insert_link Environment Puma Energy launches “Go Africa” campaign Puma Energy is launching its "Go Africa" campaign, designed to reflect Africa's diversity and Puma Energy's mission to energise communities. The campaign is an effort to address the needs of African communities by leveraging technology and partnerships for reliable and affordable energy. Regional Head of Marketing at Puma Energy, D’Leon Burger. Adell Samuelson, the General Manager of Puma Energy Namibia, also expressed her excitement about the 'Go Africa!' […] todayAugust 6, 2024 52
insert_link APO International Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Calls for an Be Inclusive and Diverse ECOWAS Business Council (EBC) The ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Mrs Massandje Toure Litsé, has tasked members of the technical committee responsible for selecting members of the proposed ECOWAS Regional Business Council (EBC) to ensure that the Council is inclusive and reflects the diversity of businesses in the region. In a message at the opening of a three-day meeting of the committee held in Abuja on Monday 5 August 2024, the Commissioner […] todayAugust 6, 2024 5
Opinion Pieces Young people brought down Bangladesh’s repressive leader. Will they now be empowered to lead real change? By Intifar Chowdhury, Flinders University “Inni, we are independent!” my 26-year-old cousin chanted from Shahbagh, a neighbourhood in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, as millions joined a major protest march on Monday to the country’s Parliament House. Soon after, social media was flooded with news of “a new independence” – a free Bangladesh reborn after the autocratic leader of over 15 years, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, fled the country in the […] todayAugust 6, 2024 6
insert_link Africa Teenage girls in Africa face shocking rates of physical and sexual abuse in intimate relationships – new global report By nthony Idowu Ajayi, African Population and Health Research Center Nearly a quarter of adolescent girls between the ages of 15 and 19 who have been in a relationship will have suffered intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20. This is one of the findings of the World Health Organization’s first detailed analysis of intimate partner violence among girls. Nadine Dreyer, from The Conversation […] todayAugust 6, 2024 10
insert_link APO International Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Further Diversifies Shareholders with New Equity from Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) Rawbank Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, today announced that it has received a new equity investment from Rawbank, one of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) leading banking and financial institutions. This equity injection is aligned with AFC’s strategy to mobilize African capital and diversify its capital base and underpins the Corporation’s mission to deliver pragmatic solutions to Africa’s significant infrastructure and industrialization requirements. For […] todayAugust 6, 2024 5
insert_link APO International The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and partners celebrate progress of home-grown school feeding programme in Namibia The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture (MoEAC) and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil recently visited the Stampriet Combined School in the Hardap region of Namibia, to assess the progress made since the launch of the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) and School-Based Integrated Food Systems Project in 2021. The Stampriet project, supported by the Government of […] todayAugust 6, 2024 4
insert_link APO International The RMB Where to Invest in Africa 2024 report highlights Africa’s top investment economies RMB (www.RMB.com) has released the highly anticipated 2024 edition of its Where to Invest in Africa report, a comprehensive analysis of the top investment destinations on the continent. The report, which has been developed in collaboration with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), leverages a robust methodology that has been updated to reflect new data sources, taking into account a variety of factors that have been proven to determine a […] todayAugust 6, 2024 7
insert_link APO International 3rd India-Zimbabwe Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) The 3rd Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between India and Zimbabwe were held in Harare on 6th August, 2024. The Indian side was led by Shri Puneet R. Kundal, Additional Secretary (East&Southern Africa), Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India and the Zimbabwean side was led by Mr. Mike Chigiji, Chief Director(Political), Ministry of Foreign Affairs&International Trade, Republic of Zimbabwe. Both sides reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations […] todayAugust 6, 2024 2
insert_link APO International Dmytro Kuleba was received by President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba: “Today in Zambia, I was pleased to be received by President Hakainde Hichilema to build on their dialogue with President Zelenskyy. We appreciate Zambia’s solidarity with Ukraine and President Hichilema’s personal engagement in efforts to restore just and lasting peace as part of a group of African leaders. Following the Peace Summit and Zambia’s recent decision to join its communique, I elaborated […] todayAugust 6, 2024 4
