African Guarantee Fund and Vista Group Holding Partner to Boost Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) and Women-led Businesses Financing in West Africa

The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) (www.AGF.africa) has signed a landmark partnership agreement with Vista Group Holding to accelerate access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) including women-led businesses in four West African countries: Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. This collaboration will see AGF provide a loan portfolio guarantee of USD 50 million to support Vista Group Holding’s lending activities to SMEs across its network in […]

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Reviving Africa’s untapped exploration pipelines a key feature at Mining Indaba 2024

The low-carbon economy of the future depends on mining and in turn, the future of mining largely depends on the exploration for and discovery of new mineral deposits. The African continent remains a treasure chest of green metals and minerals and has significant reserves of platinum cobalt, chromium and other battery metals. Yet despite this, Africa trails far behind when it comes to exploration spend, making it the last untapped […]

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President El-Sisi Meets Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the French Shipping and Logistics CMA CGM Group

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of French shipping and logistics company, CMA CGM Group, Mr. Rodolphe Saadé. The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister, Dr. Moustafa Madbouly; Minister of Transport, Lieutenant-General Kamel Al-Wazir; Chairman and Managing Director of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Admiral Osama Rabie; and First Deputy Chairman of CMA CGM Group, Mr. Patrice Bergamini. Spokesman for the Presidency, Counselor […]

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Kenya: Affordable Housing Project Solution to Land Fragmentation, Ruto

The implementation of the Affordable Housing Programme will play a pivotal role in safeguarding arable agricultural land from fragmentation. President William Ruto said the Government is using the Affordable Housing Programme to cater for the increasing demand for housing in agricultural regions. The President noted that if the fragmentation of agricultural land is not managed, the country will soon run out of adequate farming land. He explained that the government […]

January 16, 2024 2

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Departure Statement of Honorable Enrique A. Manalo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, on his trip to Kampala, Uganda for the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement

I will lead the Philippine Delegation to the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Kampala, Uganda which will be held on 19-20 January 2024. This marks my first visit as Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the African continent. With the theme “Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence,” the Summit will be an important platform for the Philippines to work with our partners in NAM to bring focus back […]

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South Africa: Travellers urged to be vigilant following detection of cholera in Limpopo

Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has urged citizens to be vigilant and maintain personal hygiene as the country has recorded two laboratory-confirmed cases of cholera in Limpopo. According to the Department of Health, both cases are imported from Zimbabwe. The first case was confirmed in the Musina sub-district in the Vhembe District after a 43-year-old male patient tested positive and has since been discharged from Musina Hospital. “The […]

January 16, 2024 2

Africa

A tech hub for young women in Mombasa offers entry into the world of IT to girls and young women from all walks of life, whatever their background.

It's quiet at Pwani Teknowgalz, a tech training centre located in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa. A handful of young women are engrossed in activities on their laptops. By rights, Latifa Noor, 25-year-old software developer, should not be here. ”My journey before all this before becoming a software developer, started way back in highschool. A group of women came to our school with a project called STEM (Science, […]

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Namibia

Rössing Uranium donates stationery to Tsumkwe learners

Rössing Uranium on Monday handed over a donation of 400 school bags filled with stationery to Tsumkwe Senior Secondary School as part of the Women in Media (WiM) Tsumkwe outreach initiative. During the handover ceremony, Rössing Uranium Corporate Communication Manager Daylight Ekandjo said preparations for the donation had been underway since last year. Rössing Uranium pledged N.dollars 250 000 towards the initiative in response to a request from […]

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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand is scheduled to attend the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kampala, Republic of Uganda, as special envoy of the Prime Minister, during 19-20 January 2024 and visit the Republic of South Africa during 21-22 January 2024

On 19-20 January 2024, H.E. Mr. Jakkapong Sangmanee, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, will attend the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Kampala, Republic of Uganda, as the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister. The NAM Summit is the highest forum where NAM Member States exchange their opinions on international and regional issues. It represents a unique opportunity for Thailand to strengthen relations with NAM Member […]

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Month: January 2024