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Nigeria’s AI ambitions depend on building for local realities
TechCabal
2MINHealth Minister Demby Highlights Progress and Challenges as Bo Records Decline in Maternal Deaths
Sierraloaded
3MINBurkina/SIAO 2026 : Le village AES officiellement ouvert pour renforcer la coopération artisanale
Lefaso.net
4MINZelensky welcomes sale of crucial US Patriot missiles but warns delivery could take years
Egypt Independent
7MINMacawisley Fighters Take Lama-Galay as Beledweyne Waits for Hirshabelle’s New Vice President
The Somali Digest
Latest · La Nouvelle Tribune
L'Iran a frappé 26 sites américains, une stratégie en deux temps dévoilée
Plus de 115 frappes de drones et de missiles ont endommagé ou détruit des structures sur 26 bases et sites américains au Moyen-Orient depuis fin février…
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Fiction · Nantygreens
Parallel Lines
We met like parallel lines,distant and unfeeling,yet there was an errant string binding us.I had my opinions, he had his methodsuntil the lines slowly blurredand we…
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History · African History Extra
Navigating the Congo River: Ancient Towns, Societies and Trade in Central Africa.
The Congo River and its tributaries form one of Africa’s most extensive networks of navigable waterways.Contrary to the misconception that Africa lacks navigable waterways, the Congo…
35 minPlaces
AfriDocs
Award-winning African feature documentaries, run by STEPS. Geo-blocked to Africa, so it opens for you and not for the diaspora.
FreeEssays
Film Africa 2026: Ique Langa’s “O Profeta” Is a Slow, Searing Portrait of What Desperation Does to Faith
O Profeta understands this economy of desperation, and it understands that the person selling the miracle can be just as desperate as…
6 minNews
Russie : les États-Unis alertent sur un risque d'attentat de masse à Moscou et demandent d'éviter un musée
Une alerte américaine a mis la capitale russe en état de vigilance ce samedi 31 octobre 2026. L’ambassade des États-Unis à Moscou,…
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Burkina/SIAO 2026 : Le village AES officiellement ouvert pour renforcer la coopération artisanale
Le village de l'Alliance des États du Sahel (AES) a été officiellement ouvert ce samedi 31 octobre 2026, au Salon international de…
3 minMali : Abdoulaye Diop évoque l'impact de la coopération avec la Russie sur l'armée
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31 OctBurkina/Football : Le RCPB remporte le trophée du maracana de l'AP/SFD-BF
Lefaso.net · 4 min
31 OctMutharika hits back over who ran Malawi
Malawi24 · length n/a
31 OctTogo – Le parti Santé du Peuple salue le courrier de la Cour de la CEDEAO au ministre de la Justice
IciLome · length n/a
31 OctL’affaire du PPEF: l’indic, le juge et le communiqué d’avant l’aube
Connectionivoirienne · length n/a
A story of delayed grief — can, or should, tears really wait until tomorrow? — by Ayo Tamakloe-GarrMy phone beeps, and I pick it up. The text from my mother…
There’s Always Tomorrow · The Kalahari Review · Kalahari Review · 29 Oct
Under the Warm Light of Silence
Poems on personal travails, upheaval, redemption, and on the observation of time’s passing — from Mary OhanusiUnder the Warm…
29 Oct · 2 min
Call for Submissions: Water
“my dear,we are all made of water.it's okay to rage. sometimesit's okay to rest. to recede.”―…
13 Oct · length n/a
A Thief Enjoying His Ninety-ninth Day
For weeks, I had begged my mum tolet her healthy, well-fed white cockerelfulfill its destiny in…
15 Sep · length n/a
Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine Issue 35 August 2026
Omenana Speculative fiction magazine is a tri-monthly magazine that is open to submission from speculative fiction…
25 Aug · length n/a
Passengers x Alexander Maksik
256 pp. October 13, 2026, Europa Editions. Fiction/SF. It’s the end of the world, and a father and daughter are stuck in an airport.…
2 min ABC 89830 OctSean MacGinty and Alan Finlay in Conversation: New Books, Relocation and Writing About Home
Sean MacGinty is a South African poet. He grew up in Cape Town and moved to Buenos Aires a few years ago where he…
25 min JRB 89929 OctThe Johannesburg Review of Books Vol. 10, Issue 1 (October 2026)
Wamuwi Mbao • Fifi Bat-hef • Nondwe Mpuma • Makhosazana Xaba • Percy Zvomuya • Anthony Chennells • Percy Mabandu • Musaemura Zimunya •…
6 min LR 81625 OctWhen the Victim is left with Guilt and Shame: A Review of Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s ‘Damage’ – Olukorede S Yishau
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim knows how to tell riveting-but-tragic love stories in ways that are elevated, in a style that is not banal or soppy…
5 min OCM 88916 OctTolu Daniel Joins Saraba as Editor-at-Large
In this role, Tolu Daniel will help shape Saraba’s nonfiction publishing, working with writers and commissioning work across the breadth of the form. The…
length n/a JRB 87729 Oct‘Many murky fixations bob to the surface’—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Dominique Botha’s The Crying Bride & Other Hallucinations
Wamuwi Mbao reviews The Crying Bride & Other Hallucinations by Dominique Botha, a keenly alive collection from the new Painted Dog Press. The Crying…
8 minInterview: Blxckie Is Embracing Growth On ‘YENA’
When he emerged in 2020 with a cache of singles and freestyles that carried him to the mainstream of South African Hip-Hop, Blxckie was a precocious…
The Native · The NATIVE · 30 Oct
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FOLA: One Room, One Pen, One God
Afrobeats Intelligence · 29 Oct
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Kenwiza Balances Rhythm on “Too Much” Featuring Mvce and TENNIN
Culture Custodian · 29 Oct
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Bikutsi, the Music Women Built When They Were Told to Be Quiet
African Music Library · 26 Oct
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Ghana: Mr Eazi and MOLIY’s ‘Comfort’ earns Urban Music Awards nomination
Music In Africa · 21 Oct
Afropop Worldwide publishes no feed, so it cannot appear here. Worth a bookmark anyway.
