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...
Phylicia Rashad is stepping down as dean of Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts. The Tony Award-winning actor is stepping down as dean...
By David Larkin Today, Black and African American women are driving small business growth and are one of the fastest-growing groups of entrepreneurs in America. Currently...
Bloomberg | Ghana approved a green-minerals policy to help manage the exploitation and production of lithium, a step toward tapping into the multibillion-dollar global industry. The...
Africa News | Niger’s military coup leaders announced the appointment of Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as prime minister on Monday evening in a statement read out...
AP | The daughter of reggae legend Bob Marley is something of a “fairy godmother” for the Jamaica team playing in its second Women’s World Cup....
AP | A little more than a month ago, Coco Gauff left Wimbledon after a first-round loss that left her dispirited and unsure of her game....
Bloomberg | Liberian President George Weah will face over a dozen opponents when the country votes in a October 10 general election amid mounting anger over...
By Gregory Simpkins The coup virus in Africa continues to infect nations – even those that had seemed somewhat immune. Niger has been considered a beacon...
Uber and Safaricom have partnered to ease payment of trips by riders across Kenya through M-Pesa. This follows an earlier deal between the wireless carrier and...
Reuters | Simone Biles made a triumphant return to gymnastics on Saturday in suburban Chicago, eclipsing the field by an enormous margin in her first competitive...
The Bahamas government on Wednesday says it is committed to sending 150 officers to support a multi-national force in Haiti as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country...
AFP | Ivory Coast’s former president Henri Konan Bédié has died aged 89 in hospital in Abidjan, a member of his party’s communications team told AFP...
Day 14 of the FIFA Women’s World Cup sent four more teams packing. South Africa earned a stunning 3-2 win Wednesday to secure its first-ever last-16...
AP | Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, who rose to become one of New Jersey’s most prominent Black leaders and passionately advocated for revitalizing cities and against...
Reuters | Kenya is ready to lead a multinational force into Haiti, which is experiencing a surge in violence between police and gangs, its foreign minister...
Press Release | Safaricom shareholders have approved two new subsidiaries, one dedicated to investing in seed-stage and another on growth-stage start-ups. These significant developments, approved at...
Press Release | After several rounds of consultations and input from the various stakeholder partners, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives has officially...
By Gregory Simpkins In my time in and out of the U.S. government, I have seen and heard much about the value of women entrepreneurs. Years...
Reuters | Representatives from various African and Caribbean entities joined forces at a historic event this week in the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown, to demand reparations...
Reuters | Telecom firm MTN Uganda, a unit of South Africa’s MTN Group, on Friday launched the first 5G network in the east African country. MTN...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Carla Barnett says there has been progress in trade and investment between Africa and the 15-member regional integration grouping following the...
AP | Ghana’s parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes except high treason, formalizing what has been a de facto moratorium on...
Jamaica Gleaner | Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness stressed the island-nation’s intention to become a republic during a short visit to the United Kingdom last week,...
AP | US President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in...
By Gregory Simpkins A century ago, Jamaican Diaspora leader Marcus Garvey established what he hoped would be a global economic partnership between the Africa Diaspora in...
AP | Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon broke the women’s mile record by nearly 5 seconds on Friday at the Monaco Diamond League for her third world mark...
Entrepreneur and NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson added to his voluminous business portfolio by officially becoming part-owner of the Washington Commanders. The NFL owners voted...
Reuters | Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Friday announced the creation of a new infrastructure fund, part of a series of measures to boost the economy...
AP | An ombudsman office in Haiti has denounced what it called the “unacceptable slowness” of the Haitian investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse...
The Exchange Africa | While global economic growth is projected to average between 2.7 percent and 3.2 percent, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) will...
AP | Sean “Diddy” Combs wants to strengthen the Black dollar: The music mogul is spearheading a new online marketplace called Empower Global that will specifically...
Bloomberg | The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is in discussions to back a new debt-for-nature swap, marking its entry into a fast-growing corner of the...
Bloomberg | Ghana’s parliament passed a law legalizing the cultivation of cannabis for industrial and health purposes, a move that will help the West African nation...
Press Release | Caribbean Airlines, the leading carrier in the Caribbean region, has announced the launch of its Sustainability Programme in line with the principles of...
