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  Infrastructure and supply chain services firm Dorman Long Engineering will participate at this year’s African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference as a Silver Partner – reinforcing its position as one of Nigeria’s leading engineering firms and a key proponent of technology transfer and local workforce development. In March of this year, the company signed an MoU with the Nigerian Society of Engineers to strengthen professional development […]

  UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday called on Egyptian authorities to put an end to a practice that allows Government critics to be held arbitrarily and for prolonged periods, even after serving their sentences or completing maximum pretrial detention. Human rights defenders, activists, lawyers, journalists, peaceful protesters and political opponents have been targeted by this strategy, which has come to be known as “rotation”. The practice entails […]

  The Presiding Officers of Parliament have learned with sadness the passing of the former Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) and one of the first generation of Members of the democratic Parliament, Mr Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu. Mr Mahlangu, fondly known to many as "MJ", leaves behind a towering legacy of political activism, exemplary parliamentary leadership, and diplomatic service to the nation. Born on 8 October 1952 in […]

  Nigerian independent oil and gas producer Heirs Energies has confirmed its participation as a Bronze Partner at African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025, taking place in Cape Town from September 29 to October 3. The partnership comes as the company pursues ambitious growth plans, including doubling its oil output by 2030 and expanding its footprint across Africa. Operator of OML 17 in Nigeria, Heirs Energies has […]

  S&P Global Commodity Insights, the leading independent provider of information, analytics and benchmark prices for the commodities, energy and energy transition markets, and a division of S&P Global, has joined the investment-themed 2025 African Energy Week 2025 as an Emerald Partner, one of the event’s highest official partnerships. The event, in its 5th year, takes place in Cape Town from September 29 to October 3 and serves as the […]

  APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading multi-award-winning, pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, has announced a new strategic content partnership with Nigerian digital news platform Alexa News Nigeria (www.Alexa.ng).  Under the agreement, all text, images, video, and audio content distributed by APO Group will be published on Alexa News Nigeria, giving audiences across Nigeria and worldwide direct access to a rich stream of high-quality, pan-African news.  Founded with […]

  A survey of 2,000 adults in South Africa, found  that 35 per cent are planning to start trading in stocks, shares or other investments in the future. Three quarters (74 per cent) are confident in their ability to make smart decisions when it comes to investing, while six per cent are more ‘not confident at all’. And 11 per cent of those who don’t currently hold investments won’t take […]

  Solar panel imports into Africa rose by 60% in the 12 months to June 2025, according to a new analysis (https://apo-opa.co/47StRDY) of China’s solar panel exports data from energy think tank Ember (https://Ember-Energy.org/). The data shows how the rise happened across Africa, and it is at a scale to impact the electricity system of many countries.  Solar imports rise across most African countries in the 12 months to June […]

  In a commendable move to advance gender equality, the Central African Republic (CAR) has officially ratified the Maputo Protocol (http://apo-opa.co/45AWRPn), becoming the 46th African Union Member State to join this groundbreaking African treaty to protect and promote the rights of women and girls. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa - commonly known as the Maputo Protocol – […]