Nigeria
Senate advances bill to empower Medical College to award PhD degrees
The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill for second reading seeking to empower the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria to establish…
EduCeleb · 31 OctGeneva
KIX EMAP Podcast #30: What Are the Most Pressing Education Issues in Pakistan? Three Local Experts Discuss
This episode of the KIX EMAP podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features a panel of education experts…
NORRAG · 30 OctUnited Kingdom
Social Literacies: origins, trajectories and implications for policy and practice
UKFIET · 7 SepNigeria
UNN appoints Ngozika Obi-Ani Professor of Social History and Conflict Studies
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has appointed Dr Ngozika Anthonia Obi-Ani as a Distinguished Professor of Social History, War, Conflict and…
EduCeleb · 28 Oct
Geneva
GPE KIX Annual Report 2026: Strengthening Country Leadership for Education Reform
The GPE KIX Annual Report 2026 is out now! The report highlights how the Global Partnership for Education’s Knowledge and Innovation Exchange…
NORRAG · 29 OctUniversity World News Africa, the best higher-education outlet on the continent, has no feed. Nor do HakiElimu, Africa Education Watch, ESSA or JET, all of which are African-owned and publish well.
Did Wage Labour Exist in Pre-Colonial Africa? : A New History of African Workers.
It is generally assumed that, historically, labour rather than land was scarce…
African History Extra
Warmly Received and With No Political Standing: The Kenya Office, Cairo Between Nation and World
This article uses the Kenya Office in Cairo (KOC) to explore the…
The Journal of African History
Episode 144:
Edda Fields-Black (Carnegie Mellon University) on her work as an accomplished historian…
Africa Past and Present
African Activist Archive
Michigan State: 13,800 digitised pamphlets, newsletters, posters, photographs and recordings from the…
Archive · Pan-African
UNESCO General History of Africa
Eleven volumes from prehistory to the present, written largely by African historians…
Archive · Pan-African
Let’s Stop Telling Insomniacs to Get More Sleep
Thank you for being a regular reader of An Africanist Perspective. If you haven’t done so yet, please hit subscribe to receive timely updates on new…
Ken Opalo · An Africanist Perspective 9MINBlack Magnolia: A Photo Essay
The Magnolia Mound Museum + Historical Site in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a strange place. When I visited this museum, I saw that it looked awfully…
Salawu Olajide · Olongo Africa 6MINKenya’s 2027 Election: Time to Address the Warning Signs
On August 16, 2026, hundreds of people armed with machetes, guns, and sticks attacked a convoy carrying opposition politicians and supporters of the Linda Mwananchi movement…
Carine Kaneza Nantulya · African Arguments 6MINFilm Africa 2026: Chinàzaēkpērē Chukwu’s “Her Daughters’ Mother” Confronts Patriarchal Power Imbalances in a Familiar but Poignant Tale of Mothers and Daughters
In Her Daughters’ Mother, her debut feature, Chukwu returns to the vulnerabilities and agency of society’s marginalised, this time turning her lens to womanhood, through a…
The Editor · Afrocritik 6MINThe sports commercializers are in town
Two recent stories from Kenya reflect the rapid growth, rising ambitions, and increasing commercialization and professionalization of East Africa’s sports sector. In the first, Helios Sports…
ROAPE · Review of African Political Economy
‘Honeymoon. The happily ever after?’: Sabelo Mlangeni at the KZNSA Gallery
ArtThrob · 29 Oct
The art of refusal: saying no has become the ultimate statement in African art
Art Index Africa · 20 Sep
GIRMACHEW GETNET Circle – Humans / ‘I Am Because We Are’
Africanah · 28 Aug
Johannesburg Art Gallery: Independent members resign
ArtThrob · 19 Oct
Contemporary And, the most serious of them, publishes no feed and blocks crawlers. It is not here and it should be on your list.
