- Cyber security is what nations and organizations need to be very wary of in 2025. According to the recent World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Cybersecurity Outlook, the intricacies of cyberspace are complex and challenging, owing to rapid technological advancements, the growing sophistication of…
- In August 2024, the United States (U.S.) hiked tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) to 100% while the European Union (E.U.) increased tariffs by up to 45.3% in October 2024. The EU’s tariffs differ by manufacturer between 7.8% to 35.3%, over its standard 10% import duty. Futurist and business…
- Topline Four disastrous wildfires were still burning across Los Angeles and Ventura counties in southern California on Tuesday, but it’s not yet clear what started the fires—as government officials, lawyers and experts weigh theories like electrical issues, embers from older fires and arson. Key…
- The railway project is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which Nigeria joined in 2018. “This railway will also promote the development of related industries along the route. The construction and operation of the project will create numerous job opportunities in Nigeria,” the bank said. The…
- Topline An early social media influencer, her fake cancer diagnosis and the untangling of a complicated web of lies will play out in the Netflix original series “Apple Cider Vinegar,” a drama inspired by the real-life story of wellness guru Belle Gibson and the lies that skyrocketed her to fame in…
- Our tech writer got to experience the new electric Mini Cooper SE that’s coming your way. The highly-anticipated next-generation electric Mini Cooper SE arrived in South Africa six months later than originally planned, and quietly went on sale without a national media launch. As it stands, Mini…
- The 44-year-old legislator is the new political head of the parliament inaugurated on October 2, 1979. “I affirm that I will be faithful as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly; that I will perform my functions honestly to the best of my ability, faithfully, and in accordance with the…
- How a women’s initiative is collectively uplifting lives through art and community-based tourism. From the street art to its bustling markets, the Nyamirambo Women’s Centre in the lively and vibrant neighborhood of Nyamirambo in Kigali, is a tourism drawcard. In one of the busy shops owned by the…
- The Amazon billionaire’s heavy-lift rocket is poised for its first spaceflight. If it succeeds, it will give satellite operators and the Pentagon a long-desired alternative to SpaceX—and at a cheaper price, Forbes reveals. In2021, Elon Musk trolled Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, mocking his rival’s slow…
- Anthony Joshua is targeting a showdown with Tyson Fury in 2025, but the two-time heavyweight champion isn’t just focused on reclaiming the world title — he’s also investing in Nigeria’s future. British-Nigerian boxing star Anthony Joshua recently expressed his determination to reclaim the world…
- Finishing school, possibly earning a degree, staying with one employer, and steadily climb- ing the corporate ladder once defined the path to career success. Today, those conventions are vanishing as quickly as metal filing cabinets in a paperless office. The modern workforce is navigating a new…
- The exchange’s ownership structure mandates that up to 25% of the shares be held publicly, while the remaining 75% is reserved for private investors. Ethiopia made history on Friday with the launch of its first securities exchange in over five decades. The Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX)…
- In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how too much reliance on AI assistants could make it harder to think, a company building bioengineered arteries, the role viruses play in Alzheimer’s and more. You can sign up to get The Prototype in your inbox here. New AI tools are slowly…
- The West African sub-region, including countries like Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, and Nigeria, continues to grapple with insecurity and violence fueled by terrorist attacks. Al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed responsibility for the late Wednesday carnage in…
- South Africa boasts a rich potential of sprint stars. Akani Simbine’s coach Werner Prinsloo weighs in on what’s needed to give the world a run for its money. South Africa has a new wave of exciting young sprinters to add to the established talent of Akani Simbine, which led to a surprise silver…
- Topline The Supreme Court’s signaling it may uphold a ban on TikTok, the wildly popular shortform video social media app, sent shockwaves through the stock market Friday, boosting shares of companies behind rival platforms and hitting hard one key TikTok partner. Key Facts The Supreme Court heard…
- CES Las Vegas kicked off this week with a keynote from Nvidia, the second-most valuable company after Apple, with AI-powered innovations for gaming, robotics, autonomous vehicles, agentic AI, and its first desktop computer. Nvidia CEO and founder Jensen Huang said AI is advancing at an incredible…
