Month: June 2025

 On the fourth day of the African Development Bank Group’s (www.AfDB.org) Annual Meetings in Abidjan (http://apo-opa.co/3ZcPGZZ), a seminar on business opportunities with the Group brought together private-sector players from 40 African countries and led to constructive exchanges with Bank officials. "Africa will not develop without a robust private sector. This seminar should give you a better understanding of how the Bank operates and how to work with us," Gauthier Boulard, Senior […]

 Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed an executive order designed to lower costs and enhance revenue from oil and gas projects. The Upstream Petroleum Operations Cost Efficiency Incentives Order (2025) introduces performance-based tax incentives for upstream operators and is expected to play an instrumental role in attracting investment, driving development and unlocking greater value from the country’s oil and gas resources. As the voice of the African energy sector, […]

 The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) (https://IsDBInstitute.org/) has reinforced its leadership in Islamic finance by engaging with key stakeholders in a series of high-level bilateral meetings during the 2025 IsDB Group Annual Meetings in Algiers, Algeria. These strategic engagements underscore IsDBI’s commitment to fostering collaboration, innovation, and sustainable development across its Member Countries. Led by Dr. Sami Al-Suwailem, Acting Director General, the IsDBI team included Mr. Mohammad Khalid Jawahir, Senior […]

 Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO), will speak at this year’s edition of the Angola Oil&Gas (AOG) conference – the country’s premier industry event, scheduled for September 3-4 in Luanda. Ibrahim’s return to the conference reflects his commitment to supporting oil and gas projects in the country and comes as the organization prepares to launch the Africa Energy Bank (AEB) – a financial institution […]

 As Africa leverages coal to drive industrialization and support sustainable development, African Mining Week (AMW) – the continent’s premier platform for mining stakeholders – will highlight investment opportunities within the coal sector. Scheduled for October 1–3, 2025 in Cape Town, the event will unite project developers, investors, policymakers and technology providers to advance coal-focused deals and partnerships. A dedicated panel discussion, “Coal’s Indispensable Role: Powering Africa’s Downstream Processing and Manufacturing […]

 John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, will deliver the keynote address at the official opening of the Mining in Motion conference, taking place from June 2-4 at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra. His address will outline the country’s strategy and efforts by Africa to drive economic development through the sustainable exploitation of mineral resources.   As Africa’s leading gold producer, Ghana – under the leadership of President […]

 Beneath the surface of GenAI’s outputs lies a massive, mostly unregulated engine powered by data – your data. And whether it’s through innocent prompts or habitual oversharing, users are feeding these machines with information that, in the wrong hands, becomes a security time bomb. A recent Harmonic report (https://apo-opa.co/3Sw1K4N) found that 8.5% of employee prompts to generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot included sensitive data – most notably customer […]

 PalmPay (www.PalmPay.com), a leading neobank and fintech platform focused on emerging markets, has been recognised as the fastest-growing financial services company in the Financial Times’ Fastest-Growing Companies in Africa 2025 list, compiled in collaboration with Statista. PalmPay placed #2 overall out of 130 companies featured in this year’s list.  The annual ranking evaluates Africa-based businesses based on key performance indicators such as revenue growth, user adoption, and operational scale. From […]