Category: Africa
PHOTOS: Magdeleine Vallieres Becomes 1st Canadian to Win Women’s Elite Title at UCI Road World Championships
Photos: Hee-Dee Walenga Vallieres completed the 164km course in 4:34:48. Niamh Fisher-Black from New Zealand finished 2nd, with Spain’s Margarita Victoria Garcia claiming the bronze medal in Kigali, Rwanda. Vallieres took the lead at the bottom of the final…
Delsia Van Vuuren Finishes UCI World Junior Championship
Competing at her first UCI Road World Championships, 18-year-old Namibian Delsia Van Vuuren completed the junior women’s race in a time of 2:33:39, 24 minutes and 20 seconds behind Spaniard Paula Taco Ostiz who won the gold medal. The silver…
Data Governance from an African Perspective
By: Dwight Links The Mozilla Foundation, in partnership with local civil society partners, recently held an engagement on data governance for media and civil society in the African sphere regarding the state of data governance. Held on…
Home of Dreams: Empowering Rwandan Youth via Cycling
By: Hee-Dee Walenga The Gasore Serge Foundation, in collaboration with the Israel Premier Tech cycling team, officially opened the Home of Dreams, a youth cycling centre serving the Bugesera district community in Rwanda. The facility is the first of…
PHOTOS: 2025 UCI Road World Championships – Men’s Elite Time Trail
Remco Evenepoel Completes Time Trial Hattrick 25-year-old Belgian Remco Evenepoel won his third consecutive Individual Time Trial title at the UCI Road World Championships after finishing ahead of Australian Jay Vine with a time of 49:46 minutes. Evenepoel’s fellow countryman,…
Nam Cyclists Debut at Historic Cycling Championships
By: Hee-Dee Walenga A group of young Namibian cyclists is representing the country in Kigali, Rwanda at the first UCI Road World Championships to be held on African soil. They include 17-year-old Delsia Janse van Vuuren, Marco…
UCI President Hopes for Africa to Produce World Champion
By: Hee-Dee Walenga Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) president, David Lappartient, stated that his wish is for Africa to produce a world champion within the next 10 years. Lappartient has been a proponent of growing the sport on the…
White House Announces New Trade Tariffs, Africa Affected
By: Mathias Hangala In a sweeping shift in U.S. trade policy, the White House has implemented a new set of tariffs targeting 90 countries worldwide, with Africa’s nations among those experiencing its effects. The tariffs, which came into…
Africa Bets on Bonds to Save Its Wildlife
By: Shawn Uiseb In a significant development for environmental finance, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has announced the expansion of its wildlife conservation bond program to cover all 54 African countries. The initiative, which began as a limited…
M23, DRC Govt Restore Peace
By: David Shoombe After years of destructive conflict, the Democratic Republic of Congo and rebel group March 23 Movement (M23) have signed a cease fire agreement in Doha, Qatar, on 19 July 2025. The conflict, which intensified…