As DFI money dries up, AFC is doubling down on African VC with $100 million
For nearly two decades, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) wrote cheques for bridges, ports, mines, and subsea cables. Now, the $19 billion Africa-focused develop...
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For nearly two decades, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) wrote cheques for bridges, ports, mines, and subsea cables. Now, the $19 billion Africa-focused develop...
By Adeola Badru Tension has continued to mount across the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State after reports emerged that one of the teachers kidnapped dur...
Africa Finance Corporation, the development bank with over $19 billion in total assets, has committed $40 million to Future Africa, an early-stage venture capit...
The Lagos of Arie and Chuko Esiri’s Cannes Film Festival hit “Clarissa” is not one that has ever been seen on the big screen. The lives, loves...
Global leaders at UN-Habitat’s WUF13 in Baku urge action on affordable housing, climate resilience, and sustainable urban development to tackle global cha...
In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية Good morning. Nigeria’s healthtech sector is built on a paradox: post-pandemic startup growth...
The contribution of manufactured goods to Nigeria’s export basket has stagnated for four consecutive years despite a sharp rise in the country’s total...
By Udeme Akpan President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has reaffirmed his commitment to boosting food security across Africa through large-scale fertilis...
By Kingsley Omonobi, Henry Umoru & Adeola Badru IBADAN— THE Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, over the weekend, paid a visit to Oyo State foll...
An education expert urges increased investment in female education, calling it a strategic move for Nigeria’s development, growth, and future. Read More:...
The security research community is one of GitHub’s greatest assets. Every year, researchers from around the world help us find and fix vulnerabilities, ma...
The latest example of burgeoning opposition to rapid data-center development in Pennsylvania came at a town hall meeting overflowing with frustration about how...
Africa has been here before. Oil climbs above $100, import bills balloon, Finance ministers across the continent convene emergency sessions, and somewhere in a...
In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية TGIF. Few phrases travel further at African business summits than “shared ownership.” A...
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Picturing Earth in a New Light Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Lan...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its dual-camera Mastcam-Z imager to capture this image of “Santa Cruz,” a hill about 1.5 miles (2.5 kilome...
2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is collaborating with Eta Space of Rockledge, Florida, on an in‑orbit techno...
3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Branch’s work outfitting a prototype of a lunar surface habitat they developed, p...
The first version of NetHack was released in 1987 as a heavily modified descendant of Hack, itself based on Rogue, a Unix-era experiment built for character-bas...