Month: August 2025

  As Gabon accelerates efforts to reposition itself as a leading upstream player in Africa, the “Invest in Gabon” Roundtable at African Energy Week (AEW) 2025: Invest in African Energies will present a detailed overview of the country’s most promising investment opportunities across the oil and gas value chain. The session will feature Sosthène Nguema Nguema, Minister of Petroleum; Philippe Tonangoye, Minister of Universal Access to Water and Energy; and […]

  The Statistics Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org), in collaboration with the African Union Institute of Statistics (STATAFRIC), the Africa Centre for Statistics of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and other international partners held a week-long Regional Workshop on Statistical Data and Metadata exchange (SDMX) and the Bank’s Open Data Platform 2.0 (ODP 2.0).  The workshop, held in Addis Ababa from 21 to 25 […]

  The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has taken note of recent media reports concerning comments attributed to South African National Defence Force (SANDF) General Rudzani Maphwanya. It is crucial to clarify that the implementation of South Africa’s foreign policy is a function of The Presidency, supported by DIRCO. Consequently, any statements made by an individual, or a department other than those responsible for foreign policy, should not […]

  H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, met with Zeina Toukan, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, during the 33rd session of the Egyptian-Jordanian Joint Higher Committee, held in the Jordanian capital, Amman, under the chairmanship of the Prime Ministers of both countries. The meeting witnessed discussions on strengthening the partnership between the two ministries in order to […]