Serving as the leading platform for deal-making, energy partnerships and capital investment in Africa’s energy sector, African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies will return to Cape Town, South Africa in 2025, in partnership with the Government of South Africa, S&P Global Commodity Insights and Afreximbank. Featuring a strong lineup of industry leaders dedicated to securing a sustainable energy future for the continent, Africa’s largest energy sector gathering will […]

 The 2024 RegTech Africa Digital Health Conference (https://RegTechAfrica.com/), scheduled for 28-29 November, is set to be a landmark event, featuring distinguished thought leaders and industry pioneers who are shaping the future of digital healthcare and regulatory landscapes in Africa. With the theme, “Innovating Digital Health: Navigating Regulatory Challenges in Africa,” this virtual event brings together key leaders, policymakers, technology innovators, and health professionals from across Africa and the globe to […]

 The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has sent a message of congratulations to the King of Morocco, His Majesty Mohammed VI, and the people of the Kingdom of Morocco on the occasion commemorating the Independence Anniversary of that country on November 18, 2024. According to a Foreign Ministry release, President Boakai hoped that the cordial ties of friendship and cooperation subsisting between both countries […]

 Experts from the African continent and its global diasporas called on European governments to address their colonial past and ongoing impacts at the Dekoloniale Berlin Africa Conference, a decolonial counter-version of the 1884/5 Berlin Africa Conference 140 years ago. Representatives from Africa and people of African descent came together at the conference on November 15, 2024, to reflect on the history and lasting impacts 140 years after the opening of […]

 Excitement was in the air among the youth in Tambura when they recently, after three months of concerted efforts, finished a livelihood skills training. They are now able to make good use of their new know-how of tailoring, cosmetology and other beauty salon services to improve the quality of life of themselves and their families. The graduates, 41 females and 20 males, benefitted from a project funded by the United […]

 In Tonj North and Tonj South, more than 60 traditional court actors recently took part in a pivotal training on ways to modernize customary laws and integrate them with the formal justice system to better protect the rights of women, children and other vulnerable community members. The event featured passionate discussions and thoughtful reflections, highlighting a collective determination to push through meaningful changes when it comes to how laws in […]

 It has been announced that the 23rd Plenary Meetings of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Initiative on Global Value Chains (GVCs), Production Transformation and Development will be co-organized with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), at the ECA Conference Center in Addis Ababa. This event will bring together participants from OECD members and partners, policy makers, industry leaders and experts to strategize on emerging policy issues, and […]

 African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi Adesina is in Rio de Janeiro where he will reaffirm his commitment to ending hunger and malnutrition. The theme of the G20 Rio Summit is “Building a just world and a sustainable planet”. It will be held from 18-19 November, and a major focus here will the G20’s Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, an ambitious initiative led by the current G20 Chair Brazil, which […]

  Disney kicks off biggest festive campaign to date: Spark Joy This Holiday Unique and exciting fashion showcase featuring local retailers features a surprise appearance by Mickey Mouse Award-winning filmmaker and lifelong Disney fan Taika Waititi creates enchanting original short highlighting what makes the holidays special. Brand-new retail offerings including Moana 2 product supporting the release of the brand new animated adventure Disney Africa (www.Disney.co.za) today kicked off Spark Joy This […]