Olanrewaju Jay Adewole

Algeria's farmers and the endangered Barbary macaque

In Béjaïa, macaques raid figs and apples, and a third of farms surveyed have been abandoned. Researchers propose ways for people and monkeys to share the land.

75 pupils, one teacher: what Kenya's classrooms need

An APHRC study of 398 teachers in 200 schools found large classes push teachers back to the blackboard. Its recommendations are practical and affordable.

Biokineticists could help rural South Africans beat chronic disease

South Africa has about 1,831 registered exercise-medicine specialists, mostly in private practice. A Univen study shows how to bring them to rural clinics.

Is a lost queen hidden behind Tutankhamun's tomb?

Scans suggest structures beyond Tutankhamun's burial chamber. Egypt may soon decide whether to drill a tiny hole and send in a camera.

Carlos Lopes: why is money dearest where Africa needs it most?

Africa gets about 23% of the climate finance it needs and pays two to three times more to borrow for solar and wind. The economist says it is time to change the terms.

How Timbuktu's families saved 350,000 manuscripts

Seven centuries of African scholarship, on astronomy, medicine, law and poetry, survived a 2012 occupation because librarians and families smuggled it to safety.

East Africa's herders should lead rangeland restoration

Rangelands feed most of East Africa's livestock. A Djibouti researcher says restoration has sometimes hurt herders, and sets out how to put them at the centre.

K-dramas still film a cliché Africa. Africa's screens tell another story

A University of Toronto scholar shows how Shooting Stars, Marry My Husband and Queen of Tears use Africa as a backdrop for Korean character arcs.

Africans are living longer. Rehabilitation is the next health priority

More people survive HIV, TB, stroke and injury than ever. A physiotherapist-researcher says helping them live well afterwards must become part of everyday care.

South Africa's digital VAT plan can learn from Rwanda and Uganda

SARS wants real-time e-invoicing by 2030. Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia have shown what digital tax records can do, and what else it takes.

Lalibela: eleven churches carved downwards into solid rock

More than 800 years ago, Ethiopian builders cut churches out of the mountain from the top down. They are still places of daily worship today.

PAPSS explained: paying across Africa in your own currency

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System lets a trader in Accra pay a supplier in Nairobi in cedis while the supplier receives shillings. Here is how it works.

Ethiopia demands the return of a Gospel looted at Maqdala in 1868

An illustrated 18th-century Ge'ez Gospel is offered for €250,000 by a Vienna dealer. Ethiopia's heritage authority wants it back, unconditionally.

West Africa's court where women can sue their own governments

The ECOWAS Court lets individuals bring cases directly, and has ordered states to change policy. A KNUST lawyer explains what works and what needs fixing.

Cape Town study finds genes that may flag children at risk of severe COVID

Researchers studied 333 South African children and found 82 genes that could help tell severe COVID from mild, and shared patterns with RSV and TB.

More CO₂ is making Kruger's grasses grow faster

Grass growth in Kruger National Park rose 28% between 1989 and 2021. Researchers say it matters for grazing and fire, but won't offset climate change.

Africa's credit agency is about $3.5 trillion, not just ratings

Africa has about $4 trillion in domestic capital and fewer than 4,000 credit ratings. A UCT expert explains how AfCRA can put that money to work at home.

Faith Kipyegon: three Olympic golds and a string of world records

From racing barefoot as a teenager to becoming the first woman under 3:49 for 1500m, Kenya's Faith Kipyegon has redefined middle-distance running.

Cutting harvest losses: solutions that work, from storage to solar drying

A review of 324 studies finds better storage, drying and cooling can cut losses of roots and tubers from 43% to under 12%.

From FESPACO to Montreal: how film festivals carry African heritage

A study screened one Kenyan comedy at three festivals on two continents. Audiences in Brazil, Canada and the diaspora each found their own story in it.

How to bring back rhinos and elephants without trouble

More than 600 white rhinos have been moved into protected areas across Africa. A conservation ecologist explains what makes translocations succeed.

Nairobi study: the bacteria around you shape antibiotic resistance

Research in a Nairobi settlement found that the local mix of gut microbes, not just antibiotic use, decided who carried resistant E. coli.

Great Zimbabwe: the stone city that gave a nation its name

Built without mortar from the 11th century, Great Zimbabwe traded gold as far as China. Colonial authorities tried to deny Africans built it. They failed.

