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While tech headlines chase flashy apps and billion-dollar valuations, one entrepreneur quietly built the digital infrastructure connecting over 500 million Africans. Dare Okoudjou's vision for a continent-wide payments network is reshaping how money flows across Africa.

Long lines of motorcycles and cars were growing in front of petrol stations in Kinshasa this week, with fear of shortages and price hikes, as the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo began to feel the effects of Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Authorities in Kenya have uncovered a disturbing mass grave in Kericho, where officials exhumed dozens of bodies, including foetuses, in a case that is rapidly expanding in scale. The investigation began earlier this week after police received reports of a secret burial site over the weekend.

Lomé is steadily emerging as a credible tech hub in Francophone West Africa, driven by reform, infrastructure and a handful of standout ventures. Yet gaps in early-stage funding and policy execution still hold the ecosystem back.

Ghana is intensifying its diplomatic campaign at the United Nations, combining cultural expression and political advocacy to push for global recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.

The platform integrates government agencies into a single digital system, streamlining import and export processes, reducing delays, and lowering the cost of doing business. The post FG launches National Single Window to cut trade costs, boost growth appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts.

Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast are counting on losses from the reduced global prices.

A California court has awarded $19.25m in damages to a woman who accused actor Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her somewhere in the early 1970s.

The agreement, signed in Accra by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Ghanaian Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, is aimed at strengthening cooperation in areas including counterterrorism, intelligence sharing and crisis response