Victor Oluwole

In Africa fraudsters have been intensifying their efforts to exploit regions with less-secured payment infrastructures. Furthermore, 20% of customers across the world report having been victimized by payment fraud.

The importance of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria has risen to the forefront of global investment strategies and policy-making primarily because they help gauge a country's approach to environmental issues as well as how it governs its people and economy.

According to the latest developments, many African countries have stepped up to simplify visa processes or offer visa-free or visa-on-arrival options to more African travellers in 2024.

Bannon, in an interview with an Italian newspaper, expressed concerns about the Tesla CEO's access to the White House, saying, "Why do we have South Africans, the most racist people on earth, White South Africans ... making any comments at all on what goes on in the United States?"

TikTok is facing the possibility of being banned from app stores in the United States by January 19 unless the Supreme Court or President-elect Donald Trump intervenes and delays this decision.

The president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Faustin-Archange Touadera, has embarked on a three-day visit to Moscow for talks that will foster his country's relationship with Russia, according to the Kremlin.

Alexey Drobinin, a diplomat from Russia's Foreign Ministry emphasized that Africa is in a unique position to emerge as a powerful and independent force in a world that is shifting towards multipolarity rather than being dominated by one.

The report published by migrant rights group Walking Borders revealed at least 30 people lost their lives each day while attempting to cross the Atlantic route from West African countries such as Mauritania and Senegal to the Canary Islands.

Activists around the world are criticizing the authorities for using illegal and inhumane means to carry out the culling. According to The Daily Mail, Moroccan authorities poison these dogs with strychnine, shoot them in public spaces, and beat surviving animals to death with shovels.

The report by market intelligence firm Wood Mackenzie revealed that Nigeria accounted for three out of four Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) announced in 2024