Zimbabwe’s shift to biometric e-passports masks a critical vulnerability: digital sovereignty. With foreign firms building the state's digital identity infrastructure,...
If the continent wants positive outcomes, it must be more hard-nosed, prepared and ruthless than China.
Born in Paris in the 80s, Danielle Eog Makedah discovered music by leafing through her father’s vinyl collection. Descriptions of royalty seem to have followed Danielle...
Amidst the #FeesMustFall protests, a second #MustFall has emerged and has largely fallen under the radar: #ThePriceOfBreadMustFall. On Tuesday, a group of activists occupied the Shoprite...
US Republican Party's presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has once again caused a stir by expressing his beliefs that the world would be a better place if...
This past week, the ANC was dealing with its biggest jolt since it came to power in 1994. With little more than a hashtag, #FeesMustFall, and...
Meet one of Zimbabwe’s few female cross-border truck drivers, who harbours a dream of soon acquiring a commercial pilot licence
“There is going to be blood this year if my party doesn’t win,” said the young man Tanzania, and his fellows cheered him on. For a...
What’s Up Africa satirical news round-up is back and Ikenna Azuike looks at issues from Zanzibar on the stigmatising attitudes -- and sometimes even laws that...
The internet is increasingly a space for intellectual debates; with the ability to connect with like-minded people with similar interests, one can find people who enjoy...
Port Harcourt International Airport received the thumbs down for its poor amenities and ‘terminal’s unpleasant and unhelpful staff’
A group of 14 women joined a paramilitary conservation brigade to become Virunga Park’s first female rangers. Being a ranger at Virunga is considered one of...
