AllAfrica News: Africa

• Africa: Is This The Bandage For Africa's Rising Medical Fabrics Demand? August 30, 2026
  [Bird Story Agency] Local cotton manufacturing moves into surgical textiles as Africa seeks import alternatives and channels more fibre into homegrown factories.
• Africa: The Trade Pact That Could Stitch Africa's Textile Industry Together August 30, 2026
  [Bird Story Agency] The AfCFTA offers African cotton, textile and clothing businesses the opportunity to build cross-border production networks, attract investment and retain more value on the continent. And it can do so while providing the shared rules and larger market needed to strengthen factories and trade corridors.
• Africa: WHO Launches Africa Health Data Hub for 47 Countries August 28, 2026
  [Daba Finance] The World Health Organization has launched a regional health data platform designed to give African governments a single system for tracking health trends, planning services and responding to disease outbreaks. The Regional Health Data Hub was unveiled on August 27 in Addis Ababa during the WHO Regional Committee for Africa meeting.
• Africa: Africa Brought Deals to Washington – The Test is Whether the Money Moves August 28, 2026
  [African Business] Washington, DC — The inaugural Africa Business Investment Summit saw a target of $500m of structured commitments, a royal keynote and an unusually candid accounting of why capital still hesitates.
• Africa: Wafu B Women's Champions League Qualifiers – Edo Queens, Ampem Darkoa Seal Semi-Final Places August 28, 2026
  [CAF] Nigeria's Edo Queens and Ghana's Ampem Darkoa Ladies have secured their places in the semi-finals of the WAFU B Women's Champions League qualifiers after maintaining perfect records through their opening two matches in Ouagadougou.