By Maame Tutua Dadson, Managing Partner at Stafford Law; and Amma A. Gyampo, Chief Executive Officer at Ghana Venture Capital & Private Equity Association With over US$700 billion in domestic pension, insurance, and long-term savings, Africa has no shortage of capital. The real question is why so much of it sits in low-yield government instruments or flows offshore instead of being deployed to grow African enterprises, create jobs, and drive innovation. This question has become more urgent as global capital tightens. Development finance institutions are under pressure, aid budgets are shrinking, and foreign investors are becoming increasingly selective and risk-averse.…
Author: Montage Africa
By Africanews with AFP A medical student has died after clashes erupted between police and students protesting delays in grant payments at a major university in Senegal, the government said on Tuesday. The death comes amid a difficult economic climate in the west African country, where students have protested the thorny issue of stipend arrears for several years. Unrest broke out at Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) in the capital Dakar on Monday, according to a statement by a government spokeswoman, who said a second-year medical student, Abdoulaye Ba, died as a result. The university, which has tens of thousands…
As West Africa pushes to strengthen regional energy supply chains, Ghana is looking closer to home to meet its fuel needs. The country is moving to source refined petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery, a shift that reflects both Ghana’s domestic capacity constraints and a broader continental effort to reduce reliance on fuel imports from outside Africa. This story is written and edited by Global South World Ghana has announced its intention to import petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery as it aims to address the country’s limited refining capacity. Speaking at the Nigerian International Energy Summit held…
Angola’s president and several African Union representatives Monday called for a ceasefire in the conflict-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after meeting with DRC President Félix Tshisekedi in Luanda. The resource-rich region, which borders Rwanda as well as Burundi, has been beset by decades of continual conflict with the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group. The conflict flared last year with the M23 seizing key cities and continuing attacks despite a flurry of diplomatic efforts, including a US-brokered peace deal signed in December and a parallel mediation effort by Qatar. In a statement Monday evening, Angolan President and AU chairperson João…
Amavi Sol presents “Íhúgbá,” a new Afro-soul single rooted in love, honesty, and emotional clarity. Calm and reflective in tone, the song explores love not as spectacle, but as something real, grounding, and life-affirming. Íhúgbá draws from the Igbo idea of pleasant turns and bright possibilities, and is inspired by the quiet beauty of finding a companion who feels like home. With warmth at its core and passion in its delivery, the song invites listeners to sit with feeling and bask in it. Blending soulful expression with gentle Afro-influenced rhythms, Íhúgbá creates a sound that feels intimate, human, and timeless. It is a record suited for…
A rubber boat carrying 55 passengers, including two babies, has overturned off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency says. The only survivors, two Nigerian women, were rescued by the Libyan authorities on Friday, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced on Monday. The boat was carrying migrants and refugees from various African countries, it said. The boat sank after taking on water approximately six hours after departing from the coastal city of al-Zawiya in north-western Libya. The IOM says that almost 500 migrants have been reported dead or missing trying the cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya so…
Imagine it is 2099 and the Transatlantic Returns Treaty is falling apart as Western museums find ways to wriggle out of promises to return stolen African treasures. Fed up with the trickery, artefacts expert Prof Grace decides to take matters into her own hands. And the South African knows the perfect people to help: her grandchildren, Nomali and Trevor and her former student Etienne. In an abandoned warehouse in Johannesburg, Prof Grace sets out her high-stakes plan – to break into museums and private collections and take back artefacts mostly plundered during colonial times. None of this is real -…
Madagascar’s military government has criticised Eswatini for hosting ousted President Andry Rajoelina last week, describing the visit as a “grave infringement of its sovereignty”. Last Friday, the Eswatini government shared photos of King Mswati III meeting Rajoelina, during which the king called on Madagascar’s military junta to restore constitutional order. In a statement, Madagascar’s military leader Col Michael Randrianirina voiced his “strongest condemnation” of the visit, terming it “politically unacceptable”. Rajoelina was overthrown last October by an elite military following weeks of youth-led protests in the Indian Ocean island. The demonstrations were over persistent power and water shortages, culminating in…
Kenya says it will talk to Russia over growing reports that its citizens are being recruited to fight in the war in Ukraine. Speaking to the BBC, Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi called the practice “unacceptable and clandestine”, and said Nairobi had shut down illegal recruiters and would urge Moscow to sign a deal banning the conscription of Kenyan soldiers. The Kenyan government estimates that around 200 of its nationals have been recruited to fight for Russia. The exact number remains unclear, as Nairobi maintains that none of them travelled through official channels. “Kenya and Russia have had long relations since…
The ECOWAS Commission held a meeting on Tuesday, 3 February 2026, in Abuja with a delegation from the Embassy of Sweden to discuss regional labour migration governance and the ECOWAS free movement regime. The meeting provided an opportunity to exchange views on ongoing and planned regional initiatives aimed at strengthening labour migration governance, enhancing safe, orderly and regular migration, and supporting the effective implementation of the ECOWAS free movement protocols. Further discussions were anchored on recent developments in the Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP), following the approval of the third phase of the Programme by the Swedish International Development Cooperation…