Letsile Tebogo: the schoolboy from Kanye who gave Botswana Olympic gold

World junior record holder at 18, Olympic 200m champion at 21 and World Athlete of the Year: the sprinter's rise in numbers.

How Lagos built a Yoruba newspaper culture in the 1920s

Under colonial rule, Lagos editors launched five Yoruba weeklies in a decade, mixing news, satire, proverbs and serialised stories for a new reading public.

Africa holds over half the world's cobalt. Processing it at home is the prize

Wits geoscientists say refining Africa's critical minerals locally could create 2.3 million jobs and lift continental GDP by about 12%.

Maps can find the children vaccines are missing

About 13.5 million children worldwide have never had a single vaccine. A review of 102 studies shows how better mapping, led by local researchers, could reach them.

Every dollar spent on cleaner air could return $26 in southern Africa

Cleaner cooking, better transport and smarter waste handling cut both air pollution and emissions. Ghana's shift from charcoal to gas shows the gains are real.

One Zambia, One Nation: Zambia turns 62

Independent since 24 October 1964, Zambia has built a record of peaceful changes of power, and is home to the smoke that thunders, Mosi-oa-Tunya.

After the Youth Olympics, Dakar's venues need a plan. Here is one

Two Senegalese scholars propose who should run the stadiums, pools and beach sites in Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly once the Games end on 13 November.

San master trackers help scientists read ice-age lion tracks

On South Africa's southern Cape coast, Ju/'hoansi trackers from Namibia confirmed the only fossil lion tracksites known in southern Africa, one about 70,000 years old.

The diaspora's $124bn could help Africa adapt to climate change

Remittances to Africa dwarf adaptation aid. A researcher explains when that money builds resilience, and how governments can help it go further.

24 satellites could help Africa catch illegal fishing boats

Illegal fishing costs Africa up to $13bn a year. An aerospace researcher has designed a satellite constellation for the Somali Basin, but says enforcement matters most.

Vaccines that don't need a fridge: what they could mean for Africa

A tetanus-diphtheria vaccine stable for two years at 30°C has passed its first human trial. Stellenbosch researchers explain the promise and the practical hurdles.

Morocco could become a global hub for electric cars

Africa's biggest car exporter already builds 560,000 vehicles a year. Chinese battery plants and EU tariffs could make it a centre for electric vehicles too.

King Sunny Adé at 80: how a boy from Osogbo took jùjú to the world

Six decades after forming his first band, the King of Jùjú is remembered for modernising Yoruba music without losing its proverbs, praise songs and talking drums.

A Black South African POW and a German ace: the novel Starlorn

Poet Stephen Symons's debut novel imagines the wartime friendship between a Luftwaffe pilot and a South African prisoner of war in the North African desert.

Kaduna court sets aside young journalist's conviction

Farida Isiak, 23, had been sentenced without a lawyer over a Facebook post criticising police. She has pleaded not guilty and been granted bail.

Nigeria's states activate Ebola plans after the Abuja case

From Kano to Ekiti, state health teams opened emergency centres, reactivated isolation units and stepped up surveillance, while the Senate moved to update quarantine law.

Tunis Re's revenue reaches $60.7m as Islamic reinsurance grows

Tunisia's state reinsurer took in 182.9 million dinars in the first nine months of 2026, up about 2%, driven by its Retakaful business.

108 of Nigeria's under-16 exam stars cleared for university

About 39,000 underage candidates sat the 2026 UTME; 391 scored 320 or more, and 108 passed every test to be considered for early admission.

Beyond its own rating agency, the AU targets Africa's risk premium

At the launch of the Africa Credit Rating Agency in Mauritius, the AU and partners backed a De-Risking Africa programme to fix what makes capital costly.

40 years of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

On African Human Rights Day, the AU Commission chairperson praised four decades of progress and called for closer work with the continent's rights institutions.

Africa's digital ministers meet in Libreville next week

AI, data, cybersecurity, digital ID and Africa's voice in global tech debates top the agenda of the AU's ICT committee from 26 October.

Power W.A.: West Africa's businesses plan power for factories

The ECOWAS Business Council, chaired by Aliko Dangote, wants industrial power corridors and a regional electricity gap study, financed with multilateral lenders.

