APO International

Farhat Omar Bengdara, Chairman of Libya’s parastatal National Oil Corporation (NOC), delivered a keynote address during this year’s Libya Energy&Economic Summit (LEES) 2024 conference – taking place in Tripoli from 13-14 January – highlighting increased oil production, local content development and decarbonization of the energy sector as strategies to drive long-term industry growth. Oil production in Libya reached 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2023, falling in line with […]

Ecobank (https://Ecobank.com), the leading pan-African financial services group, unveils its new brand campaign ‘A BETTER WAY | A BETTER AFRICA’ today, at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 (AFCON). Ecobank is a proud official sponsor of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 2023 and is leveraging the unifying, exhilarating, and progressive spirit of African football to demonstrate its commitment to the continent’s sustainable […]

Oilinvest has announced a collaboration with the Libyan Public Services Company (LPSC) for the forestation of 1,000,000 trees such as Eucalyptus and pines in Tripoli, Libya. The project will be implemented on 1,450 hectares of land owned by LPSC in the capital city, home of 3 million people. This collaboration aims to generate carbon credits to contribute to Oilinvest's commitment to climate change mitigation and at the same time combat […]

The government is implementing robust measures to foster industrial growth and ensure it is commensurate with the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). President William Ruto said the government is equipping Special Economic Zones with the necessary facilities to attract investors. He noted that this will attract foreign direct investment, drive industrial growth and increase exports. “Exports are a very important agenda because we are importing too many things that can […]

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Ayman Ashour, President's Advisor for Urban Planning Major General Amir Sayed Ahmed, and Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority Major General Ahmed Al-Azzazi. The Spokesman for the Presidency, Counselor Ahmed Fahmy, said the meeting discussed the state’s efforts to develop higher education facilities in Egypt. The President was briefed […]

The Odomna family of Ekumfi Otuam and Ekumfi Asaman, have launched yet another sharp inquest into the unclear circumstances that led to the mysterious death of the late former President, Professor John Evans Atta-Mills. Speaking upon a visit to President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House today, Kyidomhemaa of Ekumfi Traditional Council and Queenmother of the Odomna Family of Ekumfi Otuam and  Asaman, Nanahemaa Enyimfuaa III, in the company of the […]

President Yoweri Museveni has arrived in Zanzibar at the invitation of Her Excellency Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, the Tanzanian President, to attend the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the Zanzibar Revolution. The President was received at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport in Zanzibar by Dr. Khalid Salum Mohammed, the Tanzanian Minister of Construction and Communications. Also present at the airport to welcome President Museveni were Uganda's High Commissioner to Tanzania, Rtd. […]

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has met with the National Council of Paramount Chiefs, NCPC, and the Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone, IRC-SL, in two separate engagements to update them on a range of governance issues particularly the November 26 failed coup attempt. The President, joined by his Vice President, Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh and Chief Minister, Dr Moinina David Sengeh, used the occasion to provide a detailed […]