Month: October 2025

  Youth-led innovation lies at the heart of Africa’s transformation. With more than 70% of the continent’s population under the age of 35, Africa’s young innovators are shaping solutions to address the continent’s most pressing challenges  from climate change and health to digital inclusion and industrialization. Recognizing this, the AU Women, Gender and Youth Directorate (WGYD), hosted the African Union Innovation Festival 2025 (InnoFest’25) from 22–24 October 2025 at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. […]

  From October 31 to November 4, Ms. KUNIMITSU Ayano, State Minster for Foreign Affairs of Japan, will visit the Arab Republic of Egypt as a Special Envoy of Ms. TAKAICHI Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan. During her visit, State Minster KUNIMITSU will attend the ceremony to commemorate the opening of The Grand Egyptian Museum. She will also have discussions with high-level officials of Egypt on the peace in the […]

  Africa’s upstream oil and gas sector is entering a period of cautious resurgence, driven by a combination of renewed investment in mature producing nations and the emergence of new exploration hotspots, according to the African Energy Chamber’s (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org/) State of African Energy 2026 Outlook (https://apo-opa.co/4ns4xcd). The report, which was launched earlier this month at African Energy Week 2025 in Cape Town, underscores both the opportunities and challenges shaping the continent’s […]

  As the need to make energy poverty history becomes increasingly more urgent, the African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org/) has announced the launch of the G20 Africa Energy Investment Forum on November 21, 2025. Taking place at the Southern Sun Sandton in Johannesburg, South Africa, the forum will explore potential avenues for foreign investment in African energy, delving into strategic topics from oil production to natural gas development to clean […]

  Verdant IMAP (https://Verdant-Cap.com/) is proud to announce that it has been recognised for excellence at the Africa Global Funds (AGF) Africa Service Providers Awards 2025, winning in the category of Advisory Services: Private Equity. This award celebrates Verdant IMAP’s leadership and impact in providing world-class M&A and investment banking advisory services to private equity clients across Africa. It highlights the firm’s deep expertise in structuring and executing complex transactions, […]

  Parliament has directed that a family whose four-month-old child snatched by baboons and later found dead in a forest is compensated.  The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, gave the directive to the Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities during plenary on Thursday, 30 October 2025. He observed that children in Kagadi District no longer go to school and parents are not working, in a bid to protect their children from […]

  Experts in new energy vehicles, along with industry leaders, academics, and specialists, are gathering in Gqeberha to share valuable insights on industry innovations and initiatives – particularly those focused on decarbonising the transport sector. The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) has partnered with the uYilo e-Mobility Programme at Nelson Mandela University (NMU) to host the annual uYilo Annual e-Mobility Summit, which runs from 28 to 30 October […]

  The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) participated in the third Luanda Financing Summit for Africa's Infrastructure Development, held from October 28-31, 2025. The high-level event convened African leaders, global investors, and development partners to address the continent's infrastructure funding gap and accelerate economic integration. Organised under the patronage of the African Union Chair, Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, the summit tackled the theme “Capital, Corridors, Trade: […]