From IMF-endorsed growth to world-class infrastructure and landmark peace-and-prosperity accords, the Democratic Republic of Congo is sending investors, travelers and the international community one clear message: the country is open, moving, and determined to compete. A vision set at the very top Every transformation starts with a vision. President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo has made the...

Every year, more money leaves Africa illicitly than the continent receives in development aid and foreign investment combined. That money has a face: it is the hospital that was never built, the teacher who was never hired, the road that never reached the border. In July 2026, standing on the unfinished Gabon-Cameroon transborder highway, President...

United Bank for Africa Plc has announced that Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, CFR, Group Chairman of UBA, will retire from the Board of Directors of UBA on 21 August 2026, upon the completion of the 12-year tenure limit prescribed for Non-Executive Directors of Banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria. At its meeting held on...

From July 3 to 5, 2026, Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne will host the third edition of Carré d’Afrique, an international festival celebrating African cultures and entrepreneurship. Three days of connection, discovery, and fellowship, organized by the association Entr’Aide 53 and its president, Lucie Ngalle. A festival that has found its place in Mayenne In just two editions, Carré...

Kenya had never won a Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions. This year it did — with a dairy brand that gives its cows the right to call in sick. The idea fixed a stubborn economic problem for smallholder farmers, and crowned a breakthrough week for creativity across the continent. On 26 June 2026, the...

For the best part of a decade, Ousmane Dembélé was football’s most tantalising unfinished sentence — all gift, few moments. Then came a June night in Boston, three goals, and the unmistakable sense that a career had finally caught up with its talent. On 26 June 2026, against Norway, Ousmane Dembélé did something he had...

The 10th edition of the “Doing the Future Together” economic forum, convened by the Elessa Lothin-Sen Foundation, gathered policymakers, central bankers, development financiers and business leaders at the Malimba Club in Bonapriso, Douala, on 11–12 June 2026. Over two days, participants sketched the portrait of a country determined to convert its regional weight into lasting...

At the close of its three professional days, Europe’s largest tech event handed out its prizes — but it was India’s Prime Minister, AI Country Partner of the 2026 edition, who gave the day its clearest message. Paris Expo Porte de Versailles — Friday, June 19, 2026 On the final professional day of VivaTech’s tenth-anniversary...

Standfirst: It took a World Cup night, an opponent that refused to bend, and a strike from another planet. East Rutherford, June 16, 2026: with a decisive brace against Senegal (3-1), Kylian Mbappé overtook Olivier Giroud to stand alone atop France’s all-time scoring charts. 58 goals in 99 caps — and a reign that’s only...

After Australia, Britain has now shut under-16s out of the major platforms. From one continent to the next, some twenty countries are legislating to keep teenagers off social media — an unprecedented wave whose real-world effectiveness, however, is far from proven. The signal came from London. On Monday, June 15, Keir Starmer announced that the...

To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Europe’s largest technology show has secured the most coveted signature on the planet. On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, Jeff Bezos — founder of Amazon, of Blue Origin, and now head of a multibillion-dollar AI start-up — will take the main stage at VivaTech. Behind this media coup lies far more...

Brought on with an hour gone, Manchester United’s Amad Diallo unleashed the decisive blow in the 90th minute (1-0) on Sunday in Philadelphia. After a tense, finely balanced contest that rattled the crossbar three times, the Elephants launch their World Cup in style and share top spot in Group E with Germany. Only seconds of...

To mark its tenth birthday, Europe’s biggest tech show has stepped out of the exhibition halls to take over “the world’s most beautiful avenue.” This Sunday, June 14, from noon to 6 p.m., the pedestrianized Champs-Élysées turned into a free, open-air innovation trail — three days before the show officially opens at Porte de Versailles....

Four years ago, their run to the last four caught the world off guard. Today, the Atlas Lions are nobody’s surprise package. By holding Brazil to a 1-1 draw in their World Cup 2026 opener on Saturday — the first match of Group C — they laid down a marker for an ambition their coach,...

“Doing the Future Together…” On Thursday, 11 June 2026, Douala hosts the tenth edition of the FELS Economic Forum at Malimba Dégustations & Golf Academy, in Bonapriso. Convened by the Elessa Lothin-Sen Foundation, an NGO, the forum has, over a decade, established itself as one of Central Africa’s reference platforms for economic dialogue. This year’s...

AI is rewriting the rules of creativity. Five days on the Croisette will tell us who’s adapting — and who’s already obsolete. What Is Cannes Lions? Founded in 1954, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is the advertising and marketing world’s defining annual gathering. Held at the Palais des Festivals, it brings together thousands...

From June 11 to July 19, the United States, Canada and Mexico will host the largest edition in the tournament’s history: 48 teams, 104 matches, 16 host cities spread across three time zones and one continental market of half a billion consumers. With a record ten African sides on the roster, the delisting of a...

One runs Africa’s biggest bank. One governs a country at war. One holds a presidency, one a 130,000-strong empire, one the rules of world trade. None of them was supposed to be here — and that is exactly why they are. The story of five women who didn’t break into power so much as out-calculate...