Welcome to our Live Blog / News Service on all things African women’s cycling! We will try and capture all breaking news, key developments, race results, and anything else we think you will enjoy reading… May 2026 7 May: Huge…
Alongside our grass-roots development work, it is vital we at Africa Rising Cycling always talk about and promote the many African riders riding in the professional peloton. These men and women are the inspirations for the next generation of talent from Africa,…
Although it is just the end of March and we have only had one of the eight Africa Tour UCI races, African men and women have been racing for a good 4-6 weeks so we thought we would take a…
Please find below the 2026 ‘Africa Tour‘, the UCI classified multi-stage and one day races across the continent, alongside all individual National Championships – a key source of UCI points. As you can see, there are six UCI classified men’s…
In January 2026, we launched our first ever podcast series, to bring to life the many incredible projects, people, athletes and initiatives truly helping young African cycling talent get their shot at pro cycling. We publish a new episode each…
This article was written by a Rwandan journalist. The following is an update on the horrific crash involving the sponsor caravan at the start of this year’s Tour du Rwanda. There have been no updates from the race organizers, so…
In our last newsletter, we introduced you to the new Africa Rising Cycling Podcast, launched with a vision to celebrate the remarkable spirit and resilience of Africa’s cycling community Since January 14th, our Head of Communications and new Pod-Guy, Jeremy,…
We are pleased to share that our good friend Charlotte Ward, the Executive Director of the Re-Cycle Bikes to Africa Charity has been named as one of Cycling UK’s “100 Women in Cycling 2025”!
You can find all your African Continental Cycling Championships information here for the week’s events. 24 November: It is Monday night here in Kenya and the party has been going on all day at the Eritrean team hotel. The guys…
As we head into November, it is over a month since the World Championships circus packed up and shipped out of Kigali (Rwanda). There was no real surprise in the Men Elite race with the unbeatable Tadej Pogacar taking the…