Month: September 2024

 As part of efforts to ensure sustainable access to clean electricity and other forms of sustainable ener-gy for the people of West Africa, ECOWAS, in partnership with the European Union, shared the achievements of the EU-ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Scholarship Programme with researchers from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana during an interactive as-sessment visit on 20 September 2024. Through this partnership, ECOWAS offered fully funded Masters […]

 Sumaiyya Nyansige, who secured her current position as a Security Consultant, credits her success to her involvement in the African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI) during its 2nd cohort. She shared that the skills she gained through the program expanded her network and connected her with potential employers who recognized her qualifications. This aligns with the theme discussed in the recent webinar, 'How Women are Shaping the Future of Technology,' […]

 The key to the successful, long-term development of a country’s natural energy resources can be a government that is willing to partner with energy companies to share risks as well as benefits, and to devise compliance approaches for effective social and environmental transformation. So says Equinor Angola managing director Ane Aubert, of the company’s decades-long investment in Angola. Government effort Equinor is an international energy company headquartered in Norway, but […]

 With a new bid round in preparation, Angola is gearing up to attract investment to its greenfield projects, while simultaneously maximizing production from mature fields. At the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy 2024 conference, the Energy Finance Summit will feature a dedicated session on “Financing Angolan Energies,” exploring how Angola can secure the investment it needs to expand its energy sector and leverage its vast oil and […]

 As the world convenes in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79), Africa’s 1.2 billion people will be counting on their participating leaders and pan-African institutions like the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) to lead the charge on matters critical to the continent’s sustainable development and prosperity. Issues of climate change, the reform of the global financial architecture, peace, food and health security, access to […]