Solomon Irungu

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has officially launched the Africa Food Systems Report 2025 at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Dakar, marking a turning point…

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has once again drawn international recognition for its leadership in gender equality. A short video highlighting the gender advocacy of the Bank’s outgoing President…

A steep fall in Tanzania’s pigeon pea prices is being driven by a global glut and an extended duty-free import window in India, the world’s largest consumer of the crop,…

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery, the largest single-train refining complex in the world, has emerged as a transformative force, bringing to an end West Africa’s decades-long dependence on imported fuels. With…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has had its A-/Stable long-term issuer credit rating reaffirmed by the Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR), a decision that has been interpreted as a critical…

A new geopolitical contest is unfolding in West Africa; In Niamey this week, Russia’s government formally offered to construct a nuclear power plant in Niger, signaling its intent to expand…

Botswana, widely known as Africa’s leading diamond producer, has declared a public health emergency after critical shortages of medicines and medical equipment left hospitals and clinics unable to meet patient…

China has inaugurated what it calls the world’s first ultra zero-carbon building in the eastern city of Qingdao, a 117-meter tower designed to operate without producing carbon emissions. The project,…

Africa has secured between USD 10 and 12 billion in preliminary annual financing pledges to address its vast water and sanitation shortfalls, following a high-level gathering in Cape Town that…

China has launched a new foreign debt financing program designed to funnel international capital into green and low-carbon projects, a move that underscores the growing importance of cross-border climate finance…