Month: September 2025

  ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP), a pan-African developer and operator of integrated industrial zones, is pleased to announce the successful completion of a landmark USD 700 million capital raise, welcoming Vision Invest, a leading Saudi Arabian infrastructure investor and developer, into its shareholder base. This transaction marks one of the largest private infrastructure capital raises in Africa to date, with both primary and secondary components. The capital will […]

  Twenty million more children in Sub-Saharan Africa are now receiving school meals through government-led programmes than in 2022, according to the latest edition of the State of School Feeding Worldwide, a flagship global biennial report released today by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The African continent has seen the most significant rise of any region, with the number of children receiving school meals rising by over 30 […]

  The AU successfully concluded its Continental Consultation on Synthetic Drug Supply Reduction Efforts, which took place from August 25-27, 2025, in Gaborone, Botswana. The three-day meeting culminated in the adoption of the Gaborone Strategic Framework for Action on Strengthening Continental Responses to Address Illicit Synthetic Drug Production, Trafficking, and Related Transnational Organized Crime. In his keynote address, H.E Advocate Duma Boko, President of the Republic of Botswana, described the spread […]

  Children benefiting from national school meal programmes across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) increased by 22 percent in the past two years alone, despite conflict, economic downturn and the region’s complex humanitarian landscape. Now reaching 23.5 million children, these programmes are emerging as a strategic investment in education, nutrition, and economic development, according to the latest edition of the State of School Feeding Worldwide, a flagship biennial […]

  The upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) will showcase the critical role played by African Mining Chambers in driving policy reform, promoting governance transparency and enabling partnerships between governments, industry and investors. AMW will feature representatives from African Chamber of Mines, showcasing lucrative investment opportunities across the continent’s mining value chain. African Mining Week serves as a premier platform for exploring the full spectrum of mining opportunities across Africa. The […]

  Côte d'Ivoire's economic growth is solid and remarkably resilient in the face of global shocks, according to the World Bank's latest economic update. However, to accelerate its economic transformation and sustainably reduce poverty, it will need to strengthen its domestic resource mobilization. The 15th edition of the report, entitled “Tax Revenue Mobilization: A Catalyst for Productivity and Economic Transformation”, highlights the country's recent economic progress, while providing an in-depth […]

  Following the declaration of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province, World Health Organization (WHO) is intensifying efforts to support the government to scale up measures to halt the spread of the virus as swiftly as possible. Soon after the alert about the outbreak was received, WHO mobilized experts who joined an advance team of first responders from the Ministry of Health […]