Scientists may have discovered an unlikely ally in the fight against plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. Native to Africa but ...

If Nigeria doesn’t roll out clean fuels fast, its carbon dioxide emissions from cooking on firewood will triple by 2060, new ...

Kenneth D. Johnson touches on the urgent but often overlooked aspect of Silicon Valley's innovation engine—its reliance on ...

However, they face many barriers. AI research is eye-wateringly expensive, and African startups and researchers get a fraction of the funding their Western or Asian counterparts get. They have to ...

Inadequate funding, infrastructure issues, and fights over regulation mean the sector's future remains uncertain.

So which outcome will be better for Africa? A continuation of a Democratic White House with Kamala Harris or another Republican administration under Donald Trump? Political analyst Asanda ...

Darko-Sarfo’s case illustrates many of the possibilities this new technology offers for Africa and in developing nations more generally, but also the pitfalls. On one hand, an AI-powered device ...

Holders Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea became the latest countries to qualify for next year's Africa Cup of Nations finals ...

Do we think that a white American president would have gotten away with Obama’s vast crimes against Africa without being tagged as racist, colonizer, and imperialist? As the late Lucky Dube sang ...

Africa stands on the brink of economic transformation. As BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – move towards a new global financial system, the era of US dollar supremacy ...

Last year, Uber launched its first e-bike fleet in Africa on Nairobi’s streets. In the first six months of this year the number of registered EVs in Kenya tripled. Similar trends are apparent in ...

The 2021 Nobel laureate in literature Abdulrazak Gurnah (left) captivated the audience in a wide-ranging conversation Oct. 30 ...