Month: November 2024

 vivo (www.vivo.com/za), one of the top five smartphone manufacturers in the world, is bringing its all-new vivo X200 Pro flagship smartphone range to Africa in collaboration with MediaTek (www.MediaTek.com), a global fabless semiconductor company powering over two billion connected devices annually. The collaboration was announced at AfricaCom 2024 in Cape Town. The vivo X200 Pro features groundbreaking imaging technology, exceptional processing power, and a suite of innovations for productivity and creativity. Among […]

 The 2024 RegTech Africa Digital Health Conference (https://RegTechAfrica.com/), scheduled for 28-29 November, is set to be a landmark event, featuring distinguished thought leaders and industry pioneers who are shaping the future of digital healthcare and regulatory landscapes in Africa. With the theme, “Innovating Digital Health: Navigating Regulatory Challenges in Africa,” this virtual event brings together key leaders, policymakers, technology innovators, and health professionals from across Africa and the globe to […]

 Serving as the leading platform for deal-making, energy partnerships and capital investment in Africa’s energy sector, African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies will return to Cape Town, South Africa in 2025, in partnership with the Government of South Africa, S&P Global Commodity Insights and Afreximbank. Featuring a strong lineup of industry leaders dedicated to securing a sustainable energy future for the continent, Africa’s largest energy sector gathering will […]

 To further enhance global efforts to combat cyber offenses, Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) and AFRIPOL have signed a cooperation agreement in preventing and fighting cybercrime. Covering a period of five years, the document formalises and facilitates cooperation between the company and the law enforcement agency in sharing threat intelligence data on the latest cybercriminal activities. The landscape of cyberthreats in Africa has constantly been evolving, with the continent having been especially susceptible […]

 Experts from the African continent and its global diasporas called on European governments to address their colonial past and ongoing impacts at the Dekoloniale Berlin Africa Conference, a decolonial counter-version of the 1884/5 Berlin Africa Conference 140 years ago. Representatives from Africa and people of African descent came together at the conference on November 15, 2024, to reflect on the history and lasting impacts 140 years after the opening of […]

 In Tonj North and Tonj South, more than 60 traditional court actors recently took part in a pivotal training on ways to modernize customary laws and integrate them with the formal justice system to better protect the rights of women, children and other vulnerable community members. The event featured passionate discussions and thoughtful reflections, highlighting a collective determination to push through meaningful changes when it comes to how laws in […]

 The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has sent a message of congratulations to the King of Morocco, His Majesty Mohammed VI, and the people of the Kingdom of Morocco on the occasion commemorating the Independence Anniversary of that country on November 18, 2024. According to a Foreign Ministry release, President Boakai hoped that the cordial ties of friendship and cooperation subsisting between both countries […]