The president is...
By Gregory Simpkins At the recent 123rd National Black Business Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, I told a panel audience that I have been blessed to be...
By Nigel Roberts Africa has been stereotyped as poor and politically unstable for decades, but countries like China and Russia continue to make headway into many...
AFP | The African Union Commission’s Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department “strongly condemns the military takeover of power” in Gabon and “decides to immediately suspend...
By Chinedu Okafor According to Uganda’s finance ministry, the nation’s yearly and monthly trade deficits with the rest of the world have decreased as a result...
The former Speaker of the Dominica parliament, Alix Boyd Knights, was found dead at her home on Tuesday. Boyd Knights, an attorney, served as Speaker from...
Sean “Diddy” Combs is giving back. The rapper and mogul, 53, had a busy Friday that ended with him writing two US$1 million checks for causes...
AP | A judge in Haiti is for the first time interrogating some of the 18 Colombian suspects arrested more than two years ago and accused...
Startups in Kenya have received more equity funding from investors in Africa in the first half of 2023, as per data released by Briter Bridges. The...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is urging the 15-member grouping to maintain the momentum of fostering a closer relationship with Africa as the...
Reuters | Simone Biles won a record eighth all-around title at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, California on Sunday, looking as dominant as ever...
By Gregory Simpkins One of the biggest stories in recent weeks has been the ongoing evolution of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), this...
Reuters | Zimbabwe’s elections commission said late on Saturday that incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa had won this week’s presidential election with roughly 53 percent of the vote,...
By Chinedu Okafor China’s senior African diplomat stated earlier this week, during a briefing on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa that African...
Press Release | Billionaire business mogul and philanthropist Trisha Bailey, the ultimate overcomer, will embark on a multi-city book tour this fall for her motivational memoir...
AFP | BRICS leaders have agreed to expand the club of major emerging economies and adopted conditions for entry, South Africa said on Wednesday, as the...
At first, Kelly Ifill had no interest in following in her family’s footsteps. Her father has a long-running contracting business. Her grandmother ran a cleaning service....
Bloomberg | Flutterwave Inc., Africa’s largest startup, is pressing ahead with plans for an initial public offering after making headway in resolving allegations of financial impropriety...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has posthumously awarded a “Key to the City of New York” to legendary Caribbean performer and civil rights activist Harry...
A delegation of Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on Sunday on a reconnaissance mission to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country following the East African...
By Gregory Simpkins It has been my great honor to work on the goal of connecting the elements of the African Diaspora for more than a...
Robert F. Smith recently announced that Vista Equity Partners, his market investment firm, has surpassed US$100 billion in assets under management – the total market value...
Reuters | Ethiopian Airlines will start manufacturing aircraft parts in a venture with Boeing at an initial cost of US$15 million, the government’s investment agency said...
Several major retailers and brands have contributed a total of US$14 billion in revenue to Black-owned businesses since May 2020 as part of their commitment to...
Reuters | The development bank founded by the so-called BRICS countries closed the auction for its first South African rand bonds on Tuesday, as it comes...
Caribbean National Weekly | Members of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) are poised to bolster their readiness and efficacy in tackling emergency situations, with the bank...
Reuters | Safaricom’s M-Pesa mobile money service went live in Ethiopia on Wednesday, in a boost to the Kenyan telecoms operator as it seeks to kickstart...
Reuters | Guyana and the Dominican Republic have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on recruiting companies to build a 50,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Guyana that...
By Gregory Simpkins Since the coup in Niger last month, sanctions have been levied against the new regime, borders have been closed and now that the...
Press Release | Maurice Edington, Ph.D., an accomplished scientist, educator, and university administrator with a proven track record of success in improving student retention and graduation...
Baltimore-based Latimer Ventures, a Black-owned, early stage venture capital firm, recently announced a close of US$15 million for its fund launched exclusively for Black and Brown...
Bloomberg | The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has stockpiled 300,000 carats of diamonds under new regulations which compel miners to pay half of their royalties using...
AFP | South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma reported back to prison on Friday only to be swiftly released, in a government move lashed by the...