A local medical doctor has sounded alarm over the rising toll of diabetes in Africa warning that most people living with the disease are unaware of their condition until it is too late. “Seventy-three percent of people who are diabetic in Africa are not aware that
By Elishamai A. Ziumbwa The global race for minerals like lithium, cobalt, and gold is accelerating but at a steep cost to some of Southern Africa’s most vulnerable communities. In an interview with 263chat, social justice advocacy group Southern Africa Trust (Zimbabwe) country manager Janet
By Elishamai A. Ziumbwa Water advocacy group Community Water Alliance (CWA) has raised the alarm over the country’s worsening water losses calling for urgent reforms to address obsolete infrastructure and water pollution across Africa. In an exclusive interview with 263chat, Community Water Alliance director Hardlife Mudzingwa said
By Farai Shawn Matiashe recently in Nairobi, Kenya Kenya’s cabinet secretary for energy and petroleum Opiyo Wandayi has said sustained public and private investment in clean energy development, manufacturing, research, and innovation is vital in accelerating the deployment of clean energy solutions. He said this is not
By Farai Shawn Matiashe recently in Nairobi, Kenya Majority of renewable energy transition projects from sub-Saharan Africa submitted for financing collapse at development stages before assessment by financiers, an official has said. “We will discuss how many of the projects that IRENA receives through its platforms cannot
By Revonia Karen Last evening, the Global Solidarity Network (Nasser Youth Movement – Swahili Department) organised the first session of "Global Solidarity Talks" titled "The Translation Movement in the Globalisation of the Swahili Language," in line with the celebrations of World Swahili Language Day. The event highlighted
From heads of state like Samia Suluhu to influential diplomats like Bintou Keita, women are increasingly playing key roles in the continent’s politics and governance. From Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first democratically elected female president in Africa, to Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, FIFA's first female
More than 18 million girls are out of primary school in Africa, this according to a report by the Tax and Education (TaxEd) Alliance and its allies. According to the report, inadequate investment in education due to aggressive tax avoidance is the root cause and is
International clubs are looking to Africa for more female football talent, a new FIFA report shows. Bonface Orucho, bird story agency Africa is growing into a critical supplier of professional female football talent to international clubs outside the continent, according to a new FIFA report. The ‘Global Transfer
Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Tanzania are on course to post some of the strongest economic growth rates globally - a show of resilience in the face of troubling global headwinds. Seth Onyango, bird story agencyA robust combination of domestic policy reforms, increased investment and
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