Month: October 2024

 Experts from ECOWAS member states, digital infrastructure operators across the region, development partners are meeting from October 24 to 25, 2024 in Lagos (Nigeria) to analyze the interim report on the project to set up an ECOWAS Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP). More specifically, through this project, ECOWAS aims to promote efficient Internet traffic exchange through the creation or promotion of regional IXPs infrastructure to facilitate the exchange of Internet […]

 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region is facing increasingly complex human security challenges, such as violent extremism, conflict, terrorism, transnational organised crime, climate change, epidemics, poverty, inequality and unconstitutional changes of government.  These were the words of the Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ms Damtien Larbli TCHINTCHIBIDJA, in her , at the opening of the inaugural workshop of the Joint Analysis and Response Planning Working Group (JARP-WG) […]

 His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone, has joined fellow Heads of Government from 55 independent nations across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific, and the Americas at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held at the Tuanaimato Conference Centre in Samoa. The event was inaugurated by Samoa’s Prime Minister, Hon. Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, who extended a warm welcome to the Heads […]

 African Export – Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) Angel investors participating in a pitch session at the just-concluded CANEX WKND 2024 in Algiers have committed a total of US$350,000 in investment into the three best pitches presented at the competition. The pitch session, dubbed “CANEX Presents the Angels”, featured 12 creative entrepreneurs from 10 African countries who were selected to present their businesses for review with a view to raising capital […]

 On a sweltering sunny day, hundreds of students gathered under the welcome shade of dozens of tents in the main courtyard of the University of Juba in anticipation of a day dedicated to celebrating the cultural richness, diversity and potential of South Sudan. As ambassadors for peace and future leaders, these young people and others like them across the country have a critical role to play in helping the country […]

 The African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy conference returns for its 2024 edition from November 4-8 in Cape Town. Under a mandate to make energy poverty history by 2030, the event unites the entire value chain to forge a path towards an industrialized, electrified and sustainable energy future. This year’s partners underscore both the high-level support the event has garnered as well as the caliber of AEW: Invest […]

 The East African Community (EAC) has taken a significant step towards enhancing digital integration and safeguarding data privacy with the development of a regional Data Governance Policy Framework. The EAC Data Governance Policy Framework, which aims at harmonising data governance across Partner States to foster secure, efficient, and inclusive digital systems for sustainable economic growth and regional integration, was validated by a diverse group of stakeholders in Kigali, Rwanda. Speaking […]

 SuperBridge Summit 2024 (https://SuperBridgeDubai.com), organised by the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) and the SuperBridge Council, successfully concluded at One&Only One Za'abeel Hotel, Dubai. The two-day event held alongside GITEX Global convened over 700 C-Level Executives and 60 renowned speakers from fast-growing economic regions in the Global South, establishing itself as a global platform for innovation, collaboration, and community-building. During the event, H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State […]

 The Principal Secretary for Medical Services, Mr. Harry Kimtai, received a courtesy call from a delegation representing the Gyeonggi Provincial Government of the Republic of Korea, accompanied by Baringo Governor H.E. Benjamin Cheboi on October 23.  The discussions focused on strengthening Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through the exchange of medical technologies such as the Electronic Health Records System to improve medical services. Collaboration efforts will also involve the exchange of medical […]