Before the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 launches on Saturday, BBC Sport looks at all the previous winners. The prize started life as the BBC African Sports Star of the Year award in 1992,...
The billionaire daughter of Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has strongly defended his decision to appoint her as the head of the state oil firm, Reuters news agency reports. Isabel dos...
According to a famous African proverb, “When the music changes, so does the dance.” This adage illustrates the continent’s current position amidst opportunities for, and challenges to,...
Ghana have played Egypt 20 times in category A matches which includes international friendlies and competitive matches. The Black Stars have won six of those encounters with Egypt winning NINE and...
Africa’s top tomato paste maker, Chief Eric Umeofia, has set machinery in motion to set up manufacturing concerns in four additional African countries—Kenya, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and...
Increasing Chinese investment in everything from small food enterprises to massive railway projects across Africa has drawn criticism and warnings of a future dependency on Asia's superpower. But...
"...until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens...
Domestic airline operators in the country have appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to allot the local industry at least $50million grant from the foreign exchange (forex) special...
The last we saw of President George W. Bush in Africa, he was literally dancing into the sunset of his presidency, on this occasion with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia, Liberia,...
Keyezua looks at fashion in her home country of Angola with this image, entitled Royal Generation This year's Lagos Photo Festival in Nigeria brings together well-known photographers and their take...
There is nothing wrong to show deferential regard for politicians who command respect and have the heart to make sacrifices, so to speak. Of course, we do not begrudge the unpretentious politicians...
The country and its citizens cannot remain on the fringes of the oil and gas industry, feeding off the crumbs of the big international players, in the form of unskilled labour, security, hotel...
Social innovator and founder of the mPedigree Network, Bright Simmons, has been appointed onto Microsoft’s 4Afrika Advisory Council. Microsoft Corp. on October 12, 2016, unveiled the 4Afrika...
Institutions of state bending to the will and wishes of the incumbent spark anger, frustration and eventual societal implosion. When an incumbent's back is to the wall and is desperate, it would...
Kenya will shrug off the slump in growth on the continent to be among the best performing economies in Sub Saharan Africa. The continent is set to slow to its lowest level in more than 20 years. The...
Isabel dos Santos is the richest woman in Africa, according to Forbes magazine The Angolan Supreme court has demanded that President Jose Eduardo dos Santos explain why he made his daughter the boss...
At least 12 people have been killed in an attack in Kenya claimed by Somalia-based militant Islamist group al-Shabab. The target was a guesthouse hosting members of a theatre group who were...
It was the end of the year 2005 and the Black Stars were yet to taste a defeat having come out of a FIFA World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers unscathed. History beckoned and...
Zenith Bank says the current economic challenges facing Nigeria has not impacted on the Bank’s operations in Ghana. Zenith Bank Ghana is also confident of the company’s prospects in the country...
Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd (GGBL) is the first client to benefit from Standard Chartered’s ‘Vendor PrePay’ (“VPP”) product in Africa. It is an innovation aimed to promote local economic...
