Ivory Coast

With Jacob Zuma at the helm, South Africa is playing a growing role in global affairs even as it continues to tackle the apartheid legacy of poverty and inequality at home. Scott MacLeod, managing editor of the Cairo Review, interviews President Zuma.

Businesses across Africa are expecting a revolution in internet access, costs and technology as a result of the rush of new undersea cables connecting the continent, a new report finds, with wider access also driving increased use of social networking as a business tool.

Businesses across Africa are expecting a revolution in internet access, technology and costs as a result of the rush of new undersea cables connecting the continent.
• Giving Zimbabwe's diaspora a voice

With the spotlight firmly fixed on South Africa during the 2010 Fifa World Cup, it’s easy to forget what the football is like elsewhere on the continent – played far from glitzy stadiums, often in remote villages with hand-made balls, bare feet and a couple of crooked sticks for goal posts.
• Football in South Africa

South Africa's national football team, Bafana Bafana ("The Boys"), has a relatively short international history, only playing its first match in 1992 – two years before the country's first democratic elections.
• Football in South Africa

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has committed his country to being Africa’s advocate in the EU, is on a two-day visit to South Africa to sign a number of important agreements.

South Africa is set to increase its role in peacekeeping efforts in conflict zones across Africa and beyond, having already secured a number of successes on the continent.

There was not too much to shout about for Bafana Bafana, South Africa's national soccer team, in 2003, but the women's side, affectionately called Banyana Banyana, can look back on a job well done. So too can the Tsetse Flies - the national under-12 team.