The Ethiopian scientist on the search for water on the moon

Nasa research engineer Berhanu Bulcha is working on locating the vital liquid under the lunar surface.

COP27: Ethiopia’s 20-billion tree goal – a sapling success?

Lessons four years on from Ethiopia's ambitious, four-year, mass tree-planting initiative.

Ronald Lamola: South Africa’s ANC ‘rebooting’ institutions to halt corruption

South Africa's government is acting to retrieve money lost to corruption, the justice minister says.

Tevin Tobun: Four things to make a good CEO

Tevin Tobun, is the CEO of GV Group. He turned $600 investment, into a successful food logistics company.

Priscilla Sitienei: Primary school pupil aged 99 dies in Kenya

Priscilla Sitienei was set to sit her final exams next week, along with her 12-year-old classmates.

Meet Senegal’s female barrier breaker in the salt production

Meet a Senegalese's barrier breaker who became the first woman in her country to manage salt marshes.

‘Major’ aims as Cape Town Marathon races to be sport’s greenest event

Organisers of the Cape Town Marathon hope to create the greenest sporting event in the world and become the seventh major marathon.

Kwadwo Sheldon – Ghana’s YouTube star refuses to be an unemployment stat

The influencer has more than 400,000 subscribers on YouTube, but he still fears unemployment.

World Cup 2022: Salima Mukansanga to ‘open door’ for female officials

Rwanda's Salima Mukansanga hopes being selected for the men's World Cup will help other aspiring officials.

Africa’s week in pictures: 11 – 17 November 2022

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.