Month: May 2024

[[{"value":"The highly anticipated inaugural RegTech Horizon Awards Ceremony (www.RegTechAfrica.com) and the formal launch of the HORIZON-100 publication will take place on Friday, May 24, 2024, at the prestigious Lagos Oriental Hotel. This landmark event celebrates the groundbreaking achievements in regulatory technology (RegTech) across the African continent, spotlighting the top companies that are driving innovation, compliance, and efficiency in financial and regulatory sectors. The HORIZON-100 publication, an authoritative guide and hall […]

[[{"value":"Ryan Oosthuizen will represent the Springbok Sevens for the 50th time in the HSBC SVNS in Madrid next weekend, where the final tournament of the 2024 season will be played at the Cívitas Metropolitano Stadium from 31 May to 2 June. Oosthuizen was named in the Blitzbok squad to play in the Grand Finale, where South Africa will face Ireland, Fiji and New Zealand in pool play, having missed the […]

[[{"value":"The Republic of Benin has become the latest African nation to accede to the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the impact investment subsidiary of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (https://www.Afreximbank.com/). With Benin's accession to the FEDA Establishment Agreement, the total number of participating African countries has risen to 17, following Nigeria's accession earlier this month.  The accession to the agreement demonstrates Benin’s support for Afreximbank’s efforts to broaden FEDA’s […]

[[{"value":"“Conflict in South Sudan has left us women in a position where we aren’t well versed or equipped to take our rightful place in politics, governance or decision-making,” revealed Maria Aluek Bak from Northern Bahr El Ghazal’s Women’s Association. Maria was speaking at a forum facilitated and organized by the United Nations’ Integrated Electoral Assistance Team (IEAT) which aimed to hold discussions on electoral standards, principles, and management techniques necessary […]

[[{"value":"The 33rd Independence Day anniversary was enthusiastically celebrated in the Southern, Gash Barka Regions and in Sawa National Service Training Center under the theme “Peace Anchored on Resilience.” The celebratory event in Mendefera on 22 May was attended by senior Government and PFDJ officials, as well as a number of invited guests. It featured cultural and artistic performances in which over 850 students and artists participated. Mr. Habteab Tesfatsion, Governor […]

[[{"value":"President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea on the occasion of his country's Independence Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, also dispatched similar messages to […]