Study findings raise concern over tobacco marketing after young children are able to recognize cigarette brands.
World population will increase to 9.7 billion from the current 7.1 billion; India will be the largest nation, a new study predicted.
The company hopes to build up a market among Africa's subsistence farming communities.
At least 50 students were killed in their sleep by suspected Boko Haram militants on Sunday.
Wise investors should keep one eye on U.S. budget / debt talks in Washington and one on the price of oil.
With five satellites in orbit, Nigeria is becoming a force through its growing space program.
The vast desert country hopes to see output of 300,000 barrels per day by 2015.
The Miss World 2013 pageant, to be held Saturday, had to be moved from Jakarta to Bali due to concerns about protests and attacks by Islamic extremists.
Nigeria’s space ambitions are expensive but necessary (according to the government) despite the country's unimaginable poverty.
Angola wants domestic companies to help drive its $23 billion investment in electricity over the next few years.
Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana and Zambia are among the African nations adjusting to the continent's surge in Islamic banking.
Africa's richest man builds the continent's largest high-energy food processing plant. It could help Nigeria move away from oil dependency.
The massacre in Nairobi illuminates the necessity of the security state that has gripped Abuja, Nigeria, in response to terror attacks there.
Kenya was already facing political, economic and social challenges before this weekend's tragedy.
Visiting Lagos as a New Yorker was a revelatory experience defined by stunning displays of wealth and poverty, among other things.
Online shopping is a business on the move in Africa, and a company called Jumia is leading the way.
As foreign oil firms back away from Nigeria amid worsening crises, companies closer to home are swooping in.
Connor Sheets fresh from his trip to Nigeria discovered that it could be one of the most homophobic nations in the world.
The booming Nigerian start-up Jumia has established itself as one of Africa's leading online retail portals in just 1.5 years.
A University of Lagos student has authored a study, lauded by his teachers, to prove that gay marriage is improper.
If South Africa's domestic economy continues to falter, fast-growing markets elsewhere on the continent could become even more attractive.
Gay life in Nigeria is evolving, even as the country considers a measure to make homosexuality a crime punishable by 14 years in prison.
