March 2, 2026 AFRIXCANS are increasingly online, but awareness and practice of digital safety remain low, an Afrobarometer telephone survey across seven African countries has found. Most adults in these countries access the internet frequently, but many remain unfamiliar with digital security measures and practice them inconsistently if at all, the survey shows. On average […]

February 17, 2026 LAW ministers from Commonwealth countries have agreed to focus on new measures aimed at strengthening legal protections for people amid growing democratic, economic and climate pressures. The commitments, set out in an outcome statement issued last weekend, followed three days of discussions in Fiji among ministers, with input from diverse stakeholders, including […]

January 27, 2026 AS Africa’s climate ambitions collide with tightening fiscal realities, attention is shifting from commitments to delivery. While governments across the continent have adopted climate and development strategies, turning these plans into bankable, investable projects remains a critical challenge. According to the Africa Climate Finance Tracking Report 2025, current climate finance flows meet […]

January 27, 2026 EDUCATION ranks third among the most important problems that Africans think require urgent government attention, up from sixth place in 2021/2023, the latest Afrobarometer Pan-Africa Profile reveals. The new report, based on 50,961 interviews conducted during Afrobarometer’s Round 10 surveys across 38 African countries in 2024/2025, shows that only half of citizens […]