Nigeria's naira has declined by a whopping 38% to the US dollar while Ghana's cedi, the Kenya's shilling and the West African CFA franc have also lost value. Why are African currencies performing so poorly on the world market? And, does the performance of a currency tell the whole story…
Malawi's immigration services paralyzed by cyber-attack disruptions+++Guinea junta restricts internet access to curb unrest+++Turkey to provide maritime security support to Somalia
Did you know that a 2021 study shows that an estimated 600 million Africans lack access to electricity? On this week's 77 Percent Show, we asked young people how they cope when the power goes off. Listen to this interesting debate!
DR Congo conflict escalates +++ US accuses Rwanda of involvement in Congo conflict +++ Can you speak your mother tongue? +++ Cameroonians react after President Biya tells them not to migrate
Nigerians brace for electricity subsidy removal+++Guinea junta freezes accounts of dissolved government members+++Malawi begins offering education to female inmates
Ethiopia gears up for AU summit amid conflict in Amhara region +++ Why does AU with its headquarters in Addis Ababa ignore the conflict in Ethiopia? +++The migration dilemma +++Potrait of a cervical cancer survivor in Zambia +++ Showbiz
Fighting in eastern DRC takes its toll on children +++ South Africa deploys 2900 troops to eastern DRC +++ Nigerians ditching the depriciating naira for foreign currency +++ Guinea's labour unions plan to protest over rising cost of living
More African countries are likely to join Chad, Zambia, Ethiopia, and Ghana in seeking to restructure their debt under the G20 “Common Framework for Debt Treatments,” according to the United Nations. However, many young people in debt-ridden African nations feel their leaders have mishandled finances to their detriment. #77Percent #DWAfrica
Ivory Coast shocks the continent, lifts the AFCON trophy +++ What really went wrong for Nigeria's Super Eagles? +++ February 12: International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers.
The winners of the Africa Cup of nations will emerge on Sunday. Nigeria and Ivory Coast play the final match in Africa's biggest football tournament at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Abidjan. But after the final whistle blows, what happens to this newly revamped stadium or any of the other…
Ivory Coast to face Nigeria in the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations +++ Nigeria's new student loan scheme +++ Kenya forges ahead with its deployment to Haiti
Thousands Africans trapped in Myanmar’s cyber slavery racket +++ No more styrofoam in Nigeria +++ An Ivorian woman campaigning against GBV +++ AFCON Final 16
South Africa's Bafana Bafana shock Morocco after Hakimi penalty miss, Mali through +++ Jailed Zimbabwe opposition figure Sikhala set free +++ Nigerian NGO helps sexual abuse victims
31 Jan
29 min
24 – 44
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