•HIV/AIDS injection South Africa, Eswatini, and Zambia were to begin today administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, making ...
•Mpox Africa is confronting multiple high-burden health emergencies, including widespread cholera outbreaks, rising Mpox cases and active viral haemorrhagic fever events. These emergencies, however, are occurring as the continent is receiving major global financing to strengthen pandemic preparedness, reports Vanguard. Prof. Yap Boum, Incident...
Emirates has been honoured with the Travel Gold Award of Excellence for Connecting Africa to the World in recognition of its outstanding contribution and continued commitment to African tourism, trade, and cultural exchange. The Award was presented at the Africa Tourism & Creative Economy Expo (AFTCREE), in partnership with Nigeria’s Feder...
Over 24 million adults aged between 20 and 79 are living with diabetes in Africa, and this number is projected to more than double, reaching 60 million, by 2050, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). About 12 million, representing half of this number, remain undiagnosed, silently facing escalating risks of severe complications, dis...
•Prof. Obiora Okonkwo The Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines (UNA), Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has described Nigeria as one of the most over-taxed aviation jurisdictions on the continent — a situation he says continues to drive up ticket prices and distort competition in West Africa’s airspace. Speaking ahead of UNA’s formal launch of commercial f...
•Aliko Dangote of Nigeria Africa’s ultra-wealthy class reached a new milestone in 2025, with 22 billionaires collectively worth an estimated US$105 billion — a significant jump from US$82.4 billion and 20 billionaires recorded the previous year. The rise is particularly remarkable given the continent’s persistent challenges, including politica...
Nigeria has emerged as the country with the highest number of facilities ranked among Africa’s ten worst prisons, according to new assessments by rights organisations and international monitors. Overcrowding, poor sanitation, gang violence and inadequate nutrition continue to define the country’s correctional system, raising concerns about hum...
•Team Drogba’s electric boat races on the Lagos Lagoon during the E1 final race yesterday Rain soaked Nigeria’s bustling metropolis of Lagos yesterday hosted a race in the UIM E1 World Championship, an all-electric powerboat racing series — the first time that such an event has been held in Africa. An earlier tropical storm delayed […]...
•Former Nigerian international, Segun Odegbami (R) Former Nigerian international Segun Odegbami has stated that Nigeria’s participation at the 2026 World Cup is vital to give Africa a voice on the world stage. Odegbami, who spoke on the ‘Role of Sports in Global Geo-Politics,’ explained that sports had the capacity to checkmate the geopolitic...
•Aliko Dangote Africa’s heavy dependence on fuel imports has turned the continent into a dumping ground for substandard petroleum products, Aliko Dangote, has said. The president of Dangote Industries Limited and Africa’s richest man made the remarks during an interview with journalists, where he highlighted the motivation behind building the ...
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