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The first shipment of donated medical supplies to Africa by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “Today, an Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight loaded with a large batch of medical supplies donated to Africa from the Jack …

The same names keep recurring — Dangote, Sawiris, Rabiu, Rebrab — but the rankings shift. In the 2020 Forbes magazine’s ranking of Africa’s billionaires, Aliko Dangote ($10.1bn) remains number one. Overall, two big winners stand out, while several others see their fortunes — and rankings — seriously reduced. The cumulative …

A man raised from dead, an imposter as president, Jesus on a visit, or imminent attacks: The lines between reality and fiction were outrageously blurred on African social media networks in 2019. South Africa was the scene of a resurrection miracle, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was said to have died …

Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, the Director of the Kenya School of Law, has charged African leaders to take pragmatic steps to address the myriad of factors derailing the Continent’s development drive. He noted that many African countries continued to wallow in abject poverty because their leaders were reluctant to …