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  APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading award-winning, pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, is proud to announce that its Chief Executive Officer, Bas Wijne, will deliver a keynote address at this week’s  Africa Tech Festival and serve as an official judge at the Africa Tech Festival Awards.  As the continent’s premier gathering of innovators, investors, and policymakers, the Africa Tech Festival showcases the organisations, people, and ideas driving […]

  Driven by concern for the safety and wellbeing of families displaced from Nagero county in Western Equatoria, this week, peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) travelled more than 70 kilometers to remote Bazia, a payam in South Sudan’s Western Bahr El Ghazal. An eruption of conflict in mid-October 2025 between the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and opposition forces forced more than 16,000 people to flee […]

  It has been 14 years since South Sudan officially obtained independence. But it has been 26 years since Angelina Wael left her home to seek safety in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.  Today, her search for safety has come full circle and she is, once again, in her home country after fleeing the ongoing crisis in neighboring Sudan. Having grown up in Bentiu, she left soon after delivering her […]

  Enlit Africa and Water Security Africa are pleased to announce the official launch of the Call for Speakers for the 2026 edition, taking place from 19–21 May 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). This flagship event serves as the continent’s premier gathering point for thought leaders, technology providers, regulators, financiers and innovators across Africa’s energy and water value chains. Africa’s power and water sectors are undergoing […]

  African Development Bank Group (https://www.AfDB.org) President Dr Sidi Ould Tah and Luxembourg’s Finance Minister, Gilles Roth, have pledged to deepen cooperation as preparations advance for the seventeenth replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-17), the Bank Group’s concessional financing window. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the 2025 World Bank and International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C. It was their first official bilateral meeting since […]

  René Awambeng, Founder and Managing Director of Premier Invest, is set to speak at the upcoming G20 African Energy Investment Forum in Johannesburg, where global investors, policymakers and development institutions convene to advance the growth agenda aligned with G20 strategic priorities. His participation underscores a shift: Africa-based financial leadership engaging directly in the global arena, and ties closely to the G20’s focus on mobilizing private capital for infrastructure, trade […]

  As Senegal looks toward the next phases of its energy development, Talla Gueye, Director General of Petrosen E&P - the upstream division of the national oil company (NOC) Petrosen - has joined the MSGBC Oil, Gas&Power 2025 Conference and Exhibition as a speaker. Taking place December 8-10 in Dakar, Senegal, the event is the premier platform for the region’s energy sector. Gueye’s participation comes on the back of a […]

  Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) (www.Equinix.com), the world's digital infrastructure company™, today announced its intention to open its latest high performance data center in Lagos, Nigeria. The $22 Million investment in LG3 marks the first phase of an ambitious investment plan of around $100 million aimed at transforming Africa’s digital landscape over the next two years. Set to open in Q1 2026, the new site will deliver vital new infrastructure to […]

  The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (“ICD”) (https://ICD-PS.org), the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank (“IsDB”) Group, is pleased to announce the successful closure of a EUR 20 million Shariah-compliant medium-term syndicated financing facility for Ak Finansal Kiralama A.Ş. (“AKLease”), a leading leasing company in Türkiye. This partnership aims to boost leasing activities and support private sector businesses in Türkiye, by providing  financing […]