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Adekunle Owolabi is a journalist, political analyst, and digital strategist with experience across Africa and the Middle East. He focuses on international diplomacy, promotes digital inclusion, and advocates for a borderless Africa.

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Avin Ruthipaul of Standard Bank speaks at the BPC Client Conference in Cape Town. Photo: Johann Botha
MoneySouthern Africa

Cognitive debt threatens a decade of innovation, Standard Bank executive warns

CAPE TOWN, South Africa | Businesses risk undermining their technology investments over the next decade if leaders fail to address cognitive debt, the...

Angola’s Minister of Energy and Water, João Baptista
EnergySouthern Africa

Angola energy minister to speak at Africa Energy Indaba 2027

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, 19 October 2026 Angola’s Minister of Energy and Water, João Baptista Borges, is scheduled to speak at the 19th...

Officials from Namibia and Angola during the inaugural Angola Namibia Bi National Commission in Luanda on 18 October 2026.
Diplomacy

Namibia and Angola deepen bilateral cooperation

Luanda, Angola - Namibia and Angola have pledged to strengthen bilateral cooperation, accelerate existing agreements and expand economic opportunities across key sectors following...

Adekunle Owolabi, Editor of The African Daily, speaking on Channel Africa about Africa’s trade relations with Russia and the importance of telling the continent’s stories.
Diplomacy

Owolabi urges Africa to secure better deals at Russia summit

Johannesburg, South Africa - African countries should approach Russia as a collective to negotiate better trade agreements, attract investment and advance energy security,...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi looks on during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Diplomacy

Egypt offers Saudi Arabia support against Houthi attacks

Egypt has pledged to provide Saudi Arabia with the support needed to protect its national security and territorial integrity as Yemen’s Houthi movement...

Demonstrators take part in a protest led by the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), demanding the restoration of democracy and denouncing mounting restrictions on freedoms, intensifying pressure on President Kais Saied amid a deepening economic and political crisis, in Tunis, Tunisia, October 17, 2026. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
North AfricaPolitics

Thousands protest against Tunisia’s president

Tunis - Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets of the capital, Tunis, on Saturday, October 17, in the largest protest against President...

Namibia’s Selma Ashipala-Musavyi with participants at the inaugural Diplomatic Fair in Windhoek. Photo: MIRT Namibia.
Diplomacy

Namibia launches first diplomatic fair

WINDHOEK, Namibia | Namibia has launched its first Diplomatic Fair, bringing together diplomatic missions, international organisations, educational institutions and businesses to strengthen international...

African Energy Chamber Executive Chairman NJ Ayuk
EnergySouthern Africa

Ayuk calls for African energy independence

CAPE TOWN, South Africa: African Energy Chamber Executive Chairman NJ Ayuk has called on African governments to accelerate oil and gas exploration, reform...

Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Unity, based in Tripoli, Libya. Photo: Government of National Unity
DiplomacyNorth Africa

Libya to attend Russia Africa summit

MOSCOW, Russia, October 14, 2026: Libya will participate in the third Russia Africa Summit scheduled to take place in Moscow on October 28...