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  With support from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Ministry of Health officially received the newly renovated and expanded Arthington Clinic on Friday, along with a freshly constructed Maternal Waiting Home and several additional improvements at the facility. The ceremony brought together county health authorities, community leaders, religious leaders, partners, and residents who celebrated the transformation of the health center, an upgrade expected to significantly improve […]

  Africa’s long-delayed transition to clean cooking will fail without a serious overhaul of how the continent finances, transports and regulates LPG, senior executives said during a high-level panel on clean cooking and LPG at the G20 Africa Energy Investment Forum in Johannesburg on Friday.  Speakers pointed to a rare alignment of political support – following G20 endorsement of clean cooking as a priority area – but warned that critical […]

  Fatou Diop, Legal, Contracts and Local Content Manager, and Malcolm Watson, Managing Director of offshore oil and gas service company MODEC Senegal will participate as speakers at the upcoming MSGBC Oil, Gas&Power 2025 conference and exhibition.   Their participation at this year’s edition – taking place in Dakar on December 8-10 – is set to provide insights into Senegal’s first offshore oil development and the operational, technical and local content […]

  For the first time, the Group of 20 (G20) – the world’s most influential economic forum – meets on African soil. It’s a moment that shifts Africa from the margins of global commentary to the centre of global agenda-setting. And when the world’s most powerful governments, institutions, and investors look in this direction, one question becomes unavoidable: Who is shaping what they see – and how do they interpret […]

  South Africa’s Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe announced that the country is fast-tracking domestic gas development and LNG import projects to mitigate a supply shortfall from Mozambique. He made the announcement during the G20 Africa Energy Investment Forum – Hosted by the African Energy Chamber – in Johannesburg on November 21. “We will continue to develop infrastructure to integrate new deposits and avail gas to South […]

  South Africa’s Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe announced that the country is accelerating plans to rebuild domestic refining capacity and consolidate state-owned petroleum assets to strengthen energy security.  Speaking at the G20 Africa Energy Investment Forum, organized by the African Energy Chamber Mantashe said “We have sufficient storage capacity in South Africa that helps us support imports, but we can not only rely on stockpiles, but […]

  The G20 Africa Energy Investment Forum — hosted by the African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org/) — opened with calls for Africa to leverage its pension funds to address the continent’s growing infrastructure investment deficit.   NJ Ayuk, the Executive Chairman of the AEC, stressed that with global financial systems deprioritizing Africa’s industrialization, the continent must look inward.  “Millions of Africans still lack access to reliable energy — and that is […]

  By Megan Damon, Marketing Content Strategist, APO Group (www.APO-opa.com) For the first time, the Group of 20 (G20) – the world’s most influential economic forum – meets on African soil. It’s a moment that shifts Africa from the margins of global commentary to the centre of global agenda-setting. And when the world’s most powerful governments, institutions, and investors look in this direction, one question becomes unavoidable: Who is shaping what […]

  The critical climate negotiations at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, are underscoring the urgent need to translate global ambition into tangible investment and action. This imperative resonates directly with the upcoming fourth edition of the Africa’s Green Economy Summit (AGES), scheduled for 24–27 February 2026 at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town. Africa’s transition to a climate-resilient, low-carbon future will take centre stage at the event—powered by lead […]