Growth & Progress

World Bank Making use of vast energy potential such as solar, wind and geothermal, and a grid that is nearly 100% supplied by renewable sources, Ethiopia is undertaking an ambitious project to achieve universal electricity access by…

ADF  STAFF Africa is on the verge of being declared polio-free after three years without any recorded cases of the disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in August 2019 that Nigeria had marked three years without a wild…

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Black Africans are at a disadvantage when it comes to drug treatments because they represent only 2% of the genetic samples used for pharmaceutical research. A new Nigeria-based genomics company wants to change…

BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS Queues have formed outside banks in Zimbabwe as people hope to get hold of the country’s first Zimbabwe dollar notes issued since 2009. The currency was scrapped a decade ago because hyperinflation caused…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kenya has formally launched Africa’s biggest wind power plant, a mammoth project in a gusty stretch of wilderness that already provides nearly a fifth of the country’s energy needs. The $680 million project, a…

SEYCHELLES NEWS AGENCY The Seychelles is beginning to support the aquaculture industry by issuing licenses to farm five types of marine species. At the beginning of this new project, only Seychellois investors will be considered for…