Africa Oil & Power Technical Workshops Support Mozambique Capacity Building
Africa Oil & Power (AOP) will host the Mozambique Gas & Power (MGP) 2021 Presidential Award Ceremony & Virtual Workshops on March 8-9 in Maputo. To recognize the leadership of President of the Republic of Mozambique H.E. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, AOP will present its flagship “Person of the Year 2020” award at the dedicated ceremony. To […]
7 Tips For Investing In Africa
Investors in Africa must consider geo-political and economic uncertainty on the continent as well as a plethora of country and region-specific governance, compliance and regulatory challenges when investing in the region.
C&I Solar Market Prospects In West Africa Looking Bright
C&I solar power provider Starsight has invested in Nigerian facilities management business UPDC Facility Management (UPDC FM). UPDCD FM is a 50/50 joint venture with UACN Property Development Company. Founded in 2015, Starsight is a West African energy-as-a-service provider which has deployed approximately 36 MW of generation assets and 28 MWh of storage in Nigeria […]
R500k Up For Grabs In The 2021 Joburg Smart City Innovation Challenge
Are you a 4IR Start-up? Have you been in operation for 3-7 years? Are you a company developing Smart City technologies and/or innovative solutions? Do you have a pilot-ready solution for a challenge faced by our city? The City of Johannesburg’s Smart City Office, in collaboration with Tshimologong Innovation Precinct, invites you to submit proposals for […]
Q&A: Documenting Covid-19 Effect On Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
By Samira Sadeque With the COVID-19 pandemic adding complex layers of challenges to the issue of sexual and reproductive health for the youth, governments should prioritise documenting these effects for data collection purposes, co-founder and team leader of the Youth Alliance for Reproductive Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, told IPS in an interview. “There is […]
Travel Through Ethiopia’s UNESCO Sites
As of 2019, Ethiopia is home to nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Eight of these sites are cultural, making Simien Mountains the only natural site. In no particular order, here are some of the prominent UNESCO Sites in Ethiopia: 1) Konso Cultural Landscape: Konso, also known as Karati is a town on the Sagan river […]
How to Give Your Dishes a West African Twist
Tosin Samuel, popularly known as TSpices Kitchen, is a food content creator, recipe developer, author, entrepreneur, and food stylist. I first stumbled on Tosin’s signature recipe thread on Twitter in the first quarter of 2020. It was a pancake recipe, but not the conventional pancake recipe. It was pancake made with overripe plantain. I’m not entirely sure […]
A Review of Africa’s Mining Sector During a Pandemic
As always, specific factors influenced the price of each commodity, with lower copper exports from Peru driving copper prices higher in early January than at any time since 2013, offering a boost to major African producers Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Noting the opportunity, the Zambian government has bought a majority stake in […]
Fans of Afrofuturism are in for a Treat this Year
This year, fans of Afrofuturism will see a bumper crop of comics and graphic novels, including the first offerings of a new line devoted to Black speculative fiction and reissues of Afrofuturist titles from comic-book houses like DC and Dark Horse. Afrofuturism, whether in novels, films or music, imagines worlds and futures where the African […]
Kenyan Women Rise in the Manufacturing Value Chain
A survey shows that Kenyan women are dominating top mechanized jobs, although men still own most businesses and have better paying jobs. Easter Kojwang is a businesswoman who started her own natural foods packaging company. The firm has grown by leaps and bounds since she started it five years ago. She and other women are […]
