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Phone maker Transsion plans $500M Hong Kong IPO

Transsion held a 53% market share by revenue in Africa in 2025, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan.
Women vendors display Nokia phone models for sale along with smartphones at the ‘Computer Village’ in Ikeja district in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, Nigeria May 31, 2017.
Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters

Africa’s data centers prompt water consumption fears

A petition by civil society groups to South African authorities highlighted concerns over a lack of awareness around data center water consumption.
Teraco Data Centre - Isando Campus in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Teraco Data Centre in South Africa. Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Kenya to host World Athletics Championship

The announcement marks the first time that the event will be held in Africa.
Kenya’s Mathew Kipchumba Kipsang celebrates after winning the Men’s 5000m Final with Kenya’s Cornelius Kemboi and Kenya’s Andrew Kiptoo at the Commonwealth Games.
Isabel Infantes/Reuters

Gambia bans protests without permits

The move follows days of unrest over persistent electricity blackouts.
Police officers patrol near burning barricades as residents protest against power and water cuts in Banjul, Gambia, September 8, 2026.
Malick Njie/File Photo/Reuters

El Niño threatens West Africa’s cocoa producers

The weather phenomenon has been known to intensify the yearly Harmattan winds, which dry out topsoil and cause pods to fall.
A farmer examines a cocoa pod at his farm near the village of Digrikro in Daloa, Ivory Coast.
Luc Gnago/Reuters

Fuel prices diverge across West Africa over Iran war

Varying fiscal policies have left some countries’ fuel prices double the level of their neighbors’.
Motorcycles line up near a closed petrol station in Bamako.
Stringer/Reuters

US clean energy investment surges 22% in second quarter

The results, published by the Clean Investment Monitor, were largely driven by residential battery storage installations.

Fridge-free vaccines could prompt Africa immunization breakthrough

Vaccines that can be stored without refrigeration have been successfully trialed in patients for the first time.

US emissions reductions fall short of Biden-era goals

The US is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by only 27-41% below 2005 levels by 2040, a new report found.

West African photo project maps climate change solutions

The project uses imagined climate-adapted photos of areas that have already been hard hit by sea-level rise, flooding, and coastal erosion.

Mining developments eroding Africa’s forests, study finds

Nearly 190,000 hectares of forest were converted to mines in Africa between 2001 and 2020, according to researchers at the universities of Cambridge and Sheffield.

Catnip lotion found to be effective mosquito repellent in Uganda study

Researchers found that 6% catnip oil lotion was just as good at repelling mosquitoes as the main ingredient in widely used brands.

A tale of star-crossed sisters

In 1970s Ghana, a period of intense economic decline, two sister make a promise with devastating consequences.

Nigerian-born artist taps memories for Obamas portrait

Njideka Akunyili Crosby was commissioned to paint the first joint portrait of the former US president and first lady, Barack and Michelle Obama.

South African holds world’s oldest ultramarathon

The nearly 55-mile race was held soon after Cape Town was designated a World Marathon Major.

FIFA bans use of vuvuzelas at World Cup

The vuvuzela became a symbol of South African football following its widespread use in the 2010 World Cup, which was hosted in the country.

‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ gets London stage debut

The musical is an adaptation of a memoir about a young Malawian boy who builds his own windmill to generate electricity during a period of famine.

Ghanaian artist El Anatsui dominates Frieze New York sales

‘LuwVor I,’ a sculpture crafted from aluminum, copper, and wire, sold for $2.2 million, more than double the next highest seller at the prestigious art fair.
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