The world’s most valuable individual prize is not being awarded for a second year because no-one is deemed worthy of winning it.
Sudanese businessman Mo Ibrahim set up the $5m (£3m) prize for …

Ghana, expected to become a net oil exporter next year, has been endowed with yet another offshore oil discovery. The Ghanaian deepwater offshore region now seems commercially viable, but analysts warn of …

Africa may still be suffering from a chronic brain drain but some of the continent’s elite are turning their backs on the West and taking their talents back home according to film-maker Andy …

South African private healthcare company Life Healthcare said it will raise up to 8 billion rand ($1.06 billion) through an initial public offering, in South Africa’s second-largest IPO on record.
The company, which operates private …

Blogger/stylist/former model Rosemary Kokuhilwa writes: “I think it’s about time we have Vogue magazine in Africa.” She’s referring to images by Paris-based Cameroonian photographer Mario Epanya, which illustrate what Vogue Africa could …

Investment in Africa from countries such as China and India has rekindled optimism in a continent that sits on the world’s biggest deposits of platinum, chrome and diamonds, attracting a record number …

Rwanda’s first bio-diesel bus has begun its inaugural trip from the capital Kigali to the town of Akanyuru on the border with Burundi.
The Rwanda Biodiesel Express runs entirely on oil plants, animal fats and even …

Results from Sudan’s recently-held national elections were released by the country’s National Elections Commission on April 26. The incumbent presidents from both the national government that resides in Khartoum and the semi-autonomous …

A report by the Roll Back Malaria Partnership finds progress is being made in cutting malaria deaths, especially among children in Africa.  The Partnership, which is composed of several United Nations and international aid agencies …

The soccer World Cup in 50 days’ time will be South Africa’s greatest opportunity to show off the diversity and potential of the nation and the whole of Africa, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
Zuma …