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The United States Senate has approved a two-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act allowing eligible sub-Saharan African countries to continue enjoying duty-free access to the US market until December 2028. However, the amendment must re

The Global Center on Artificial Intelligence Governance has placed Nigeria 38th of 135 countries in its index on Responsible AI, first in Africa and ahead of 72 per cent of countries assessed. With the constant evolution of AI, how ripe is Nigeria's regul

Nigeria's population census delay is not a technical failure; it is a political one. That's the stance of Bongo Adi, Professor of Economics at the Lagos Business School noting Nigeria has spent 219 billion naira across six budget cycles preparing for a ce

South Africa's mining sector continues to face pressure, with production falling 4 per cent year-on-year in June and declining 2.7 per cent in the second quarter. PGMs, coal and iron ore were among the biggest drags. Yet mineral sales rose sharply, helped

The World Health Organization estimates that one in ten medicines circulating in low- and middle-income countries is substandard or falsified. In Africa, that figure climbs to more than 22 per cent. Antibiotics and anti-malarials are among the worst affec

Africa is once again at the centre of a global resource race. As the world shifts to clean energy, demand for critical energy transition minerals is surging, and Africa holds a significant share of them. For generations, the continent has supplied the wor

President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially launched South Africa's Electronic Travel Authorisation at OR Tambo International Airport, marking a major step in the country's digital immigration overhaul. The ETA uses biometric verification, machine learning a

DAKAR (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo said on Tuesday that confirmed Ebola deaths had reached 2,011, the latest grim milestone in what health officials have described as the fastest-spreading outbreak on record. The latest data from Congo's publi

The Director, Research and Strategy, Chapel Hill Denham, Tajudeen Ibrahim, says Nigeria has big opportunities for towers, subsea cables infrastructure and data centres due to the rising youthful population while noting the demand for digital content and A

Following the default in payment of 40.1-billion-naira bond obligations by Geregu Power, analysts at Intelligence Africa Ratings believe the default does not necessarily mean the entire power sector's credit fundamentals have deteriorated while maintainin