In Everyone's Best Interest

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) the flagship philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy and the Jack Ma Foundation, has opened applications for its 8th edition

Moroccan-Senegalese startup Weego, founded by Saad Jittou and Mor Niane, today announced it has closed a $1.1 million funding round with Azur Innovation Fund.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted he should have a role in picking Iran’s next supreme leader after the killing of Ali Khamenei, whose son he said he found unacceptable.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had ordered the US International Development Finance Corporation to provide political risk insurance and financial guarantees for maritime trade travelling the Gulf,

Healthtech startup TruDoc Healthcare has raised $15 million in a pre-Series B funding round with participation from the Al Nahyan family and the Al-Ketbi family

US-based beauty conglomerate The Estee Lauder Companies has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining stake in luxury Ayurvedic skincare brand Forest Essentials

Science Corp. is betting on PRIMA, a chip said to be smaller than a grain of rice that, when implanted in the eye, works with camera-equipped glasses to restore functional vision to people suffering from advanced macular degeneration.

Zeno is one of those companies, and this week it announced a $25 million Series A to expand its app-controlled battery-swap network and produce more of its Emara motorcycles.

Netflix on Thursday morning said it is acquiring InterPositive, a filmmaking technology company founded in 2022 by actor Ben Affleck.

The FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index hit a fresh record high on Monday, buoyed by gains in gold and silver following US and Israeli attacks on Iran.

Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has unveiled fresh plans to expand into steel production, electricity generation, and port development

AXIAN Group, the pan-African conglomerate owned by Madagascar billionaire Hassanein Hiridjee, has secured a Decentralized Digital Financial Institution (DFI) licence from the Central Bank of Comoros.