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Basketball Africa League Announces 12 Teams and Group Phase Schedule for 2026 Season

This season, the national league champions from seven countries – Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal and Tunisia – automatically qualified for the BAL

– 12 BAL Teams Include First-Ever Participant from Tanzania and First-Time Participants from Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia – – Sixth BAL Season Will Tip Off on March 27 in South Africa; Tickets on Sale Now – The Basketball Africa League (BAL) (www.BAL.NBA.com) today announced the 12 teams and…

World Food Programme (WFP)
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Japan funding enables World Food Programme (WFP) to provide food and nutrition assistance to displaced families in Rwanda

The contribution will enable WFP to provide food and nutrition assistance to more than 21,000 refugees, asylum seekers, and returnees

The World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of over USD 666,000 (approximately RWF 970 million) from the Government of Japan to provide lifesaving food assistance to refugees, asylum seekers and returnees in Rwanda. The contribution was announced today at a ceremony in Kigali attended by Mr. Kazuya Nakajo,…

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African Energy Chamber (AEC) Endorses Kigali’s Africa CEO Forum as the Continent’s Strategic Hub

With thousands of executives, investors and policymakers gathering in Rwanda this May, the African Energy Chamber is urging the energy industry to support African-led platforms that tackle energy poverty, mobilize investment and drive the continent’s economic future

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org) has formally endorsed the upcoming Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, positioning the May 2026 gathering as a critical platform for investment, partnership and policy dialogue across the continent. Scheduled for May 14-15 in Rwanda’s capital, the forum is expected to convene approximately 2,800 CEOs, heads…

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Basketball Africa League to Tip Off Sixth Season on March 27 in South Africa

The 2026 BAL season will feature the top 12 club teams from 12 African countries playing 42 games in Pretoria; Rabat, Morocco; and Kigali

BAL Will Return to Morocco for Group Phase and Rwanda for Playoffs and Finals Fans Can Visit https://BAL.NBA.com to Register Their Interest in Tickets  The Basketball Africa League (BAL) (https://BAL.NBA.com) today announced that the league’s sixth season will tip off on Friday, March 27 at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South…

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Africa-wide campaign celebrates the joy of going ‘home-home’ – with KFC

The KFC Home-Home campaign rolled out across Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Gabon and Mauritius, and runs into early January

What can you get away with at home, that you could never dream of doing when you get back “home-home”, over the festive season? An insightful pan-African KFC campaign celebrates exactly this fascinating part of life across the continent – the parallel lives that young people live at “home” in…

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16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence: Five Bold Moves to end digital gender-based Violence — and unlock Africa’s digital promise (By Jemimah Njuki and Ndey Oley Cole)

Ending digital gender-based violence is central to achieving inclusive growth, human dignity, and the promise of Africa’s digital future

By Jemimah Njuki , Director of the Women, Gender and Civil Society Department at the African Development Bank  (www.AfDB.org) and Ndey Oley Cole, senior program manager. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign is an international campaign led by the United Nations to challenge violence against women and…

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Kenyan MPs fail to catch Uganda rivals in athletics

Ugandan MPs, both in the men and women’s races, won the 1500 metres and a shorter 400 metres events held in Mandela National Stadium

Kenyan legislators chased down but failed to outrun their Ugandan counterparts as Parliament of Uganda registered successive wins in the long distance races during the first day involving athletics on Monday 8 December 2025. Ugandan MPs, both in the men and women’s races, won the 1500 metres and a shorter…

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The the Standards for Official Statistics on Climate – Health Interactions (SOSCHI) Conference Calls for Stronger Climate–Health Indicators to Guide Policy and Protect Communities

The call followed three days of dialogue and technical exchange at the Standards for Official Statistics on Climate – Health Interactions (SOSCHI) Conference held in Kigali from 3 to 5 December 2025

A Conference bringing together African government officials, scientific institutions, development partners and global organisations from 23 countries, issued a clear call to strengthen climate–health intelligence. It emphasised that countries will remain vulnerable to climate hazards unless they build and sustain systems that measure how climate change affects human health. The…

Parliament of the Republic of Uganda
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Uganda Parliament teams dominate opponents in volleyball, netball, basketball

Uganda’s women basketballers also outclassed Kenya 40 - 20 at Lugogo Indoor Arena, winning all four quarters through superior teamwork and defense

Parliament of Uganda teams delivered a dominant display at the ongoing EAC inter - Parliamentary Games, securing emphatic victories across volleyball, netball and basketball on Sunday, 7 December 2025. At the MTN Arena Lugogo, Uganda’s volleyball sides won their opening matches in straight sets. The women’s team, captained by Hon.…

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    • (Left to right) OpenAI Africa Lead Emmanuel Lubanzadio, ALX Ventures Africa Lead Nour Abdelghaffar, ServiceNow Head of Strategy & Operations Nikki van Gasse, Carnegie Mellon University Africa Director Dr. Conrad Tucker, NBA Africa CEO Clare Akamanzi, ServiceNow Africa Vice President & Managing Director Cheick Camara, and NBA Africa Triple-Double Accelerator winners Adaobi Orajaiku (Atsur), Melody Nehemiah (Songdis), Hani Youssef Hafez (Athlon Technology), Omar El Gebali (Fitclan) and Youssef Maaroufi (Reborn) (Credit: NBA Africa)
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National Basketball Association (NBA) Africa Announces Five Prize-Winning Startups at its Second Accelerator Demo Day

The 10 finalists, which were selected from more than 700 applicants across 32 African countries, pitched their products to a panel of international industry leaders

Reborn (Morocco), Fitclan (Egypt), Athlon Technology (Egypt), Atsur (Nigeria) and Songdis (Nigeria) Win Top Prizes, Including Financial Support and Opportunity to Join Carnegie Mellon University Africa’s Business Incubation Program OpenAI Joins as Official Partner of NBA Africa Triple-Double Accelerator Demo Day NBA Africa (www.NBA.com) today announced the five prize-winning startup…