OBSERVER DAILY | The five-year investor visa: A bold step toward a more competitive Namibia

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s recent announcement of a five-year visa for serious investors marks a decisive and forward-thinking step in Namibia’s quest to become a truly competitive investment destination. Speaking at the launch of the...

Canal+ set to enter Ghana’s fibre internet industry with GVA launch

Ghana’s broadband industry is bracing for heightened competition as French media and telecommunications giant Canal+ readies to launch its high-speed fibre internet service in the country. Through its internet subsidiary, Vivendi Africa (GVA),...

6 Films to Keep on Your Radar at the Red Sea International Film Festival

The Red Sea International Film Festival is back in Al-Balad, Historic Jeddah, from December 4–13, and the Festival Favourites strand is shaping up to be one of its most exciting yet. Featuring international premieres, Oscar contenders, and bold...

Canal Plus Set to Enter Ghana Broadband Market

French telecom giant plans fibre rollout in Accra, Kumasi Ghana’s broadband industry is preparing for new competition as French media and telecommunications company Canal Plus plans to launch high speed fibre internet services in Accra and Kumasi...

Another Self-Important Middle-Aged White Guy’s Pragmatic Climate Reset

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Another middle-aged white guy is offering a pragmatic climate reset, me. It seems to be the season for it. Bill Gates has pivoted from “zero carbon at all costs” to...

Wednesday briefing: ‘Catastrophic’ reports as Jamaica reels from worst storm since records began

Good morning. Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm to hit Jamaica since records began in 1851, made landfall at about midday local time on Tuesday. With winds reaching 185mph and torrential rains, it knocked out power lines, cut off the...

The Battery Belt: When the Sun Touches the Silk

Nako Dost Muhammad (image on left) had never heard the hum of a fan. Living in a village named Kolahu in Tump, a tehsil in district Kech tucked between dusty hills and near the edge of the Iranian border, Nako’s life has been cloaked in darkness....

CoW Launches Community-Led ‘Clean Skip’ Competition

By: Mathias Hangala The City of Windhoek (CoW), through its Solid Waste Management Division, has launched the Clean Skip Containers Competition, a community-driven campaign aimed at promoting cleanliness, encouraging responsible waste disposal,...

UN report: Five charts which explain the ‘gap’ in finance for climate adaptation 

Developing countries are receiving just a fraction of the international finance they need to prepare citizens and adapt infrastructure for escalating climate impacts. That is according to the latest adaptation gap report from the UN Environment...

Colombia’s Petro Looks to Saudi Arabia for Post-oil Investments

Petro participated in the FII9 summit and met with Crown Prince bin Salman to seek investments for Colombia in the post-oil era. Credit: Andrea Puentes / Presidency of Colombia. Colombian President Gustavo Petro held several meetings with Saudi...

Kenyan creates first sign language app

Elly Savatia when he won the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, which comes with a £50,000 cash award. A Kenyan engineer has won a major prize for developing an AI-powered app that translates speech into sign language using lifelike 3D...

Ghana Marks UN 80th Anniversary with Flag-Raising

The 80th anniversary celebration of the United Nations (UN) was on Friday climaxed with a flag-raising ceremony. The week-long celebration was characterised by a health walk, tree planting exercise, a high-level dialogue, and the flag-raising...

MTN fintech honoured for advancing digital literacy

MTN Group Fintech has made history by winning the first Regional Platform Business Award at MTN’s prestigious Y’ello Care Awards in recognition of its outstanding contribution to community development across Africa, the company said in a...

Innovation, energy and human capital will define Guyana’s global competitiveness

—President Ali tells world leaders in Saudi Arabia GUYANA is rapidly emerging as one of the most dynamic developing economies, leveraging its newfound oil wealth to drive sweeping transformation across energy, technology and human-capital...

Fears of atrocities after paramilitaries capture Sudan’s El-Fasher

Fears of large-scale atrocities grew Tuesday after Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces seized the key city of El-Fasher, after an 18-month siege amid reports of mass killings and the deaths of five Red Crescent volunteers in Kordofan. The capture of...

Signs of latest massacres in Darfur are visible in satellite imagery

Open this photo in gallery:In imagery collected on Monday over El Fasher, a city in the the Darfur region of Sudan, the presence of two clusters of light and dark-coloured objects consistent with the size of human bodies, reddish ground...

Fifa’s Infantino Says Football An Investment In Happiness As Saudi Prepares For 2034 World Cup

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said football should be viewed as a global investment in happiness and social unity, telling delegates at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh that the sport’s emotional power complements economic...

Mass atrocities feared in Darfur after paramilitaries seize Sudanese city of el-Fasher

This satellite image taken by Airbus DS shows two reddish stains on the ground near what are likely Rapid Support Forces vehicles in the Daraja Oula neighborhood of El-Fasher, Sudan, October 27, 2025. © AIRBUS DS 2025 / AP Fears mounted in Sudan...

Abolish the monarchy

It began with a soldierly bellowed command. An Englishman’s hoarse scream. Then, silence. A cannon fired half a mile away. The noise scattered black rooks from the trees, sending them corkscrewing overhead. Windsor Great Park, the Long Walk, 19...

Bridging the AI divide: Building Africa’s future in the age of intelligent machines

“Artificial Intelligence will not replace people — but people and nations that use AI will replace those that don’t,” notes Olufemi Ariyo, capturing a truth that defines our era. As the world races deeper into an AI-powered future, the question...