Staff Writer

  The Just Energy Transition (JET) Concert is set to kick off African Energy Week (AEW) 2025: Invest in African Energies, bringing together music, culture and purpose in an unprecedented celebration of Africa’s unity. Hosted at the Grand Africa Café&Beach in Cape Town’s Granger Bay on September 29, the concert will serve as a continent-wide showcase, tying north, south, east and west into one shared narrative of rhythm, sustainability and […]

  The upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) 2025 will host a technical workshop organized by the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, on October 1, 2025, in Cape Town. Under the theme Strategies to Maximize Africa’s Mining Potential, the session will connect global investors and mining stakeholders to emerging opportunities across the continent’s mining value chain. Led by Franklin Edochie, Deputy Director&Head of Metals and Mining […]

  The African School of Governance (ASG) (https://ASG.ac/) celebrated an epic milestone with the matriculation of its inaugural Master of Public Administration (MPA) cohort. Co-founded by H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda and H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, former Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the first-of-its-kind programme offers a unique opportunity for students to learn from a wide range of the continent’s most prominent scholars, […]

  Africa’s premier trade and investment event, the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) is transitioning into an independent, permanent African institution headquartered in Harare, Zimbabwe to accelerate Africa’s economic integration. The Intra-African Trade Fair Company (IATFCO) was unveiled during the Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025) in Algiers. The move is aimed at making the fair sustainable, scalable and deeply aligned to the vision of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). […]

  OPEC and the African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org/) will host the OPEC-Africa Roundtable at African Energy Week (AEW) 2025: Invest in African Energies in Cape Town, bringing together leading ministers, policymakers and industry leaders for a pivotal dialogue on Africa’s oil and gas future. With Africa holding 7.8% of global proven oil reserves and producing 8% of daily output, the continent is not only central to OPEC’s strategy but […]

  Seventeen African governments today committed to reforms and actionable plans to expand electricity access as part of Mission 300—an ambitious partnership led by the World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group (https://www.AfDB.org/) that aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. At the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum (https://apo-opa.co/42dhJtN) , national Energy Compacts—practical blueprints that guide public spending, trigger reforms, and attract private capital—were endorsed by Benin, Botswana, […]

  The African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference – Africa’s largest energy event scheduled for September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town – will feature the highly-anticipated Invest in Zimbabwe Energies Closed Door Summit. Led by the Government of Zimbabwe and with  Invictus Energy as partner, the session provides a strategic opportunity for investors, project developers and global partners to gain direct insight into the country’s […]

  In commemoration of Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary on October 1st, PRO ALLY (https://PROALLYWorld.com/), in collaboration with the Word Café Podcast, is proud to present Echoes of Dark Gold, a special storytelling session that revisits the untold stories and historical foundations of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry from 1903 to 1958. Oil has long been at the heart of Nigeria’s economic and political landscape, yet its beginnings remain largely hidden from […]