Month: July 2025

 The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) officially launched its 2025 Country Report on Cameroon in Yaoundé on 22 July 2025. The launch ceremony featured frank and wide-ranging discussions on the country's economic challenges.   Country reports form part of the African Development Bank’s African Economic Outlook 2025 which provides an annual assessment of the economic performance and outlook of the continent’s 54 countries by examining growth trends, socio-economic challenges, and development […]

   Orange Money Group and JUMO have partnered to grow financial inclusion in Africa, focusing on microcredit for the unbanked. The collaboration leverages JUMO’s data analytics and AI expertise for secure mobile credit requests and low risk repayments. Orange Money Group (www.Orange.com) and banking as a service financial technology provider JUMO, have partnered to enhance digital financial services across Africa. This collaboration aims to extend Orange Money Group's services to include […]

 The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs was urged by Thabo Mofutsanyana District residents yesterday at Bethlehem where it conducted public hearings on Marriage Bill, to ensure that the Bill has strong vetting procedures to protect the population register against fraudulent marriages, enabling access to foreign nationals through marriage. The committee successfully hosted three public hearings in the Free State where the Bill enjoyed support of the majority of the people […]

 The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, this afternoon received H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, at the AU Headquarters. They deliberated on the peace&security situation in Somalia&the region. The Chairperson commended the President for the progress made in Somalia’s stabilisation&development. The Chairperson reaffirmed the Union’s unwavering commitment to supporting Somalia’s path to peace. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in turn, expressed […]

 The Presidency is today, 28 July 2025, releasing the latest progress report on the implementation of actions arising from President Cyril Ramaphosa's response to the recommendations of the State Capture Commission, showing significant progress across both accountability measures and institutional reforms. President Ramaphosa has also submitted the report to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chairperson of the National Council of Province. The report, covering the period up […]

 Ministers of Health and senior representatives from ten African Union (AU) Member States in Southern Africa issued a renewed call for collective action on health financing, climate resilience, and outbreak preparedness as they gathered in Lilongwe from 24–25 July 2025 for the 4th Southern Africa Regional Ministerial Steering Committee (ReSCO) Meeting. The Government of Malawi hosted the meeting, which was officially opened by Hon. Khumbize Chiponda, Malawi’s Minister of Health, representing the Right Honourable […]

 Africa’s lithium industry is gaining strong momentum in 2025, marked by new project launches, significant discoveries, increased capital inflows and progress in local value addition. In a major milestone for downstream development, Zimbabwe’s Verify Engineering announced in July the successful production of the country’s first locally manufactured lithium-ion battery. The development aligns with Zimbabwe’s national strategy to ban unprocessed lithium exports by 2027 – a move aimed at driving beneficiation, […]

 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is hosting the second phase of its capacity-building on Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) process, taking place in Lagos, Nigeria from July 21st to 25th, 2025. This training is co-organized by the Human Resources Directorate in consultation with the Directorate of Budget and Treasury (DBT) and the Directorate of Strategic Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation (SPME). This training will equip Focal Persons with the […]