Tyla was honoured with MTV's Best Afrobeats Award at the MTV Video Music Awards 2024 ceremony that was held in NYC on September 11, 2024.

China has pledged 360 billion yuan, about $51 billion, financial aid package to Africa over the next 3 years, reported various media.

China-Africa Summit 2024 alias 2024 Forum on China - Africa Cooperation Summit or simply 2024 FOCAC Summit has begun in Beijing.

South Africa's Johann Rupert has discrowned Nigeria's Aliko Dangote as richest person in Africa.

The top brass of Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema, have been arrested and incarcerated.

Botswana's athlete Letsile Tebogo on August 8, 2024, won the Athletics men's 200m final hence a gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Mali has severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine, reported some African media on August 5, 2024.

Ukraine is supporting rebels in Mali, reported some media on July 30, 2024.

About 9.5 registered voters in Rwanda went to polling stations on July 15, 2024, to cast their votes in the country's 2024 General Elections

Inaugural summit of the Confederation of Sahel States alias Alliance des Etats du Sahel (AES) was held in Niamey, Niger, on July 6, 2024.