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Akuna Learning, from The Akuna Group, chaired by Sir Idris Elba, today opened applications for From Script to Screen with AI, a free programme that equips eligible African creators to tell stories on screen leveraging artificial intelligence.

A wave of the continent’s post-independence entrepreneurs are preparing to hand over their wealth to the next generations, facing the challenges of effective succession planning, diversification away from core operating businesses and multi-jurisdictional tax and legal considerations

Popular Nigerian music executive and Mavin Records founder, Don Jazzy, has announced a new partnership with TS Academy aimed at making quality tech education more accessible to Nigerians. The initiative, dubbed the Don Jazzy 2027 Tech Scholarship

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is inviting qualified Nigerians to apply for positions across four cadres. Read the requirements below, then apply online.

October marks a global moment for eye‑health advocacy, and Sierra Leone’s most anticipated cataract outreach campaign is entering a new phase of acceleration in the fight against avoidable blindness. The influential campaign is delivered by Choithram International Foundation

Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) experts have discovered a new cyber-attack vector via a widely used barcode scanner model that could expose e-commerce supply chains to cyberattacks.

Plant scientist Pamela Afokpe, R&D Operations Manager at East-West Seed (www.EastWestSeed.com) West Africa, accepts the 2026 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application at the World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa.

Teach360, a classroom learning solutions provider that has partnered with more than 1,000 schools across South Africa, has announced a connected technology environment for 2027 that brings key school processes closer together.

As Morocco breaks tourism records and hospitality and infrastructure investment soars ahead of the 2030 FIFA World Cup, API Events 3rd Annual Morocco Showcase on 26 November brings global brands, sovereign backed funds, tourism officials, DFIs and local operators together to capitalise on institutional-grade opportunities, economic and political stability and deepened capital markets

Cue, the AI customer service platform backed by Knife Capital and FAM Investments, has launched Phone, its first product release following the $5 million funding round announced in July.

Following the conclusion of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Casablanca and Fez, the question is what happens next: whether the momentum generated by the tournament can translate into sustained investment in women’s football, stronger structures and more opportunities for the next generation of players.

This week, the Government of Angola laid the cornerstone for the new Baía Farta University Campus – Katyavala Bwila University and ISCED – Benguela, marking an important milestone in the country’s investment in higher education infrastructure. The project is being delivered in partnership with Mitrelli