In cities across Africa, being an entrepreneur requires no office, business card or investors. All it takes is a cell phone!

An ensemble of local inventors and craftsmen show their creative wares and problem-solving skills in Nairobi. Find out why this kind of event is important to the continent

A peasant farmer creates innovative tools through trial and error. “I looked around and I found that certain things were missing in my life so I studied very closely things that the government supplies…I just kept trying, trying, and trying until they eventually worked.”

U.S. President Barack Obama greeted 115 young leaders from 46 sub-Saharan African nations on Tuesday, in the first Young African Leaders Forum at the White House. The president addressed the questions and concerns of young people from across the continent.
President Obama spent an hour talking with some of the young leaders of [...]

Strong prospects await global companies that invest in the continent’s consumer, agricultural, natural-resource, and infrastructure sectors. These sectors combined could be worth $2.6 trillion in annual revenues by 2020.

Despite the fact that Africa is often left out in competitions especially those that do not touch on athletics or football, we have some countries that can carry our flag and make us proud.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Friday that polio has been eradicated again in the Horn of Africa. No cases of wild poliovirus have been reported in Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda for more than one year now, according to UNICEF. The agency said the success was thanks to a series of multi-country [...]

The two teams that will contest the final of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2010 became clear after Thursday’s two semi-finals. While hosts Germany won the first with an emphatic 5-1 victory over Korea Republic, Nigeria were made to sweat during a close-fought 1-0 success against Colombia. Can Nigeria stop the hosts and claim [...]

Nigeria stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Germany at World Cup Finals. The Nigerian team had never before sampled life beyond the quarter-finals of any FIFA Women’s World Cup or Olympic Games.

Jacana aims to expand the provision of growth capital funding and resources to small and medium-sized growth businesses throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.