ONE Campaign Responds To Summit For Driving Green Growth And Climate Finance Solutions For Africa And The World
At the conclusion of Africa Climate Summit, hosted by the government of Kenya and the African Union, anti-poverty organization The ONE Campaign responds to a summit that offered the African leaders an opportunity to chart the continent’s unified and comprehensive direction towards building an equitable and sustainable future for the continent. The bold plans put […]
Tanzania Energy Congress 2023 Hosts Oman JSRS eMarketplace (JeM) To Foster Bilateral Opportunities In Oil, Gas, LNG, And New Energies
The 2023 Tanzania Energy Congress, scheduled for September 20-21, proudly announces the inclusion of the Oman JSRS eMarketplace (JeM) as part of its annual international conference and exhibition. This collaboration underscores the commitment of Oman and Tanzania-Zanzibar to strengthen economic ties and capitalize on opportunities in oil, gas, LNG, and new energies for mutual growth […]
Masdar And Africa50 Join Forces To Accelerate Clean Energy Transition Across Africa
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar has announced a partnership with Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform to identify, fast-track and scale clean energy projects across the continent. The UAE’s clean energy champion has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Africa50 which will work to bridge the infrastructure funding gap and mobilize […]
Conservation International And Peace Parks Foundation Commit USD $150 Million To Restore 20 Million Hectares Across African Grasslands, Savannahs And Bushlands
Landmark Investment Announced at Africa Climate Week to Drive Sustainable Grazing and Climate Resilience Across the Continent Conservational International and Peace Parks Foundation (Peace Parks), in collaboration with Indigenous pastoralists, Civil Society Organisations, and the private sector have announced an ambitious plan to restore 20 million hectares of degraded grasslands, savannah and shrublands at the […]
Statement: Conservation International-Africa On The Nairobi Declaration
Conservation International’s Suzanne Ngo-Eyok and former President of Colombia Iván Duque respond to the Nairobi Declaration: “Finance is essential” Conservation International-Africa today released the following statements in response to the Nairobi Declaration issued today by the Africa Climate Summit. Earlier this week, Conservation International and Peace Parks Foundation announced a USD $150 million investment to […]
My Introduction To Africa And Angel Investing
Esther Dyson I’m very much looking forward to visiting East London, South Africa, in late November / early December to meet the amazing collection of start-ups and investors that the team at Angel Fair Africa are assembling for their 10th anniversary, dubbed AFA@10. I first traveled to Africa in 1968. I was taking a half-year […]
Meet the African Designers Showcasing at NYFW SS24
New York Fashion Week was slow to warm to African designers, but it’s been a growing love affair ever since a watershed moment in 2009. That year, NYFW debuted the African Fashion Collective, which finally put African designers on the stage and demonstrated to the world that African fashion is bold, incredibly diverse, and extremely […]
A Feast for the Senses
Great design abounds in the hospitality space, and the annual Restaurant and Bar Design Awards is there to recognize it. For its 15th year, the panel has created a shortlist that includes some stellar entrants from South Africa. With prior winners such as Salsify at the Roundhouse in Cape Town, the bar (pun intended) is […]
Soundtrack of a Coup: The Revival of Pro-Military Music in Niger
Music is a reflection of the times, so it comes as no surprise that Niger’s airwaves have suddenly been filled all manner of pro-military music. Since the July 26 coup in which generals toppled the democratically elected president, there has been a resurgence of pro-military propaganda, including a new wave of songs and videos geared […]
Top 7 African Movies at the Toronto International Film Festival
Although the turnout is expected to be lighter due to the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes, the Toronto International Film Festival will still feature an outstanding line-up of films, including some great new works from Africa. Incredibly diverse, the offerings range from fast-paced thrillers to adaptations of popular novels. Cameroonian-Belgian documentarian Rosine Mbakam makes her […]
