Changing the narrative on Africa.
The refinery is expected to deliver fairer prices, transparent trading systems and new market opportunities for thousands of artisanal miners, trading posts, and small- and medium-scale mining operators.
Police forces across Africa are embracing social media and digital platforms, like Ethiopia’s experimental unmanned “smart” police stations,” to make neighborhoods safer in real time.
Governments in Africa are pushing for local processing in a bid to turn their vast critical mineral reserves into factories, skills and long-term jobs.
Through trade, defense, and infrastructure, Turkey is building an enduring influence across Africa. From ports to schools, Ankara is embedding systems that could shape Africa’s economic and geopolitical future.
Recent regional and global influence reports shows a rise in African women in senior leadership joining decision-making boards at global institutions including, the African Union, the Commonwealth and the United Nations.
Across Africa, mining companies and governmental agencies regulating the sector are increasingly turning to each other for technical expertise, market coordination and investment opportunities long assumed to come mainly from outside the continent.
Nairobi is cutting taxes and opening capital markets to small investors while Pretoria is lifting wages above inflation rates in a new shift toward income-led economic stabilisation.
More African courts are joining the fight against female genital mutilation, playing a bigger role in efforts to challenge a practice long shielded by silence and impunity. A recent report from Equality Now spotlights legal victories that are resonating across the continent.
2026 is shaping up to be an important year for inclusivity activism in Africa’s most populous country as a growing number among Nigeria’s 35 million disabled people step up to benefit from the recent gains made in the ongoing campaign for their rights.
Ibrahim “Snoopy” Ahmed is among the four Sudanese filmmakers who came together to make “Khartoum” (2025), which became the first Sudanese film to premiere at both Sundance and Berlinale, where it won the Berlinale Peace Prize. He tells bird about his mission to use his camera to shine a spotlight on those who, like him, have been displaced from home, and about how he found refuge and community in his current city of residence, Nairobi.