MTN fintech bets on Africa’s digital future
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AFRICA’S fintech revolution is entering a new phase, with speed, trust and collaboration emerging as critical to ensuring…
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Africa braces for powerful El Niño
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Bureau ABUJA, (CAJ News) – AFRICA is being urged to prepare for a potentially powerful El Niño that could bring punishing heat and…
Egypt TV host sentenced to death
from AHMED MOOLAH in Cairo, Egypt Egypt Bureau CAIRO, (CAJ News) – EGYPTIAN television presenter and media personality Sarah Khalifa Hamada, 39, has been sentenced to death by…
Nepal disaster toll surges
from HAOYU ZHANG in Beijing, China Special Contributor BEIJING, (CAJ News) – NEPAL is racing to find survivors after a catastrophic flood and landslide disaster that has killed…
Ramaphosa demands police reform
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to strengthen the South African Police Service (SAPS), root out corruption and political…
Zambia foreignises opponents in renewed political crackdown
from ARNOLD MULENGA in Lusaka, Zambia Zambia Bureau LUSAKA, (CAJ News) – THE stripping of the citizenship of a senior official of the main opposition alliance illustrates…
Earth under pressure: A planet in environmental change
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – FROM Africa’s droughts and floods to Asia’s deadly heat, Europe’s wildfires, Australia’s extreme weather, North…
Iran’s missile challenge to US sea power
from AZADEH AKBAR in Tehran, Iran Special contributor TEHRAN, (CAJ News) – IRAN’S latest missile attack on American naval forces has delivered a powerful warning to…
Africa’s true size revealed
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia Bureau ADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – FOR generations, Africans have looked at world maps that made their continent appear far…
African stars deliver in Brussels
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia Bureau ADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – AFRICA once again reminded the athletics world of its extraordinary depth over the weekend,…