On 17 September, a collective of local, national and international stakeholders will gather to discuss transformative, locally-led landscape solutions to inform policies, build knowledge, and finance and scale up landscape restoration and biodiversity conservation across Africa. The GLF Africa 2024 Hybrid Conference: Greening the African Horizon will feature leading experts and practitioners in tech and AI, climate, […] More

The 11th edition of the Manufacturing Indaba will have a major emphasis on doing business and growing manufacturing businesses The Manufacturing Indaba is gearing up to showcase a wealth of investment, trade and partnership opportunities with a spotlight on deal flow that promises to reshape the Af44rican manufacturing landscape. The annual event, known for its dedication to advancing […] More

Africacomicade is set to reconvene leading experts in the Video Games, Immersive & Interactive Media Industries for the Gamathon convention 2024, themed “THRIVE.” The event will occur in Lagos State, Nigeria, from September 30, 2024, to October 5, 2024.  Since its initiation in 2020, the Gamathon has successfully united global stakeholders and established partnerships with […] More

By Harry Scherzer, CEO, FutureForex  On 18 September, the Reserve Bank is set to cut interest rates for the first time since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decrease, which will come as welcome news to heavily indebted consumers, follows a series of increases designed to curb inflation and which resulted in interest rates […] More

In yet another milestone, Liquid Intelligent Technologies (www.Liquid.Tech), a business of Cassava Technologies, a leading technology company of African heritage, has announced the upgrade of its 1,300km fibre route connecting Kenya’s east coast city of Mombasa to Busia on the Ugandan border, bringing additional multi-terabit capacity and additional resilience to the region.   This high-speed route […] More

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, today announced the issuance of an inaugural domestic dollar bond from the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), raising US$900 million and marking a significant milestone in the country’s economic development. AFC acted as Global Coordinator on the first-of-its-kind issuance for Nigeria’s capital market. The […] More

Railway operator Lobito Atlantic Railway exported (https://apo-opa.co/4e3BWX2) its first shipment of copper from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the U.S. in August 2024, strengthening Africa’s contribution to the growing global demand for the critical mineral. With the global copper supply gap projected to reach 10 million metric tons by 2030, African projects are […] More

Literacy is a fundamental human right. Yet, according to the 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), a staggering 81% of South African Grade Four students cannot read for meaning in any language. This is an increase from the 2016 figure of 78%, so things are getting worse. Furthermore, the World Bank estimates that learning poverty, […] More

Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s most renowned hedge funds and macroeconomic researchers, together with the international advocacy organization Global Citizen, and the leading Pan-African investor and developer across the continent, Harith General Partners, have partnered to produce brand new research highlighting the economic potential of Sub-Saharan Africa’s rapidly expanding population. The collaboration brings together […] More

iSchoolAfrica is proud to announce that its Disability and Inclusion Programme has been shortlisted for the esteemed Zero Project Award 2025. Out of a competitive pool of 522 nominations from 90 countries, the programme has successfully advanced through the first round of peer review, securing a place on the #ZeroCall25 shortlist of 150 innovative solutions. […] More

– Akinwumi Adesina Heralds Commitment Shown By Bank Staff In Building Its Thrilling History The President and Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has paid tribute to the preeminent role played by the institution’s staff in Africa’s development. He was speaking Monday, during the official […] More

Manufacturing Indaba endeavours to promote a positive change to Sub-Saharan Africa’s manufacturing landscape – a source of livelihood for millions of people and leading contributor to the region’s gross domestic product (GDP) The 11th instalment of the Manufacturing Indaba not only aspires to meet participants’ expectations but exceed them, by hosting an event to achieve objectives integral […] More

A senior delegation will discuss the new chapter of China-Africa relations Standard Bank Group will attend the 2024 FOCAC summit, as it reinforces its commitment to Africa’s economic growth through enhanced partnerships with China. This is the ninth Ministerial Conference and the fourth in the form of the summit itself, with this year’s theme being Jointly Advancing Modernization and Building […] More

This September, the GLF Africa 2024 Hybrid Conference: Greening the African Horizon, hosted by the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), will be the epicenter of knowledge and action on how the continent can pave a sustainable way forward for all of humanity. Africa’s tropical forest and savanna landscapes are threatened by unsustainable land use practices and degrading […] More

Recent heavy rains and floods across West Africa have forced nearly 950,000 people [1], many of them children, from their homes across Mali, Nigeria and Niger, Save the Children said. The hundreds of thousands of children now displaced from their homes are facing disease, hunger from crop destruction, and disruption to their education, as schools […] More

The Africa Center and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.AfreximBank.com) have announced the upcoming launch of the Afreximbank Africa Diaspora Center (AADC), a groundbreaking initiative that will help bridge the gap between Africans on the continent and the African Diaspora, and the African continent. AADC will serve as an institutional gateway that connects Africans and people of […] More