The United Nations General Assembly has backed an African-led push for a world map that more accurately reflects the size of continents, giving fresh momentum to efforts to show Africa in its true proportion. A resolution sponsored by Togo on behalf of the African Group was adopted on Friday, September 4, with 164 countries voting
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now linked to more than half of the cybercrime cases reported across Africa, according to INTERPOL’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026. The report warns that cybercriminals are using AI to make attacks faster, larger in scale, and harder for victims, companies, and authorities to detect. INTERPOL says cybercrime has changed from
By Veerakumar Natarajan, Country Head, Zoho Kenya Africa has always turned constraints into innovation. For example, Kenya built M-Pesa when banking systems excluded many people. As a result, mobile money reshaped financial access across the region. It proved that limits can drive breakthrough design thinking. Today, Africa faces a new constraint, the continent struggles with