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Climate Change and African Development: Challenges and Opportunities
Climate change has become one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century, with implications that go far beyond rising temperatures. Nowhere are its impacts more visible and severe than in Africa. Although the continent contributes the...

Senegal, ITU Deepen Cooperation on Digital Governance
Senegal’s Telecommunications and Posts Regulatory Authority (ARTP) strengthened ties with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) during the World Regulatory Symposium in Saudi Arabia. ARTP Director General Dahirou Thiam met with ITU...

KaliSpot Launches Smart Financial Kiosks in Senegal and Partners with Solarix for Congo Basin Expansion
Senegalese fintech KaliSpot has announced the deployment of its first ‘1Net’ smart kiosks in Dakar. The company also revealed it has signed its first distribution partnership with Solarix, a technology and energy firm, to cover the Democratic...

Rationale and Protocol Design for the Adaptation and Implementation of a Patient Navigation Program for Cervical Cancer Screening Across Contexts in Senegal
J Andrew Dykens,1– 3 Ndèye Marème Sougou,4 Omar Gassama,5,6 Ndeye Mbombe Dieng,7 Caryn E Peterson,2,3,8 Crystal L Patil,9 Saria Awadalla,8 Sarah Abboud,10 Ibrahima Ndiaye,4 Fatoumata Binetou Diongue,4 Aliath Salami,1 Aida Fall,4 Rey A Flores,1...
Stears: West Africa’s macro environment showing gradual improvement
In a recent analysis, the Stears West Africa Macro report presented a cautiously optimistic outlook for the region's macroeconomic environment. The data indicate a gradual improvement in key economies, with inflation largely under control in...

Senegal taps Gambian-led Cornerstone Group for $300M Solar-Powered agricultural revolution
The deal, hailed as a game-changer, will deploy renewable energy solutions to modernise farming, boost food sovereignty, and empower rural communities across Senegal. The Framework Partnership Agreement, signed by Senegal’s Ministry of...
Macky Sall on a new $50bln plan to climate-proof Africa
What’s the context? Amid funding uncertainty, African leaders urgently call for more climate adaptation cash. African leaders call for climate cash Aid cuts add strain to continent's needs Private companies stepping up to fill gaps JOHANNESBURG,...

Why Senegal’s young people are abandoning their country
- Advertisement - Thousands of people have died in recent years trying to reach Europe via the Canary Islands. Young people from Senegal are seeking more than what their country can give them – even though the nation’s economy is expected to grow,...

The Animal Kingdom
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Until the age of 18, I was a vegetarian. Veganism existed as a practice, but the word had not yet arrived and spread in Italy. My mother, also vegetarian...

Kyari pushes climate-smart agriculture to drive food security, growth
Abubakar Kyari, Minister, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, has called for greater adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices, saying they hold the key to...

Klebsiella pneumoniae with Two Carbapenemases: Where Molecular Research Stands Now
Introduction Klebsiella pneumoniae is a crucial pathogen causing hospital- and community-acquired infections, including pneumonia, septicaemia, urinary tract infections, bacteraemia, meningitis and pyogenic liver abscesses.1 Since the 1990s, the...

Minister Calls For Climate Finance To Drive Food Security
170 By Daniel Adaji The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has called for increased climate finance to strengthen Africa’s food systems and secure the continent’s agricultural future. Speaking at a COP30 side...

Afreximbank, MDGIF Sign $500m Gas Deal As Fitch Tips Africa’s LNG Exports To Soar 174%
Nigeria’s quest to expand its gas infrastructure and position gas as a central driver of economic growth received a major boost on Sunday, as the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund...
Africa Launches Climate Justice Fund to Empower Local Communities
The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance officially launched a pioneering climate fund Tuesday designed to channel financing directly to grassroots African communities, addressing longstanding inequities in global climate finance as continental...
Shaping Tanzania’s liberal future with FNF
IN a world grappling with challenges to democracy, human rights and gender equality, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) stands as a beacon of hope. Rooted in liberalism and inspired by the German thinker Friedrich Naumann, this...

Africa’s Tree of Life: Baobab and Marula take centre stage in global sustainability push
A new publication on Africa’s baobab and marula trees is drawing international attention to the economic and ecological potential of the continent’s indigenous resources. Titled “Baobab & Marula – New Solutions to Global Warming and Food...

Afreximbank, MDGIF Sign $500m MoU to Develop Nigeria’s Gas Infrastructure
*Fitch: Nigeria, Mozambique to raise Africa’s LNG exports by 174.5% by 2034 *NLNG intensifies efforts to reduce methane emissions Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Peter Uzoho in Lagos The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Midstream and...

Colonialism and climate risk are connected: evidence from Ghana and Senegal
The experience of colonialism led to economies and societies being re-arranged in ways that have had far-reaching consequences. As a researcher interested in colonial histories and their impacts on present-day development, I recently explored...

Ghana’s Fareeda Mustapha of PureLube wins Impact Award at 2025 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize in Senegal
Ghanaian youth entrepreneur Fareeda Mustapha, co-founder of PureLube Ghana, has won the Impact Award at the 2025 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize in Dakar, Senegal, alongside three other innovators. PureLube transforms waste into opportunity by...

Senegal’s Kalispot begins deployment of its smart money kiosks in Dakar to bring fintech closer
Senegalese fintech, KaliSpot has announced the deployment of its smart ATM kiosks in the capital city of Dakar. The company disclosed this in a statement seen by Technext. According to the statement, the deployment of the smart kiosks, called the...