Space spending across the continent is approaching $1 billion a year. Whoever supplies the hardware now may be setting the terms for the next twenty years.

African countries should start early to develop an agreed position before the next set of global priorities is discussed.

When people think about continents, they usually imagine something permanent and unchanging. Borders shift, countries rise and fall, but the land itself feels solid. Yet deep beneath Africa’s surface, ...

The South African businessman and president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) talks about his vision for Africa.

Africa can now rely on the services of a satellite constellation tailored for the continent to provide reliable data over a wide range of essential human activities and for the protection of the ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of the ...

The vision of a "borderless Africa" is one of unity and shared prosperity for the continent. It is rooted in the ideals of the pan-Africanist movement. There are contradictions, however, between those ...

Leading journalists, academics, policymakers, and public intellectuals from across Africa will converge in Lagos and online on Thursday, August 6, 2026, for a high-level Pan-African roundtable ...

The Catholic Church's conclave to select the next pope will begin May 7, with some wondering if the church will continue down the path of non-European pontiffs by electing an African pope. This ...