- South African Kwaito musician, Victor Bogopane, popularly known as Doc Shebeleza, passed away on Thursday morning. According to reports, the S’kumfete artist died at home. https://twitter.com/tsheko2020/status/1877302658731577383 There is no confirmation as to the cause of the death but family…
- The attackers, described by Chad’s foreign minister as disorganized, were subsequently neutralized by the presidential guard of the Sahelian and landlocked country in Central Africa, facing security challenges related to conflicts in neighboring countries. In a Wednesday evening attack on Chad’s…
- Scott Belsky Says AI Is Collapsing Boundaries Between Traditional Business Functions And Putting More Creative Ability Within Anyone’s Reach. Tell me a bit about your role at Adobe. Belsky: My responsibility is overseeing our emerging product groups. These are the groups that include 3D &…
- A recent global report by Inrix, which specializes in transportation analytics, highlighted that in 2024, residents of Cape Town in South Africa spent the most time on congested roads, with an average of 94 hours lost in traffic. The city ranked ninth in the world. Istanbul in Turkey was the worst…
- Government Statistician Samuel Kobina Annim, while addressing the media in Ghana’s capital Accra today, attributed the increase to skyrocketing food prices. Ghana’s annual inflation rate has surged to its highest level in eight months, reaching 23.8% in December. This marks the fourth consecutive…
- Nasdaq and JSE-Listed Karooooo has set its sights on innovation and expansion, headquartered in Singapore and with operations in about 23 countries and over 2.13 million subscribers. The tech tycoon behind it, ZAK CALISTO, accelerated to ai over a decade ago long before the rest of us. Ask Karooooo…
- Liz Sanya’s motivation for this latest attempt was inspired by the recent achievements of Nigerians who have broken various world records, including Hilda Baci’s longest cooking marathon and Tunde Onakoya’s longest chess marathon. Twentytwo-year-old Nigerian-British fashion designer Elizabeth…
- In 2025, advancements in AI and voice technology could fulfill a promise that tech giants have been making for more than a decade. Voice assistants like SIri and Alexa could get a much needed boost by AI agents.NurPhoto via Getty Images In 2016, when newly-minted Google CEO Sundar Pichai unveiled…
- The research highlights that six African countries feature among the top 10 nations facing the highest Schengen visa rejection rates. African countries accounted for 2.8% of global Schengen visa applications in 2023, yet 50% of these applications were rejected. This is according to a research…
- In the heart of Kigali is a cricket stadium transforming lives and where young people are finding hope, purpose and opportunity. Just 12 kilometers east of Kigali’s bustling city center, where real estate developments, commerce, and technology dominate the landscape, lies a contrasting haven. Here…
- Topline Meta will drop its fact-checking program and replace it with an X-style community notes feature, the social media giant’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday, saying the move will help restore “free expression” on the company’s platforms as he attacked governments and legacy media by…
- Central to President John Mahama’s strategy is a “24-hour economy” designed to stimulate job creation, attract investment, and energize local industries. John Mahama was sworn in today as Ghana’s President, returning to power after winning 56.6% of the vote in December’s election. The inauguration…
- January 3, 2024, marked 16 years since the first Bitcoin block was mined by its pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. What began in 2009 as an experimental peer-to-peer digital currency has since grown into a financial powerhouse, boasting a market capitalization of over $2 trillion at its peak.…
- Topline Constellation Brands, the producer of Modelo and Corona, lost about $450 million in market capitalization as shares for several alcohol makers and distributors dipped on Friday after Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for Congress to update warning labels on alcoholic beverages to include…
- One of the best defenders on the African continent, Nigerian footballer ASHLEIGH PLUMPTRE, on her move to Saudi Arabia, where she is helping grow the game for young women. Ashleigh Plumptre has never taken the conventional route. Born and raised in Leicester, England, she decided to play…
- Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, is proving to be a magnet for travelers every year during the festive period known as ‘Detty December’, with new data revealing how the city’s annual celebration contributed to the country’s economy. Independent research by advisory firm MO Africa Company…
