[[{"value":"Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) in partnership with African First Ladies and Ministries of Health and Medical societies provided more than 760 scholarships of one-year Post-Graduate Diploma and two-year Master Degree in Preventative Cardiovascular Medicine, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity and Weight Management to doctors from 52 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. These 760 scholarships are part of the total 1810 scholarships Merck Foundation provided to doctors from 52 countries in […]

[[{"value":"According to the UN human rights office, OHCHR, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, held separate phone calls on Tuesday with Lt-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who leads the rival Rapid Support Forces. Diplomatic approach Mr. Türk urged them both to act immediately – and publicly – to de-escalate the situation, said OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani, who noted that […]

[[{"value":"Partnership involves events collocation; GITEX Africa (https://GITEXAfrica.com/) is regarded as the largest innovation and business tech startup event on the continent. Smart Africa has signed a partnership agreement with GITEX Africa to organize the 2nd Ministerial peer exchange, the 3rd meeting of the Council of African ICT agencies (CAITA) alongside a training for the CAITA, in collaboration with the AFRALTI (African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI), and the inaugural Africa Digital […]

[[{"value":"CyberKnight, a leading cybersecurity advisory and value-added-distributor (VAD), headquartered in Dubai with local presence across the Middle East, proudly announces its expansion into Africa. To spearhead business development efforts on the continent, the Company has appointed Naoufal Mzali as the Regional Sales Director. With over 17 years of experience in technology and cybersecurity, his strong engineering background, coupled with a successful track record in sales, makes Naoufal an asset to […]

[[{"value":"Energy Capital&Power (https://www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) – organizers of the upcoming Invest in African Energy (IAE) 2024 forum (www.Invest-Africa-Energy.com/) in Paris – has announced May 13-14 as the official dates of the 2025 edition of the forum.  Following in the footsteps of this year’s forum – taking place later this month – IAE 2025 will continue to unite the global investment community and showcase Africa’s most dynamic energy and infrastructure projects. As traditional financial […]

[[{"value":"Eighty officers from the Somali Security Forces (SSF) and the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have concluded a three-day training on countering Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) used by illegal armed groups, including Al Shabaab. The training, facilitated by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the United Kingdom Mission Support Team (UK-MST), aimed to enhance the operational efficiency of SSF in dealing with IED risks in the […]

[[{"value":"Africa has an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate development by aligning its abundant renewable energy resources with solutions for its infrastructure deficiencies. This is a key conclusion from a new annual study on the State of Africa’s Infrastructure initiated by the Africa Finance Corporation (www.AfricaFC.org). The report highlights critical gaps in key sectors including power, transport, logistics, digital communications, and commodity-based value chains. It aims to quantify the extent of Africa's […]

[[{"value":"By Miranda Abraham, Head of Loan Syndication at RMB (www.RMB.co.za) in London. Over the past few years, African debt markets have faced significant challenges due to a combination of factors including soft global economic conditions, the COVID-19 pandemic and related supply chain failures. These factors led to a decrease in demand for African debt and a dramatic rise in borrowing costs, placing sovereign borrowing in particular in a difficult position. In […]

[[{"value":"Uganda is welcoming increasing numbers of Sudanese arrivals – over 33,000 people, 19,000 of whom have arrived in Kampala since the start of 2024 – seeking safety from a war that has raged for more than a year.  Most Sudanese arrivals are from Khartoum, and many have a university-level education. Including the Sudanese, on average 2,500 people arrive in Uganda every week, mainly from the Democratic Republic of the Congo […]