Young Akwa Ibom advocate puts state budgets under a gender lens

Lucy Eyo's project will track three years of spending on health, education, water and women's livelihoods to see whether money reaches women and girls.

What works for children's mental health in African schools

A review of 122 studies by the African Population and Health Research Center finds short skills programmes like Kenya's Shamiri work, but counselling rooms alone do not.

Africa's cave bats can outlast climate change if they have homes

A Wits-led study finds the climate long-fingered bats need could shrink by up to 64%, and only about 2% of suitable caves sit where that climate will last.

Rwanda's new refugee appeals tribunal hears its first cases

An independent body now reviews rejected asylum claims, with two benches, interpreters and a six-month deadline for decisions.

A Nigerian smart bra shows why health inventors need patents

At the Gatefield Health Summit in Abuja, WIPO pointed to Kemi Bolarinwa's breast cancer device as proof that protecting ideas helps African health innovations scale.

A new packhouse lets Moretele farmers sell vegetables further

North West's agriculture department has opened its third packhouse, in Mogogelo village, with tunnels, a borehole, a generator and mobile cold rooms.

Congo and South Sudan join forces at the border against Ebola

In Aba, 18km from South Sudan, health officials agreed weekly data sharing, joint investigations and common messages, with help from refugee leaders.

NSFAS: 868,626 students have applied, and 71% are women

South Africa's student funding scheme has a 31 October deadline with no extensions. Most applicants are university hopefuls from grant-receiving households.

Limpopo's R19.7bn water pipeline gets quarterly ministerial checks

Water Minister Pemmy Majodina will visit MCWAP-2A every quarter to keep the 140km Crocodile River pipeline to Lephalale on time and on budget.

A litre of seawater can reveal 100 species. UNESCO is testing it

Environmental DNA lets scientists count marine life without catching it. UNESCO's programme now covers 30 marine protected areas, with lessons for East Africa's fishing coasts.

Kagame to Rwanda's youth: look after your health first

At a #MeetThePresident session at BK Arena, Paul Kagame told young people that health comes before every other ambition, and urged them to reject alcohol and drug abuse.

Africa already repairs and reuses. Researchers say build on it

A review of policies across the continent finds Africa's everyday circular economy is a strength, and says reliable waste collection matters more than high-tech plants.

South Africa cuts fuel levy as pump prices hit records

Diesel drops by R3 a litre and petrol by R1.50 from 4 November to 1 December, funded by money returned from the Central Energy Fund.

Nigeria's central bank wants money to flow both ways with China

In Beijing, CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso asked China's biggest bank to help fix payment bottlenecks and invest in naira assets.

A day as WHO's Ethiopia chief: one graduate's Girls Takeover

Timrhabiruk Mulugeta, a 2026 social work graduate, took the World Health Organization's top seat in Addis Ababa for a day to speak up for girls.

Addo Elephant Park gets a R136.5m makeover

New family units, a spa, a solar plant and a community lodge are part of SANParks' upgrade of one of South Africa's best-loved parks.

WHO and Ethiopia's AI Institute plan to put AI to work in health

Disease forecasting, drones for remote clinics and skin-disease diagnosis tools were on the table as WHO's delegation toured the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute.

West Africa's own quality mark, and certified solar installers

ECOWAS has listed the national bodies that can award its ECOQMARK label, and approved a regional scheme to certify off-grid solar designers, installers and inspectors.

Months of Ebola drills let Nigeria confirm its first case in 24 hours

The health minister says surveillance, laboratory and training work done since May let Nigeria identify an imported case quickly and notify the WHO.

A 226km triathlon and an Abuja-to-Lagos run for young minds

Lagos State is backing two endurance challenges, one against drug abuse and one for mental health, including a swim-cycle-run from Osogbo to Ikeja on 15 November.

Dodoma brings 111,515 residents into health coverage

Tanzania's capital region has extended universal health coverage to people with limited means in two phases, and is launching it with free health checks.

Ethiopian Airlines offers 20% off for Africa's top health conference

Self-funded delegates to CPHIA 2026 in Addis Ababa, from 23 to 27 November, can use the code CPHIA2026 for a discount on Ethiopian Airlines tickets.

Kinshasa hosts a record African boxing championship

A record 38 countries and more than 400 boxers are expected at the 22nd African Elite Boxing Championships, and the home team says it intends to stay top of the table.

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