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- [Dangote launches fuel storage project at Namibia’s Walvis Bay](https://afrivanta.net/dangote-launches-fuel-storage-project-at-namibias-walvis-bay/): A US$2.5 billion fuel storage and pipeline project launched at Walvis Bay would give Namibia a depot capable of holding 600 million litres, Reuters reported. The plan allocates 360 million litres to diesel and the balance to petrol.
- [Ethiopia orders six Sudanese consular staff to leave Assosa](https://afrivanta.net/ethiopia-orders-six-sudanese-consular-staff-to-leave-assosa/): Ethiopia gave six staff at Sudan’s consulate in Assosa 48 hours to leave, Reuters reported, citing a senior Ethiopian official. The official gave no reason for the order.
- [AFCON qualifiers bring group leaders together in November double-headers](https://afrivanta.net/afcon-qualifiers-bring-group-leaders-together-in-november-double-headers/): Côte d’Ivoire and The Gambia enter their November meetings level on six points in Group C. They will play in Bouaké and Bakau during a six-day stretch of AFCON qualifying that runs from 12 to 17 November. Group K presents a similar contest, with Mali and Rwanda both on six points before their matches in Bamako and Kigali.
- [Bunia doctor brings his family’s Ebola experience to patient care](https://afrivanta.net/bunia-doctor-brings-his-familys-ebola-experience-to-patient-care/): At Bunia General Hospital in eastern DR Congo, Dr Elvis Mani Rodrigo cares for patients awaiting Ebola results as well as those with a confirmed diagnosis. He knows what the wait feels like for families. His wife, a laboratory technician who helped collect samples, developed severe illness and spent nearly three weeks fighting the disease before she recovered.
- [Burundi’s National Museum in Gitega prepares for restoration](https://afrivanta.net/burundis-national-museum-in-gitega-prepares-for-restoration/): A restoration project in Gitega aims to protect the National Museum of Burundi’s collection and improve the way visitors encounter it. UNESCO announced details on 3 November following the project’s launch on 22 September. The government and heritage foundation ALIPH are partners in the work.
- [Kenya measures early development in children as young as three months](https://afrivanta.net/kenya-measures-early-development-in-children-as-young-as-three-months/): Kenya’s latest national household health survey tracks how babies and toddlers are developing. Researchers looked at movement, communication, thinking and social skills, using a World Health Organization measure suitable for children as young as three months.
- [Sundowns and USM Alger to meet in Pretoria for CAF Super Cup](https://afrivanta.net/sundowns-and-usm-alger-to-meet-in-pretoria-for-caf-super-cup/): Mamelodi Sundowns will host USM Alger at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria on Sunday 8 November. Kick-off is at 15:00 in South Africa, or 16:00 in East Africa.
- [Africa Credit Rating Agency targets March for its first sovereign ratings](https://afrivanta.net/africa-credit-rating-agency-targets-march-for-its-first-sovereign-ratings/): The Africa Credit Rating Agency is in talks with 15 sovereign borrowers and aims to issue its first ratings by the end of March, interim chief executive Sifiso Falala told Reuters.
- [Addis Ababa hosts Africa’s first global Emergency Medical Teams meeting](https://afrivanta.net/addis-ababa-hosts-africas-first-global-emergency-medical-teams-meeting/): Emergency medical teams from around the world were due to gather in Addis Ababa from 3 to 5 November for the first global meeting of its kind hosted in WHO’s African Region. Organisers expected around 800 participants from 100 countries.
- [Google brings 15 training programmes together for African learners](https://afrivanta.net/google-brings-15-training-programmes-together-for-african-learners/): Learners can now find Google’s Career Certificates, Hustle Academy and cloud training through a single African learning hub. Google says it aims to reach three million people by 2030 through the platform, which brings together 15 training initiatives.
- [Uganda Tourism Board secures destination sponsorship for AFCON 2027](https://afrivanta.net/uganda-tourism-board-secures-destination-sponsorship-for-afcon-2027/): Uganda’s tourism board has secured rights to promote the country to viewers of AFCON 2027. CAF and the board announced the destination sponsorship in Kampala on 30 October, ahead of the tournament Uganda will host with Kenya and Tanzania.
- [East African livestock services urged to prepare for Rift Valley fever risk](https://afrivanta.net/east-african-livestock-services-urged-to-prepare-for-rift-valley-fever-risk/): Forecast rain and flooding could create conditions for a rise in Rift Valley fever in eastern Africa, FAO and IGAD warned on 30 October. Water left by floods can provide breeding sites for mosquitoes that carry the virus. People can also be exposed through contact with infected animals or their products.
