Month: May 2025

 Roger Brown, CEO of Nigerian independent oil and gas company Seplat Energy, has been confirmed as a speaker at African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025, taking place from September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town. His participation underscores Nigeria’s gas-led strategy to drive industrialization, boost power generation and attract investment across the energy value chain. In recent years, Seplat Energy has solidified its position as a […]

 An Ivorian entrepreneur who started up a snack food business with about $100, then transformed it into a multinational supplier of a popular potato chip, is crediting the African Development Bank’s Enable Youth program for his success. Thirty-year-old “Mon chips” brand founder Koffi Amani François Xavier told an audience Tuesday on the sidelines of the African Development Bank Group 2025 Annual Meetings, that his participation in the Enable Youth AgriPitch […]

  Nurse Naomi Ohene Oti from Ghana wins USD 250,000 at the award ceremony in Dubai, UAE selected from over 100,000 applications from nurses from 199 countries. His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mabarak Al Nahyan, Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, UAE, presented the trophy to the winner. Nurse Naomi Oyoe Ohene Oti from Ghana, an Oncology Nurse Specialist&Head of Nursing, National Radiotherapy Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Centre, […]

 The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) (www.REEEP.org) is pleased to announce that the first Call for Proposals of the PURE Growth Fund is now open. The Pure Growth Fund is a transformative initiative to accelerate the Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) within Tanzania's agri-food systems and unlock low-emission development pathways for the country. In line with Tanzania’s priorities to strengthen and promote competitive value chain development in the […]

 Africa, the world's youngest continent with immeasurable natural resources, has all it needs to achieve the African Union's Agenda 2063, provided the right public policies are implemented, according to government officials and development experts. The experts expressed this shared conviction on Monday during the 2025 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group, taking place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, under the theme “Making Africa’s Capital Work Better for Africa’s Development.” […]

 Africa’s economy is projected to increase from 3.3 percent growth in 2024 to 3.9 percent in 2025, reaching 4 percent in 2026, despite mounting geopolitical uncertainties and trade tensions, the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) said Tuesday in its flagship 2025 African Economic Outlook report.  Despite the prevailing domestic and external challenges  Africa continues to demonstrate notable resilience. The report, titled “Making Africa’s Capital Work Better for Africa’s Development,” was […]

 Burkina Faso’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries Yacouba Zabré Gouba has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 conference - taking place from September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town – as a speaker. Minister Gouba’s participation comes at a pivotal time for the country’s energy sector as it looks to diversify its energy mix and unlock significant investment opportunities in the fields of […]

 The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved an investment of $100 million in the industrial platform developer and operator Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms Ltd (Arise IIP) to contribute to funding industrial parks and special economic zones across Africa as a part of our industrialization strategic priority and flagship Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ). The industrial platforms developed and operated by Arise IIP are primarily dedicated […]

 Massimiliano Mignacca, Managing Director of independent hydrocarbon producer Ammat Global Resources, has joined the continent’s largest energy event – African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 - as a speaker. Taking place September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town, the event will showcase emerging investment opportunities across the continent’s most promising oil and gas markets. As a major upstream operator in the Republic of Congo, Ammat Global […]