Africa’s energy deficit is often framed as a development crisis, but in 2026 it should also be seen as one of the continent’s most compelling structural investment opportunities CAPE TOWN (APO, CONVERSEER) – Nearly 600 million people across Africa still lack access to electricity, with electrification progress barely keeping pace with population growth and leaving…
Russia ultimately has nothing to lose and everything to gain while France has lots to lose and will struggle to retain its influence there. By Andrew Korybko CALIFORNIA (CONVERSEER) – Le Monde reported in late December that “The Indian Ocean has become a new arena for France-Russia rivalry”. According to them, Russia helped amplify anti-French…
By Joe Udo KILIFI (CONVERSEER) – A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher, Paul Mackenzie, has been charged over the deaths of at least 52 more people, in a case linked to one of the world’s deadliest cult-related tragedies. The charges were filed on Wednesday, according to Kenya’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and relate to…
…and what it says about African music By Ebube Bruno CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Yeah! Yeah! It’s actually sweet to be a Tyla or Davido fan. Or anyone’s fan for that matter. Celebrities give us something to talk about, to be excited about! As humorist Fran Lebowitz said in the 2021 American documentary series Pretend It’s…
BORNO (CONVERSEER) – The first batch of 300 Nigerian refugees in neighbouring Cameroon Republic has arrived in Pulka town of Gwoza Local Area of Borno. Their arrival marked the commencement of the fourth phase of a sustained repatriation exercise of people displaced for 11 years by the insurgency in Borno. The 300 were part of…
