Staff Writer

 One morning in late January 2025, Julia Armando found her 68-year-old mother collapsed on the floor, suffering from severe diarrhoea and vomiting. “It’s a situation I’ve never seen before… it was a shock to see my mother lying on the floor without strength,” she says. Armando rushed her mother to the nearest cholera treatment centre, where she was treated and thankfully made a full recovery. After her firsthand experience of […]

 The CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) have signed a €708,000 Grant Agreement to support the development of a Green, Resilience, and Sustainability Facility (GRSF). The agreement was formalized during the plenary session of the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, recently held at the Wyndham Grand Barbados Sam Lord’s Castle. The GRSF’s commitment to providing blended financing, concessional financing, and other commercial […]

 Government is urged to invest in Information Communication Technology (ICT) and science laboratories to improve student output and performance under the new lower secondary school curriculum. While responding to a statement by the Minister for Education and Sports on the new grading system for the new curriculum, the Shadow Minister for Education and Sports, Hon. Joseph Ssewungu said that lack of ICT infrastructure constrained the ability of schools to timely […]

 Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, marks ‘International Day of Girls and Women in Science 2025’ together with African First Ladies, and their partners like African Ministries of Health, Education, Gender&Information and Academia.   Senator Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and Most Influential African Woman (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023&2024), highlighted, “At Merck Foundation, we celebrate the International Day of Girls and Women in Science […]

 On the sidelines of the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African Heads of State, Government and Business Leaders convened for a Presidential Breakfast Dialogue to address the continent’s financing and investment gaps. The event was held under the theme “Africa at the Forefront: Mobilizing African Investment and Financing for Implementing Agenda 2063”. The dialogue, which was hosted by His Excellency […]

 Ghana is positioning itself as a major hub for energy investment, with the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition pledging to attract key players from the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors. On the sidelines of International Energy Week in London, Ghana’s Minister of Energy and Green Transition John Abdulai Jinapor and the African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org/) – the voice of Africa’s energy sector – emphasized Ghana’s readiness to welcome investment […]

 Angola is aiming to increase diamond production to 17.53 million carats by 2027 as part of its National Development Plan 2023–2027, planning to leverage mining revenues to boost food security, employment creation and poverty reduction.  The country expects diamond revenue to rise from $1.4 billion in 2024 to $2.1 billion in 2025, increasing the sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP. With over 24 operational diamond mines, 54 exploration projects and […]

 By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org). There’s a promising future for African renewables as the continent strives to balance its current reliance on fossil fuels. That’s the prediction of the African Energy Chamber’s 2025 Outlook Report on the State of African Energy. As I have said before, Africa will eventually rely primarily on renewable energy, as much of the rest of the world strives to — but […]

 The Republic of Congo is expected to export an estimated 4.5 billion m3 of LNG in 2025 as part of the second phase of its Congo LNG project. Developed by energy major Eni, the project’s first phase began operations in late 2023 following the installation of the country’s first floating LNG (FLNG) plant at the Marine XII offshore license. A major milestone in Congo’s natural gas journey was reached in […]