An Eritrean delegation participated in the Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Workshop held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, from 2 to 9 December 2024. During the workshop, Mr. Habtom Zerai, Charge d’Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy and the Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the United Nations, and Mr. Natnael Yebio, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presented papers titled “Challenges and Solutions: Promoting and Protecting Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights” […]

 Eight high-potential female founders captivated over 300 investors, ecosystem leaders, and delegates during Deal Morning at the 11th annual Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (AESIS2024). These bold founders, representing the VC4A Venture (http://VC4A.com) Showcase - She Wins Africa edition, pitched their inspiring solutions that address critical challenges in agriculture, fintech, e-commerce, and health in Africa. Their participation was the culmination of VC4A’s award-winning Technical Residency program, an investment-readiness intervention aimed at preparing early […]

 KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com), the world-renowned cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management, announced its 2025 cybersecurity predictions from its team of global industry experts. In 2024, the world witnessed cyber threats evolve faster than before primarily due to the rise in the number of and popularity of AI tools. These tools assist cybercriminals in refining and making attack tactics more sophisticated and more difficult to recognise, while it helps cybersecurity […]

 Over 300 Africa-focused delegates converged at the 11th edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit, and filled up the room for the AESIS Deal Morning ready to engage with Africa’s most promising founders. Next to another 15 highly promising startups, VC4A (www.VC4A.com) hosted eight female entrepreneurs from IFC’s She Wins Africa program, who took the AESIS2024 stage to pitch their solutions after completing an intensive technical residency in Cape […]

 His Reverend Abune Baslios, Administrator of the Office of the Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, has been elected as the 6th Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church. The election was conducted today at the Headquarters of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church in accordance with the norms and regulations of the Holy Synod and the Church. The electoral process was attended by members of the Holy Synod, representatives […]

 Our attention has been drawn to an article with the above title in an otherwise respectable magazine, Africa Intelligence, in which the writer, Thibaut Lanchon, tried unsuccessfully to do a hatchet man’s job of questioning the successes APPO (www.APPOsecretariat.org) and Afreximbank have recorded in their effort to establish the Africa Energy Bank. Before delving into the series of misinformation that Mr. Lanchon dished out to his readers, we would like […]

 The European Union (EU) has further strengthened its partnership with Zanzibar by signing two significant agreements aimed at promoting sustainable development, marine conservation, and gender equality. The agreements were signed in the presence of Zanzibar’s Minister for Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Rita Laranjinha, Managing Director for Africa at the European External Action Service (EEAS), and Hans Stausboll, Acting Director for Africa at the European Commission, as well as […]

 From 25 to 29 November 2024, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for Africa organized two workshops in Nairobi, Kenya for government officials in support of the draft Disaster Risk Management (DRM) strategy currently under development. These workshops supported the new DRM strategy by training government officials on how best to integrate disaster risk reduction into national adaptation plans.  UNDRR's workshop on disaster-related and climate […]

 Niger’s military authorities should immediately drop all charges and release a prominent civil society activist and critic of the government, as he is detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his human rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture and the International Federation for Human Rights, FIDH) said today. The arrest and […]