- [CAF sets out the AFCON calendar beyond East Africa’s 2027 finals](https://afrivanta.net/caf-sets-out-the-afcon-calendar-beyond-east-africas-2027-finals/): CAF’s executive committee has voted to return the Africa Cup of Nations to a two-year cycle. For supporters planning beyond the Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania finals, the transition has an unusual sequence. CAF lists editions in 2027, 2028, 2031 and 2033.
- [West African communities compare ways to pass on shared cultural traditions](https://afrivanta.net/west-african-communities-compare-ways-to-pass-on-shared-cultural-traditions/): How does a tradition shared across borders retain its local meaning? Participants from all 15 West African states explored that question at a UNESCO online meeting on 21 October. About 200 people took part, including participants from elsewhere in Africa.
- [Mauritius and Seychelles examine how universities judge teaching quality](https://afrivanta.net/mauritius-and-seychelles-examine-how-universities-judge-teaching-quality/): Representatives of higher education institutions and regulators in Mauritius and Seychelles met in Port Louis on 27 and 28 October to examine how they assess quality. The workshop brought together participants from 23 institutions and regulatory bodies, according to UNESCO.
- [Algeria secures climate funding for its Green Dam landscapes](https://afrivanta.net/algeria-secures-climate-funding-for-its-green-dam-landscapes/): The Green Climate Fund has approved a project to restore steppe and dry forest landscapes within Algeria’s Green Dam programme. The Algerian government will finance 57 per cent of the total cost, according to the fund’s project record dated 28 October.
- [Nigeria orders NigComSat-2A to expand satellite connectivity](https://afrivanta.net/nigeria-nigcomsat-2a-satellite-connectivity-contract/): Nigeria’s NIGCOMSAT has ordered a new communications satellite, with planned coverage across much of Africa. The announcement gives no launch date.
- [Ethiopia studies three watersheds to decide where climate money should go](https://afrivanta.net/ethiopia-watersheds-climate-adaptation-investment-scala/): Research in Oromia, Harari and Amhara is pinpointing what stops farmers adopting climate-resilient methods, and shaping government investment plans.
- [Senegal readies climate projects for farmers in Casamance and the groundnut basin](https://afrivanta.net/senegal-agricultural-adaptation-investment-projects-fao/): Two adaptation projects are ready to seek climate finance, and more than 1,200 farmers have already switched to climate-resilient practices, FAO says.
- [Southern Africa gets ready for a possible El Niño season](https://afrivanta.net/sadc-el-nino-2026-2027-preparedness-johannesburg/): SADC and aid agencies met in Johannesburg on 20 October to prepare for possible El Niño impacts, aiming to act before drought or floods become emergencies.
- [In Haut-Katanga, villages bring their forests back and make a living from them](https://afrivanta.net/dr-congo-haut-katanga-miombo-restoration-community-forests/): A programme in DR Congo aims to restore 7,000 hectares of miombo woodland and develop more than 30 economic microprojects linked to landscape restoration.
- [Jambojet is back flying Nairobi to Entebbe, daily](https://afrivanta.net/jambojet-resumes-daily-nairobi-entebbe-flights/): The Kenya Airways low-cost subsidiary has restored the route it dropped in 2020, with introductory one-way fares from about KSh22,950. Travellers between Kenya and Uganda have…
- [Benin up for four Africa Tourism Awards](https://afrivanta.net/benin-four-africa-tourism-awards-nominations-2026/): Benin Tourism is up for Tourism Board of the Year, and its promotional film Explore Benin, A World of Wonders is nominated for Tourism Video of the Year.
- [Crowds watch the sun light up Ramses II at Abu Simbel](https://afrivanta.net/egypt-abu-simbel-october-sunrise-2026/): Hundreds of visitors, some of whom stayed overnight, gathered on 22 October for one of only two sunrises a year when light reaches the pharaoh’s statue.
- [South Africa’s online visa now open to travellers from 53 countries](https://afrivanta.net/south-africa-eta-short-stay-visas-53-countries/): Home Affairs says its Electronic Travel Authorisation can turn round short-stay visas in 24 hours. It currently works at four airports, with study and work visas due in early 2027.
