Rudimentary heating systems, often fuelled by wood fire, coal and animal manure, are used by a large majority of households in Africa. Delegates from over 60 countries gathered in Paris for a summit held by the IEA to help tackle this issue.

The director of a prison in Colombia’s capital was killed late Thursday in an armed attack while driving his private vehicle. Retired colonel Elmer Fernandez, the director of La Modelo Prison in Bogota, died after being struck by multiple bullets fired by people on motorcycles.

Sprint legend Usain Bolt helped unveil a new cricket venue at Eisenhower Park on Wednesday (May 15) ahead of the T20 World Cup, which kicks off next month.

The naira recorded its first appreciation against the dollar at the official foreign exchange market after weeks of depreciation. Analysts say the decline is due to decline in dollar liquidity in the official market. Dipo Ajayi, the Head, Fixed Income and FX at Chapel Hill Denham Securities, joins CNBC Africa for this discussion.

In today's fast-paced world, stress has become a constant companion for many of us. But did you know that this stress can take a toll on our health, especially our blood pressure? Hypertension, or high blood pressure, occurs when the force of blood against the walls of your arteries is consistently too high. This puts strain on your heart and blood vessels, increasing your risk of serious health problems. Here is how to manage it.

A slew of announcements from OpenAI and Google this week brought us to the brink of human-like AI assistants. Generative artificial intelligence is getting faster, and being applied to an increasing number of tasks.