#Africa

As adoption rises in several African markets, manufacturers are focusing on engineering, localization, and operating models built around battery swapping and lower total ownership costs.

Tower F in Abidjan is nearing completion and is set to become Africa’s tallest building, combining government consolidation, cultural design cues and a public observation deck.

Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and South Africa are drafting AI strategies that call for more control over data, infrastructure, and procurement, even as the continent remains heavily dependent on foreign cloud, compute, and AI厂

A growing Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Uganda has renewed global concern, with health officials confronting a rare virus strain that has no approved vaccine or targeted,

Two years after banning imports of combustion-engine vehicles, Ethiopia is importing electric cars at scale and emerging as a major test case for whether policy can accelerate EV adoption despite a fragile grid.

Gas samples from Zambian hot springs appear to carry a mantle signature, giving researchers new evidence that continental rifting may be starting in the Kafue Rift.

A new study estimates the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may weaken by about half by the end of the century under a mid-range emissions scenario, sharpening concern over climate risks for Europe, Africa, and

A new critique of global medical research argues that Africa carries a major disease burden while remaining underrepresented in clinical trials, raising questions about how universal today’s evidence base really is.

A new study suggests prehistoric people in sub-Saharan Africa avoided regions with high malaria risk for more than 70,000 years, challenging the idea that the disease only became a major force after the rise of farming.

A heavily modified Reliant Robin has completed a 14,000-mile trip from London to Cape Town, surviving breakdowns, border problems, and punishing terrain to claim a long-distance three-wheeler record.

Researchers report that the crust beneath the Turkana Rift is thinner and rifting more advanced than previously recognized, sharpening the picture of how the African continent could eventually split apart.