- [Kenya’s Ebola cases rise to nine, all linked to one patient](https://afrivanta.net/kenya-bundibugyo-nine-cases-known-contacts/): Every new infection has been among known contacts of the first case, a Kenyan citizen who travelled from DR Congo via Kampala. WHO sees no wider community spread so far.
- [South Africa’s mpox cases reach 26, most of them in the Western Cape](https://afrivanta.net/south-africa-mpox-26-cases-october-update/): South Africa has recorded 26 confirmed mpox cases so far this year, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), whose dashboard was updated on 23 October.
- [Nigeria confirms first imported Bundibugyo Ebola case in Abuja](https://afrivanta.net/nigeria-confirms-imported-bundibugyo-case-abuja/): The patient, who had travelled from Uganda, is in isolation and receiving care. Investigators are still working out where the infection came from.
- [DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak spreads to eight provinces as many die at home](https://afrivanta.net/drc-bundibugyo-outbreak-eight-provinces-october/): WHO counts 9,704 confirmed cases and 4,687 deaths from the Bundibugyo strain. Most recent deaths happened in communities, not treatment centres.
- [From Ushahidi to AI: Nairobi summit asks who technology is really built for](https://afrivanta.net/nairobi-summit-people-centred-technology-african-control/): Technologists, activists and policymakers met in Nairobi to debate who builds, controls and benefits from Africa’s technology, drawing on a Kenyan story that began in 2008.
- [World Bank taps Cassava and Nvidia to help governments share AI computing power](https://afrivanta.net/cassava-nvidia-world-bank-shared-ai-computing/): The idea is shared, pay-as-you-go access to the graphics processors (GPUs) used to build and run AI, starting with countries in Africa and Latin America.
- [Honeywell brings industrial AI to Nigeria’s Dangote refinery](https://afrivanta.net/dangote-refinery-honeywell-industrial-ai-platform/): The new platform, built with Nvidia and Dell technology, could be worth about $60 million a year at full capacity, Honeywell says. Those numbers are early estimates.
- [Rwanda’s ‘Ben’Imana’ opens Film Africa at London’s BFI](https://afrivanta.net/rwandan-film-ben-imana-opens-bfi-film-africa-programme/): Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, the first Rwandan director to premiere in Cannes’ Official Selection, leads a programme centred on African women filmmakers.
- [Accra’s Pa Gya! literary festival celebrates its tenth edition](https://afrivanta.net/pa-gya-accra-literary-festival-tenth-edition-2026/): Ghana’s literary festival marked its tenth edition from 16 to 18 October in Cantonments, mixing books with poetry, comics, exhibitions and film.
- [‘Hijra’ and Hind Bensari’s documentary win top prizes in Salé](https://afrivanta.net/sale-womens-film-festival-2026-awards/): Shahad Ameen’s ‘Hijra’ took the fiction Grand Prix at Morocco’s International Women’s Film Festival, while ‘La Cour des grands’ won for documentary.
- [Congo in Harlem brings a week of Congolese cinema to New York](https://afrivanta.net/congo-in-harlem-2026-film-programme/): The series is the flagship event of Congo Week, which remembers lives lost in the country’s long conflict and celebrates its people and potential.
- [Five African universities to test AI on their own campuses](https://afrivanta.net/ashesi-education-collaborative-wise-university-ai-pilots/): Ashesi’s Education Collaborative and Qatar Foundation’s WISE are backing hands-on AI projects in teaching, student support and governance, running until June 2027.
- [Cape Town hosts the first Times Higher Education summit on African soil](https://afrivanta.net/uct-hosts-world-academic-summit-african-debut/): UCT and the University of Bristol brought global university leaders to Cape Town to talk about AI, inequality and what universities owe society.
- [In Nairobi, university leaders ask: are our campuses built for students?](https://afrivanta.net/nairobi-education-convening-student-centred-universities/): It was the hub’s fourth convening, in its fifth year, with more than 40 speakers and facilitators, the Collaborative said in its write-up on 10 October.
- [Africa’s universities asked to get ‘future-ready’ for this year’s Universities’ Day](https://afrivanta.net/aau-announces-2026-africa-universities-day-programme/): The Association of African Universities has set out a five-day programme on AI, skills and leadership, built around Africa Universities’ Day on 12 November.
- [Morocco open AFCON qualifying with two wins and two clean sheets](https://afrivanta.net/morocco-six-points-clean-sheets-afcon-2027-qualifiers/): Noussair Mazraoui opened the scoring against Gabon in the 36th minute and Soufiane Rahimi made sure of the win six minutes from time, CAF reported.