By Henri Al Helaly Entrepreneurship in Africa is on an exponential upsurge. The vibrant entrepreneurial landscape is being propelled by several factors: a young demographic driving...
AP | The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he...
By Gregory Simpkins I debated with myself long and hard and consulted colleagues before writing this blog because I know it is a sensitive and contentious...
AP | Clervie Ngounoue of the United States and Henry Searle of Britain won the junior singles titles at Wimbledon on Sunday. The 16-year-old Ngounoue became...
Oil production in Guyana’s Stabroek block is projected to average some 1.2 million barrels of oil per day by the end of 2027. This was disclosed...
Several countries in the eastern Caribbean were struck by two earthquakes Thursday morning. According to the Seismic Research Center at the University of the West Indies...
By Caroline Kimeu When Ugandans Maureen Agena and Edward Echwalu arrived at the Lesotho border during their five-month road trip across east and southern Africa, the...
CARICOM Today | The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is on the right track to achieve its goal of reducing its high food import bill by 25 percent...
Reuters | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday discussed the Sudanese crisis, bilateral relations and Ethiopia’s giant dam on...
By Dimitri Zabelin In the coming decades, Africa will become a pivotal player in international affairs. A confluence of the continent’s abundance of strategic resources, favorable...
Moove, an Nigerian mobility company, that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership across Africa, has secured US$8 million in funds from Absa...
Bahamians are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their political independence from Britain with street parades and a call by Prime Minister Phillip Davis that independence is...
AP | Hill Harper, an actor known for his roles on “CSI: NY” and “The Good Doctor,” announced on Monday that he is running for Michigan’s...
Guyana will host the second AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF23) in October, according to a statement. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Guyana government...
Xinhua | South Africa has invited heads of state of all African countries to the BRICS summit, which is set to be held in August in...
By Osej Serratos, Morgan Norwood, and Allie Weintraub When Dorian Bolden began expanding his coffee shop, Beyu Caffe, in Durham, North Carolina, he says the most...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 rattled Trinidad & Tobago on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Seismic Research...
AFP | West African heads of state on Sunday chose Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead their regional bloc for the next year, replacing...
By Gregory Simpkins Over the past 40+ years working on Diaspora issues, I have had the privilege of working with numerous Black-owned businesses and organizations. Many...
AP | Two-time Olympic gold-medalist and former Tennessee star Nikki McCray-Penson has died. She was 51. McCray-Penson was an assistant women’s basketball coach at Rutgers last...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended their three-day summit in Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday night agreeing to have the free movement of all categories of people...
The Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) says it regards itself as a prime example of Caribbean ingenuity as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) celebrates...
Bloomberg | Nigerian President Bola Tinubu suspended excise taxes on telecommunications services and some locally produced goods introduced 2 months ago. The new head of state...
Press Release | Yum! Brands, Inc. last week announced the promotion of Sean Tresvant to Taco Bell Division Chief Executive Officer, reporting to Yum! Brands Chief...
Antigua & Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne says while he understands the current situation in Haiti is a “delicate issue” he believes that the Haitian leader,...
AP | President Salva Kiir of South Sudan says his country’s long-delayed elections will take place in 2024 and that he will be on the ballot....
Press Release | Jamaica is rapidly becoming the place big names in business want to call home and at Collision 2023, the country will introduce its...
Creative money moves are coming from MVP Joel Embiid as he announces the launch of Miniature Géant, a media company in partnership with SpringHill Company. The...
AP | Senegalese President Macky Sall declared Monday evening that he will not run for a third term in next year’s elections, ending years of uncertainty...
By Marybeth Gasman The Supreme Court handed down a decision on Thursday rejecting the use of race in college admissions. Although the majority of commentary has...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders opened a three-day summit in Trinidad & Tobago on Monday coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the regional integration movement. Dominica’s Prime...
By Gregory Simpkins Africa, as with the rest of the developing world, continues to be impacted by events on the international stage – from the Ukraine-Russia...
New commercial and high-end condominiums are rising from the dirt, the minimum wage is going up, unemployment is the lowest it’s been in years and tourism...
Reuters | Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, has asked to join the BRICS bloc of emerging markets, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. The term...