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Delegates attend the opening of AI Everything Kenya X GITEX Kenya at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi on May 19. The summit brought together tech executives, investors and government officials from across Africa. COURTESY
Technology

African nations must create AI, not just consume it, summit hears

Thursday, May 21, 2026
Fanny Utagushimaninde, 15 years old. Courtesy

Fanny Utagushimaninde: Who is the Rwandan teen breaking global cricket records?

Thursday, May 21, 2026
Why Africa must invest in brain and mental health.

Why Africa must invest in brain and mental health

Thursday, May 21, 2026
Participants at the second edition of the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (NEISA 2026) in Kigali.
Finance

New financing model key to Africa’s nuclear energy ambitions

Wednesday, May 20, 2026
A common misconception is that AI is primarily a technological issue.

AI is easy to buy, hard to lead

Wednesday, May 20, 2026
President Paul Kagame meets with his Togolese counterpart Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé on the sidelines of the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa on Tuesday, May 19. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Energy

Kagame meets Togo’s Gnassingbé

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
President Paul Kagame and his Tanzanian and Togolese counterparts Samia Suluhu Hassan and Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé and senior delegates pose for a photo on Tuesday, May 19. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Energy

African leaders push for nuclear energy to spur industrial growth

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Tinswalow Baloyi.

Ideas for the future: What participants from Africa proposed at the 2nd Open Dialogue

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Panelists engage in a discussion at the meeting held under the theme “Educating for the Future of Work AI-Enabled Pedagogies for Africa’s Next Generation.”
Featured

African universities race to align education with AI-driven future of work

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Dr Lassina Zerbo, Chairman of the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board, during a meeting in Kigali in 2025. File
Energy

Inside Rwanda's nuclear development ambitions

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Students during ICT lesson at Mother Mary International School Complex in Kimironko. PHOTO BY CRAISH BAHIZI
Technology

As AI reshapes learning, can schools keep up?

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
RDF Chief of Staff Maj Gen Vincent Nyakarundi delivers his remarks at the National Security Symposium 2026 opened on Friday, May 16, at Rwanda Military Academy in Gako in Bugesera. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Security

PHOTOS: Military officials stress need for African self-reliance in security

Saturday, May 16, 2026