- [Co-hosts Uganda top their qualifying group after beating Libya](https://afrivanta.net/uganda-group-h-lead-afcon-2027-libya-win/): Arnold Vula’s first-half stoppage-time goal gave the Cranes a 1-0 win. They are already going to the finals, but their results will shape who joins them.
- [Guinea-Bissau stun Nigeria 3-0 in AFCON qualifying](https://afrivanta.net/guinea-bissau-nigeria-three-goal-win-afcon-2027/): Guinea-Bissau’s win on 29 September was one of the shocks of the opening window of AFCON 2027 qualifying, and it has turned Group L on its head.
- [DR Congo make a perfect start in AFCON 2027 qualifying](https://afrivanta.net/dr-congo-perfect-start-afcon-2027-qualifiers-group-e/): DR Congo could hardly have asked for a better start to qualifying for AFCON 2027, which will be held in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania next June.
- [Egypt to host the Women’s Champions League again, with a new trophy on the line](https://afrivanta.net/egypt-confirmed-host-womens-champions-league-november-2026/): CAF has handed Egypt the eight-team finals for a second year running. The tournament, which began in Egypt in 2021, runs from 1 to 15 November.
- [Mali’s USFAS Bamako drawn with the holders AS FAR](https://afrivanta.net/usfas-bamako-as-far-womens-champions-league-draw-2026/): The West African qualifiers share Group B with the defending champions and Uganda’s Kawempe Muslim Ladies, with one more place still to be filled.
- [Cameroon’s Lekié face a giant-sized task in Egypt](https://afrivanta.net/lekie-cameroon-womens-champions-league-group-a-2026/): Central Africa’s representatives were drawn with the hosts, a two-time champion and a Moroccan side. Two places in the semi-finals are up for grabs.
- [Sundowns get a shot at revenge against FC Masar in Women’s Champions League opener](https://afrivanta.net/sundowns-draw-fc-masar-womens-champions-league-2026/): The South African champions open in Egypt on 1 November against the side that beat them in 2024. FUS Rabat and Cameroon’s Lekié complete Group A.
- [Kenya’s new infrastructure fund starts by buying government bonds](https://afrivanta.net/kenya-infrastructure-fund-starts-government-bond-investments/): The National Infrastructure Fund is putting its 340 billion shillings in seed capital into domestic debt. Its boss says that should free banks to lend more to business.
- [Kenya seeks World Bank and AfDB financing, without budgeting for IMF funds](https://afrivanta.net/kenya-seeks-world-bank-afdb-budget-support/): Reuters had earlier reported that Kenya was due about $400 million in emergency World Bank financing to deal with risks including an Ebola outbreak in the region and El Niño.
- [Guinea wants to refine its own bauxite. Power is the catch](https://afrivanta.net/guinea-alumina-refinery-expansion-electricity-challenge/): Three alumina refineries are being built, with five targeted by 2030. Like much of Africa’s push to process minerals at home, the plan runs into the question of electricity.
- [South African firms feel the squeeze as orders fall and fuel bites](https://afrivanta.net/south-africa-private-sector-pmi-september-contraction/): South Africa’s PMI signalled weaker private-sector business conditions in September, while firms’ expectations improved to their strongest since May.
- [Ethiopia appoints six-month Tigray caretaker administration to prepare elections](https://afrivanta.net/ethiopia-tigray-caretaker-administration-six-month-election-plan/): Addis Ababa says the new administration will restore services and prepare a vote. Critics say it tears up the spirit of the Pretoria peace deal.
- [Gabon says it has lifted eight-month social media ban](https://afrivanta.net/gabon-announces-end-eight-month-social-media-ban/): Gabon’s regulator says restrictions on major social platforms have ended. Many users had relied on VPNs during the eight-month ban, the BBC reports.
- [Joseph Kabila takes helm of Congo’s rebranded rebel alliance](https://afrivanta.net/kabila-heads-new-frn-alliance-m23-congo/): Diplomats, rebel sources and analysts told Reuters that having a former head of state at the top helps the movement argue it is a national cause, not a Rwandan proxy.
- [Senegal’s prime minister seeks talks with Pastef as budget dispute deepens](https://afrivanta.net/senegal-budget-standoff-lo-seeks-talks-pastef/): Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô wants Pastef lawmakers to amend his revised budget, not kill it. With an IMF deal hanging in the balance, technical talks are proposed before Tuesday’s debate.
