Download logo The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany announces new contributions of USD 4 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in support of refugees from Burundi and the Democratic…
Download logo The Economic Commission for Africa’s management is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities have the right support to access all services, technologies and systems at the institution and that their rights are…
Download logo EVENT: Please join us on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 11:30 UTC| 13:30 SAST| 14:30 EAT for a telephonic press briefing with Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs, Tibor P. Nagy, Jr….
Download logo The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mrs Naledi Pandor, and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) Administrator, Dr Randall Carolissen will brief media on the NSFAS 2019 application cycle. The briefing…
Download logo The Secretary-General strongly condemns the brutal sexual attacks perpetrated against women and girls in the last ten days in the Unity region of South Sudan. These horrific acts are a distressing reminder of…
GE’s (www.GE.com) EMS will provide real-time and remotely managed information on Malawi’s electrical grid and power outages; Project will pave the way for development of Africa’s regional interconnections; This project covering 26 substations will reduce…
Download logo Professor Paul Collier, one of the world’s most influential development economists, warns that Africa’s “easy decade” of accelerated economic growth is coming to an end, and only accelerated job creation and integration will…
Download logo On the occasion of World AIDS Day, the U.S. Embassy’s PEPFAR Coordinator, Ms. Emily Hughes, joined the Hon. Minister Atupele Muluzi, MP, Minister of Health, and Dan Namarika, Secretary for Health, as well…
The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Bulelani Magwanishe has urged South African and Tunisian businesspeople to work together in order to increase trade and investment between the two countries. Magwanishe was speaking at…
Download logo The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons, representing the Government of Equatorial Guinea, calls for unity amongst oil producing ahead of this week’s 175th Ordinary Meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in…
Download logo Davison Norupiri of Davipel Trading (Pvt) Limited receives the Exceptional category award; The Emerging category award goes to Deborah Merdjan, CEO of Camelot Group; For her outstanding contribution towards creating social and economic…
The 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Gloria Serobe at the EY (www.EY.com) World Entrepreneur Award ceremony on Thursday, 29 November 2018. The award recognises prominent business people whose enterprises have contributed significantly to…
Download logo Media Statement: Informal BRICS Leaders' Meeting on the Margins of the G20 Summit: 1. We, the Heads of State and Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India,…
Vantage Capital (www.VantageCapital.co.za), Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, announced today that it has provided €19 million of mezzanine funding to Pétro Ivoire, a leading distributor of oil & gas products in Côte d’Ivoire. The company…
In line with its commitment to growing Africa’s technology start-up ecosystem and its passion for developing diverse, young talent, Facebook (www.Facebook.com) is returning as the headline sponsor of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018 (https://tcrn.ch/2uxSylb). The event,…
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Download logo For millions of ordinary travellers, inter-African travel is still too often a nightmare. Be it border hassles, lack of road or air routes linking key cities, or the frustrations of being refused entry…
Impressed with the provision of communal infrastructures for their communities by Dangote Oil Refining Company (DORC) (https://Dangote.com) as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility service, traditional rulers and community leaders from host communities in Ibeju-Lekki…
Tunis on the 29th of November 2018, The Islamic Corporation for the Development of Private Sector (ICD) (www.ICD-ps.org), the private sector arm of Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB) has signed an investment agreement with I-FinTech…
Download logo News Highlights: HP (www.HP.com) pledges to empower 100,000 learners across Africa in next three years through the HP Foundation’s HP LIFE (Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs) program HP opens a tech-enabled HP LIFE Center (www.LIFE-Global.org/) in…