Design
Udi Foundry: Radical Imagining of African Typefaces for Global Use
From hand-painted shop signs and the rhythms of traditional instruments to the visual language of contemporary design, Africa holds an extraordinary archive…
African Digital Art · 30 Oct
Fashion
Can A-Beauty Become Europe’s Next Big Category?
Hello and welcome back to Africa Reimagined! It’s been a while since we discussed African beauty (A-beauty) and its potential in the…
Africa Reimagined · 23 OctArchitecture
From Questions to Possibilities: Reflections from the Master’s in Southern Urbanism Writing Retreat
The post From Questions to Possibilities: Reflections from the Master’s in Southern Urbanism Writing Retreat appeared first on African Centre for Cities.
African Centre for Cities · 31 Aug
Photography
A Short Break
“Camping by the Lake,” by Ama Benewaa TawiahThis past Wednesday, we published the 200th edition of the newsletter. You can see recent…
Tender Photo · 26 AugFeast Afrique, the best African food-history source there is, publishes no feed. Nor does Contemporary And. Bookmark both.
PORTAS ABERTAS AO INVESTIMENTO E FECHADAS AO TALENTO
Folha 8 · Portuguese
MalawiMutharika blames logistics for fuel shortage
Malawi24
BotswanaQuali-Med Laboratories unveils new dawn in healthcare
Mmegi
MauritiusInfo Soirée] : « ZOT INN FER TU PU BOYCOTT LAMARS »
Défimédia · French
SomaliaMacawisley Fighters Take Lama-Galay as Beledweyne Waits for Hirshabelle’s New Vice President
The Somali Digest
Nigeria’s AI ambitions depend on building for local realities
Nigeria’s AI progess will be judged by the local problems it solves, as Nigeria can adopt the latest AI tools but still fail to…
TechCabal · 2 min
30 SepWhy early nutrition should measure human development
Nutrition in the first 1000 days of life should be a core measurement of development progress argues former Ethiopian deputy prime minister Demeke Mekonnen.
SciDev.Net
31 OctHow Vectar Energy moved from selling solar generators to building carbon-market infrastructure
In 2025, Biodun Ogunleye, the Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, said that about 30,000 deaths occur annually in the state due…
TechCabal · 7 min
26 SepUganda monitors cancer patients with automated calls
Automated voice calls are helping Ugandan doctors track cancer patients between treatments, World Cancer Congress hears.
SciDev.Net
31 OctStablecoins gain ground in African trade but face hurdles to wider use
Stablecoins are giving African businesses an alternative way to pay overseas suppliers, but costs, security concerns and fragmented blockchain networks remain obstacles to wider…
TechCabal · 3 min
Rest of World does this better than anyone, but it publishes no Africa-only feed, so adding it would have meant adding the whole world.
Why OPay IPO sale was halted after debut on NYSE
OPay Limited has explained why its planned initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was halted,…
31 Oct BusinessDayDual listings playbook raises hard questions for OPay
When OPay Limited announced it was terminating its underwriting agreement and shelving its planned New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) initial
31 Oct MoneywebWorld Bank warns poor urban planning threatens Africa’s future
Rapid urban expansion threatens the region's ability to turn its growing workforce into an economic opportunity.
31 Oct African BusinessHow can South Africa end extortion's gunpoint rule?
From township shops to freight routes, logistics depots and major infrastructure projects, organised extortion in South Africa has evolved from…
30 Oct NairametricsKonga Launches Yakata Black Friday 2026 with Deals, Giveaways and SUV Prize
Konga has officially launched its highly anticipated Yakata Black Friday 2026 campaign, bringing Nigerians a month of incredible deals, exclusive…
31 OctStears no longer publishes, Semafor Africa is email only, and The Africa Report blocks feed readers. African business writing with a feed is scarcer than it should be.
Cinémathèque Afrique on TV5MONDE+
Fifteen restored African films from 1955 onward, including Afrique sur Seine, Bal poussière and La Vie est belle.…
Free
Ubongo
Tanzanian-made children's animation in English, Kiswahili and French. Akili and Me, Ubongo Kids. For the under-tens, and genuinely…
Free
Circuits
Nigerian virtual cinema with a free tier and pay-per-view rentals from about ₦885. Deepest on older and archived…
Free + rental
EbonyLife ON Plus
Mo Abudu's platform: the EbonyLife catalogue plus talk shows and training content. Small library, so treat it as…
₦1,500/mo
Netflix Nollywood
Higher-budget Nigerian features and originals, plus the UNESCO co-produced African Folktales, Reimagined shorts.
₦2,500+/mo