The content creator with a deliberately caustic tone and a following of nearly three million played a key role in the information war waged by PASTEF before Bassirou Diomaye Faye was elected and Sonko became Prime Minister. l.theafricareport.com/h7

#Senegal : Bravador, the popular Ivorian comedian and influencer, has long poked fun at political leaders in West Africa.
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African manufacturing can gain the scale that would make its products competitive in cost terms with those from India and China, says Equitane CEO Anish Jain.
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Despite the DA's claims of low unemployment figures and a flourishing economy, people living on the fringes of the city face a housing crisis and increasing lawlessness - the city's police station recorded the highest number of crimes nationwide over the period 2022-2023. Will

Electric bike supplier Spiro is seeking more financing partners in Nigeria to help it scale up its presence in the country, CEO Kaushik Burman tells The Africa Report. l.theafricareport.com/mx

In a new report, Africa Finance Corporation says while the first mile has seen considerable investment so far, recent incidents of damage to multiple subsea cables in 2023 and 2024 highlight the lack of diversity in subsea cable numbers and routes serving Africa. theafricareport.com/348727/east-af…

United States ambassador to DRC Lucy Tamlyn said she is “very concerned by reports of US citizens allegedly involved” in the attempted coup on 19 May. theafricareport.com/348853/drc-kin…

Geopolitics analyst Ovigwe Eguegu says Iran-Africa engagement would continue to remain a priority for any new government in Tehran because the fundamentals are still the same. Report by Sheriff Bojang Jr. theafricareport.com/348863/iran-pr…

Christian Malanga Musumari headed the United Congolese Party (UCP), a centre-right party in exile that was set up after the 2011 elections in which he failed to win a seat in parliament.

Since then, he had been advocating the advent of a “new Zaire”. theafricareport.com/348853/drc-kin…

With plans to produce polypropylene, carbon black, base oil and more, Dangote Refinery aims to make Africa self-sufficient in various industries within four years.  theafricareport.com/348773/nigeria…

Christian Malanga Musumari, 41, an American citizen, former soldier and evangelical preacher who created the New Zaire movement, was killed by security forces after attempting a coup on 19 May. l.theafricareport.com/S1

Between 12-14 May, four East African countries – Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda – grappled with severe internet disruptions and outages due to damages to SEACOM and EASSy submarine cables that connect the region to the global network. theafricareport.com/348727/east-af…

In July 2023, President Ebrahim Raisi was the second Iranian president in a decade to visit Africa – after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit in 2013.

Kenya was the first stop of Raisi’s three-nation Africa tour – that also took him to Uganda and Zimbabwe – aimed at building a

#Kinshasa : Two International hotel groups, Accor and Hilton, have opened flagship hotels in Kinshasa, a move which will considerably enhance the city’s quality and variety of prestige accommodation. Report by Nelly Fualdes theafricareport.com/348069/novotel…

South Africa’s Constitutional Court justices unanimously ruled that former president Zuma is 'not eligible to be a member of parliament and not qualified to stand for election to the National Assembly, until five years have lapsed since the completion of his sentence'.

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The Africa Report unveils its list of 20 future tech champions in #Africa . Here are the trends that emerge from their 2024 list of the 20 most promising “early stage” start-ups on the continent🚀🌍: theafricareport.com/347595/who-are…

#SãoToméandPríncipe 's PM Trovoada is the latest head of government to rip into western 'hypocrisy' at the #AfricaCEOForum on the topic: At the table or on the menu?
Must-read from The Africa Report's brilliant Political Editor LauraAngela Bagnetto in #Rwanda
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Don’t be hypocrites’ says São Tomé PM Trovoada, downplaying Russian arms accord
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In this article, I attempt to examine UK's increasingly soft stance against Uganda. It no longer condemn outrightly declining democracy yet in 2005 it withheld £5m over electoral malpractice. UK's aid to Uganda has fallen drastically to less than £50m. Compare them to EU & USA!

The world’s worst war – around 150,000 dead, nine million displaced and 25 million needing emergency aid – this is Sudan, not Gaza nor Ukraine.

While the international community largely ignores Sudan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia are trying to impose their will on the country’s