Innovation, energy and human capital will define Guyana’s global competitiveness

—President Ali tells world leaders in Saudi Arabia GUYANA is rapidly emerging as one of the most dynamic developing economies, leveraging its newfound oil wealth to drive sweeping transformation across energy, technology and human-capital...

Inside Kapeeka: How Uganda’s industrial dream is taking shape

At sunrise, the hum of machinery rises over Kapeeka’s hills in Nakaseke district. Trucks loaded with cement, clay and pineapples move down dusty roads toward a sprawl of warehouses and steel-roofed factories. The once-sleepy trading center is now...

Rwanda upbeat on deepening investments in ICT sector

Rwanda is increasingly focusing on bolstering digital literacy and enhancing its ICT sector to prepare its workforce for global demands. In an exclusive interview with CNBC Africa, Esther Kunda, Director-General of the Ministry of ICT in Rwanda,...

Project Will Yield Results for Developing Climate-smart Agriculture in Eastern Africa: Researchers

Addis Ababa, October 28, 2025 (ENA) –The regional Land, Soil and Crop Information Services project has concluded with promising results for climate-smart agriculture in Eastern Africa. At the event held today in Addis Ababa, key results and...

Kigali Plant Boosts Africa’s Vaccine Self-Reliance

Backed by fresh European financing, BioNTech’s Kigali facility is emerging as the cornerstone of Africa’s mRNA vaccine ecosystem, bridging the gap between ambition and large-scale production. A new European financial backing of BioNTech’s mRNA...

Amman Commerce Chamber, Rwanda discuss boosting trade cooperation

Ammon News - First Vice President of the Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC), Nabil Khatib, met on Tuesday with Rwandan Ambassador to Jordan James Ngango to discuss ways of strengthening bilateral cooperation, particularly in economic and trade...

Africa's energy giant expands $560m investment to tackle imports, deforestation in Rwanda

The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Tierney, said the first phase of the project, valued at just over $360 million, is nearing completion, with all lake sites and onshore facilities already in place and offshore works now underway. “At...

Luxury tourism is a risky strategy for African economies – new study of Botswana, Mauritius, Rwanda

How successful is luxury tourism in Africa? What happens if it fails to produce higher tourism revenues: can it be reversed? And does it depend on what kind of government is in place? Pritish Behuria is a scholar of the political economy of...

Policy makers uphold Africa's green industrialisation, spotlight investment reforms at APRA 2

APRA, co-hosted by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), provides a platform for ministers, distinguished representatives from Partners, investors, developers and financial institutions from across the continent and beyond to engage...

StarTimes Rwanda Introduces Captivating New TV Series: “A Glimpse of China”

1 Kigali — StarTimes Rwanda has unveiled a new and engaging television program titled “A Glimpse of China”, a series designed to offer African audiences a deeper understanding of modern China’s development journey, culture, and everyday life. The...

War economy: How M23’s rise fuels trade between Rwanda, Uganda, eastern Congo ?

Despite escalating conflict in eastern DRC, traders in Rwanda and Uganda are reaping windfalls as rebel-controlled territories increasingly depend on them for essential supplies. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), especially the troubled...

How to Stop the Genocide in Sudan

As we write, a massacre without precedent is taking place in Sudan’s North Darfur region, and it is somehow being met with near-total international indifference. After its takeover of El Fasher in Darfur last month, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...

Africa at the China International Import Expo: Products, Partnerships, Prosperity

On October 28, a shipment of exhibits arrived at Shanghai. The cargo, weighing 4.7 tonnes in total, included South African wine, tea, and dried fruits. To ensure the swift entry of these imported products that have traveled from afar, Shanghai...

Red Rose Film Festival returns this weekend with local, international films on show

The Red Rose Film Festival will bring locally made and nationally made films to Lancaster County this weekend in a celebration of films in all their forms. Attendees can view several dozen films on the big screens at Penn Cinema in Lititz and...

Elderly African rulers sidestepping democracy

Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya is now poised to stretch his time in power to five decades. If he finishes his new seven-year term, Biya will be nearly 100. By contrast, the median age of Cameroon’s 30 million citizens is just 18....

Industrial Investors Association Explores Export Opportunities in Oman, Rwanda, Kazakhstan

Ammon News - The East Amman Industrial Investors Association, in collaboration with Arab Consultants for Business Development, organized a specialized dialogue session on Wednesday to explore prospects for exporting Jordanian products to Oman,...

Rwanda hosts global congress urging stronger cooperation in agroforestry

KIGALI, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Delegates have called for stronger collaboration to accelerate the global expansion of agroforestry as Rwanda hosts the sixth World Congress on Agroforestry. The event, which will run from Monday to Friday in Kigali,...

Sugar manufacturers eye record production amid increased exports, investor confidence

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s sugar producers are projecting a surge in output with a firm commitment to long-term market stability, pledging to maintain sufficient domestic supply while aggressively expanding into regional export markets. The...

Rwanda secures $17.5m investment from Bill & Melinda Gates to establish AI Scaling Hub

Rwanda has secured a $17.5 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish the Rwanda AI Scaling Hub. The fund will place the East African country as an artificial intelligence powerhouse in Africa. While announcing the...

The wild world of putting numbers on the AI build-up craze

The EU and national governments are dead-set on improving Europe’s place in the global AI race – but it’s not really clear what they’re going up against. The Commission has pledged billions of EU funding for its planned AI gigafactories –...