- [AU panel presses South Sudan peace implementation ahead of planned elections](https://afrivanta.net/au-panel-presses-south-sudan-peace-implementation-ahead-of-planned-elections/): An African Union high-level committee has renewed attention on the implementation of South Sudan's peace agreement as the country approaches elections scheduled for 22 December 2026.
- [African Union calls for restraint as Horn diplomatic tensions rise](https://afrivanta.net/african-union-calls-for-restraint-as-horn-diplomatic-tensions-rise/): Changes in political relations do not automatically establish new restrictions on travel, trade or consular services
- [South Sudan opens public consultations on proposed EAC political confederation](https://afrivanta.net/south-sudan-opens-public-consultations-on-proposed-eac-political-confederation/): South Sudan has begun public consultations on a proposed constitution for an East African political confederation, opening a new stage in discussions about the region's longer-term political integration.
- [WMO’s Africa climate report shows why flood and drought reporting must be local](https://afrivanta.net/wmo-africa-climate-2025-flood-drought/): The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Africa 2025 describes a continent facing damaging extremes, including floods, drought and tropical cyclones.
- [The Serengeti is a connected ecosystem, not just a safari destination](https://afrivanta.net/serengeti-ecosystem-travel-conservation/): Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park is internationally recognised for its wildlife and migration.
- [Kiswahili’s role in African connection goes beyond everyday conversation](https://afrivanta.net/kiswahilis-role-in-african-connection-goes-beyond-everyday-conversation/): Kiswahili’s significance extends beyond the words exchanged in daily conversation.
- [UNESCO’s 2026 education report highlights the challenge of keeping children in school](https://afrivanta.net/unesco-2026-education-out-of-school/): UNESCO’s 2026 Global Education Monitoring Report announcement put the worldwide number of children and young people out of school at 273 million, reporting a seventh consecutive annual increase.
- [Why malaria vaccines are one part of Africa’s prevention effort](https://afrivanta.net/malaria-vaccines-africa-prevention-explained/): Malaria vaccines have added an important tool to prevention efforts in Africa, but the World Health Organization places them within a wider package of protection.
- [Africa’s internet-use gap: what ITU’s 2025 figures tell us](https://afrivanta.net/africa-internet-use-gap-itu-2025/): An estimated 36% of people in the International Telecommunication Union’s Africa region used the internet in 2025, compared with 74% globally, according to ITU’s Facts and Figures statistics.
- [AFCON 2027: the dates, host countries and essentials for East Africa](https://afrivanta.net/afcon-2027-the-dates-host-countries-and-essentials-for-east-africa/): The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations is scheduled to begin on 19 June and conclude on 17 July, with Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda sharing hosting responsibilities.
- [AfCFTA explained: why easier border procedures matter for African trade](https://afrivanta.net/afcfta-explained-why-easier-border-procedures-matter-for-african-trade/): The African Continental Free Trade Area is intended to make trade across the continent easier.
- [Agenda 2063 Explained: What Africa’s Long-term Plan Aims to Achieve](https://afrivanta.net/agenda-2063-explained-what-africas-long-term-plan-aims-to-achieve/): Coverage of Agenda 2063 should explain both what governments have committed to pursue and what independently verifiable results show.
- [Kenya’s Talanta and Kasarani stadiums come under review ahead of AFCON](https://afrivanta.net/kenyas-talanta-and-kasarani-stadiums-come-under-review-ahead-of-afcon/): CAF president Patrice Motsepe visited Nairobi’s Talanta and Kasarani stadiums during talks with President William Ruto about Kenya’s preparations for AFCON 2027. In its 19 September account, CAF said Motsepe welcomed progress at the new Talanta ground and gave feedback on work still to be done at Kasarani.
- [Tanzania briefs CAF on AFCON preparations during Dar es Salaam visit](https://afrivanta.net/tanzania-briefs-caf-on-afcon-preparations-during-dar-es-salaam-visit/): Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan reaffirmed her government’s commitment to co-hosting AFCON 2027 during a 17 September meeting with CAF president Patrice Motsepe in Dar es Salaam. CAF published its account the following day.
- [Maputo travel technology summit moves to 26–27 November](https://afrivanta.net/maputo-travel-technology-summit-moves-to-26-27-november/): Travellers and exhibitors planning to attend the Africa Traveltech Summit and Expo in Mozambique have revised dates to work with. Organiser SNG Events rescheduled the gathering to 26 and 27 November at Indy Village in Maputo, Tourism News Africa reported on 18 September.

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