Staff Writer

  Cassava Technologies (www.CassavaTechnologies.com), a global technology leader of African heritage, has announced a strategic partnership to expand access to Google's advanced AI, Gemini, across the continent.   The collaboration is built on two key offers designed to remove the primary barriers of cost and data consumption for consumers and businesses in Africa:  A six-month extended trial of the Google AI Plus plan, provided by Google. This plan includes more access […]

  Alfred Seema, Group Executive: Strategic Delivery Unit of South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom, has been confirmed as a speaker at the African Energy Chamber’s G20 Africa Energy Investment Forum (https://EnergyChamber.org/) – taking place November 21 in Johannesburg. Seema’s participation comes as the company accelerates a General Recovery Plan, striving to enhance energy security and generation capacity across the country. His participation is expected to unlock new pathways for […]

  Multilateral development banks on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to climate finance, pledging to scale up innovative funding to boost climate adaptation and resilience. "Financing climate resilience is not a cost, but an investment." This was the key message from senior MDB officials at the end of a side event organised by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) on the opening day of the 30th United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) in […]

  The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development equity impact investment arm of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), is pleased to announce a US$300 million strategic investment in the Africa Minerals and Metals Processing Platform (A2MP). This investment underscores Afreximbank’s commitment to supporting Africa’s mining sector and ensuring the continent’s vast mineral wealth becomes a catalyst for sustainable economic growth rather than a source of continued resource […]

  Alioune Guèye, CEO, Petrosen Holding, will speak at MSGBC Oil, Gas&Power 2025 Conference and Exhibition, taking place in Dakar from 8–10 December and will provide insights on Petrosen’s leading role in Senegal’s rapidly‑evolving oil and gas sector. As Senegal’s national oil company, Petrosen holds an 18 % stake in the Sangomar offshore oil field (https://apo-opa.co/43liHVy), operated by international oil company Woodside. The field began production in June 2024 and as of August 2025, had […]

  Ahead of the G20 Summit, the G20 African Energy Investment Forum, hosted by the African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org), will convene top global and African energy and finance leaders to discuss how investment, innovation and partnerships can unlock Africa’s energy potential and drive sustainable economic growth. Scheduled for November 21 in Johannesburg, the program will feature a series of high-level fireside chats examining the role of international capital, development […]

  RS South Africa (http://Africa.RSDelivers.com/), a trading brand of RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global provider of product and service solutions, will exhibit alongside its reseller Hydromatics Limited (http://apo-opa.co/4hYCSyw) at the upcoming 32nd IEK International Convention (IEK32), taking place in Mombasa, Kenya, from 25 – 28 November 2025. Kenya is a key strategic market for RS in Africa. Download Document: https://apo-opa.co/4hVFuwV IEK32, under the theme “Engineering the Future: The Road Map for […]

  By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org/).  In an opinion piece for The Guardian Fiona Harvey and Matthew Taylor wrote that it was time for gas exploration in Africa to stop. “Africa must embrace renewable energy and forgo exploration of its potentially lucrative gas deposits to stave off climate disaster and bring access to clean energy to the hundreds of millions who lack it, leading experts on […]

  Baboucarr Njie, Managing Director of the Gambia National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), will speak at the upcoming MSGBC Oil, Gas&Power 2025 Conference and Exhibition, taking place December 8-10 in Dakar, Senegal. Njie’s participation comes as the country seeks to advance frontier exploration (https://apo-opa.co/49fLBKn) and is expected to strengthen discussions around MSGBC upstream investment opportunities – from seismic data acquisition to frontier drilling to cross-border collaboration and petroleum distribution. As a frontier […]