Staff Writer

  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 […]

  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 […]

  Rack Centre (https://Rack-Centre.com), West Africa’s leading Tier III carrier and cloud-neutral data centre, today announced the launch of EdgeNext’s (http://www.EdgeNext.com) Content Delivery Network (CDN) and cloud hosting services in Nigeria, hosted at Rack Centre’s state-of-the-art facility in Lagos. With a population of over 200 million people and one of Africa's youngest demographics, Nigeria represents a rapidly expanding digital economy. Surging demand for internet services, mobile applications, gaming, e-commerce, and […]

  The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, expresses deep concern over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Mali, where terrorist groups have imposed blockades, disrupted access to essential supplies, and severely worsened humanitarian conditions for civilian populations. The Chairperson firmly condemns the deliberate attacks against innocent civilians, which have resulted in unacceptable loss of life and heightened instability across affected regions. He reaffirms his solidarity […]

  Ahead of the presentation of the 2026 Budget Statement on Thursday, November 13, 2025, the Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, visited Takoradi to inspect the Market Circle redevelopment project, which has remained abandoned for the past three years. Dr. Forson said the site represents both the immense promise and unrealized potential of a project that means so much to thousands of traders and families. He described the […]