- Topline Netflix is quickly adding to its slate of live sports programming by launching its weekly live broadcasts of the WWE “Raw” program on Monday with a star-studded premiere episode, just weeks after it streamed the NFL Christmas Day games and the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight. Key Facts…
- The West African nation now joins Rwanda, Seychelles, The Gambia, and Benin as one of five African countries allowing unrestricted entry to travelers from across the continent. Ghana’s outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo has confirmed the approval of visa-free travel to Ghana for all African…
- Historical manuscripts and closely-guarded treasures of the VATICAN APOSTOLIC LIBRARY are now accessible through digitization and blockchain, ensuring their preservation. There has always been a lot of mystery surrounding the Vatican Secret Archives. Secured in a two-story underground vault beneath…
- Topline Meghan Markle is set to make her return to the small screen later this month with a new lifestyle show called “With Love, Meghan,” a Netflix original lifestyle series born out of her and Prince Harry’s Archewell Productions’ $100 million deal with the streamer. Key Facts A nearly two-minute…
- For diasporans locally known as ‘I Just Got Back’ (IJGB), coming to Lagos for ‘Detty December’ — a time when Nigeria’s cities come alive with celebrations, music, and cultural events — feels like home reimagined, where tradition meets the future. By early December, the arrival halls at the Murtala…
- Electric vehicles in Rwanda pave the way for rider-entrepreneurs and sustainable transport. Motos – local lingo for motorbike taxis – are ubiquitous and a common sight in Rwanda, as they are in the rest of East Africa. A crucial lifeline of the economy, they mostly transport commuters and informal…
- Musk’s fortune soared by a record $170 billion in 2024–putting him an all-time high dollar amount ahead of Jeff Bezos, the world’s second richest person. The soaring valuations of Tesla, SpaceX and xAI boosted Elon Musk’s fortune to an estimated $421.2 billion as of December 31, 2024, up from $251…
- Entrepreneurship often carries an air of glamor and boundless opportunity. For me though, it was neither a choice nor a planned move; it was a necessity. In 2019, I found myself stepping out of a senior leadership role at a bank, leaving behind the comfort of a stable sal- ary and the relative…
- Animal-assisted intervention is a therapeutic approach gaining traction across Nigeria for children with Neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disabilities. Dogs, rabbits, aquarium fish and turtles are proving to be their…
- The West African nation first began converting part of its external reserves into yuan in 2011 before signing its first Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement valid for three years with China in 2018, valued at 15 billion Chinese yuan (approximately $2.5 billion at the time). Nigeria and China have…
- Dalan Animal Health is working to sell its bee vaccines to commercial beekeepers and governments – and potentially expand to other invertebrates. How do you vaccinate a honeybee? And will beekeepers care enough to do it? Those are the questions Annette Kleiser has been wrestling since founding…
- WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SWIM SOUTH AFRICA’S FALSE BAY, with nothing but a swimming costume and a tenacious will to cross the 34km route, contending with white sharks and jellyfish stings, and in freezing temperatures that can tear into your soul? Here’s why more open water swimmers are signing up, and…
- We check out what’s brewing in one of Kigali’s hottest coffee spots. Also, about 80% of their farm workforce is women. As you step into Kivu Noir, in downtown Kigali, you’re instantly enveloped by the rich aroma of freshly- ground coffee that the lively baristas rustle up behind the counter. One of…
- Calling all visionaries, risk-takers and young change-makers; FORBES AFRICA is all set to for the 2025 intake! For drawing up the continent’s most sought-after list of young leaders, we are on the quest for 30 of Africa’s brightest people under the age of 30 in the Business, Technology, Creatives,…
- Topline Bitcoin set several new records throughout 2024 and eclipsed the six-digit threshold for the first time, leading the charge amid a broader crypto rally after Donald Trump’s election victory—but its milestone surge to $100,000 wasn’t even the most impressive outperformance of the market by a…
- Topline The Food and Drug Administration approved Zepbound as the first prescription medicine to treat sleep apnea on Friday—marking a significant win for the drug company Eli Lilly, which had Zepbound approved as a weight-loss drug last year. Key Facts Zepbound, an Eli Lilly drug, can now be…
- Topline The next two FIFA Women’s World Cup tournaments, to be held in 2027 and 2031, will be streamed exclusively on Netflix in the first ever broadcasting deal to separate the women’s tournament from the men’s, marking a major victory for the streamer as it works to break into the world of live…
