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Zarein Energy Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 as Gold Sponsor Amid Nigeria Gas Hub Expansion

Zarein Energy Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 as Gold Sponsor Amid Nigeria Gas Hub Expansion

Energy solutions provider Zarein Energy will participate as a Gold Sponsor at the 2026 edition of African Energy Week (AEW) 2026, scheduled for October 12–16 in Cape Town. The company’s participation comes as it accelerates development of the Kwale Free Trade Zone gas and petrochemical project in Delta State, Nigeria, targeting large-scale gas processing, captive […]

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Demand for civic space holds strong across Africa as supply of freedoms wanes

Demand for civic space holds strong across Africa as supply of freedoms wanes

Africans broadly express support for their right to join any organisation and for the media’s freedom from censorship and its responsibility to report on government mistakes, the latest Afrobarometer (www.Afrobarometer.org) Pan-Africa Profile (https://apo-opa.co/4vjzCDv) shows. Yet their experience of these freedoms is highly uneven and, in many contexts, eroding, increasingly constrained by the very governments that are […]

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Qrent says delaying Information Technology (IT) refresh cycles may be increasing operational risk for businesses in Africa

Qrent says delaying Information Technology (IT) refresh cycles may be increasing operational risk for businesses in Africa

Qrent (www.Qrent.co.za), a provider of IT asset management and sustainable refurbished technology solutions, says organisations that continue delaying technology refresh cycles in an effort to protect budgets may be exposing themselves to greater operational and continuity risk. The warning comes as global hardware costs continue to rise amid ongoing supply chain disruption and increased demand […]

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Dentons’ Iyunola Adekanye Appointed to African Mining Week (AMW) Advisory Board

Dentons’ Iyunola Adekanye Appointed to African Mining Week (AMW) Advisory Board

Iyunola Adekanye, Partner at Dentons Nigeria, has been appointed to the Advisory Board of African Mining Week (AMW) 2026 – The Most Influential Mining Conference in Africa. Adekanye’s appointment reinforces AMW’s mission to convene African stakeholders and global investors under one roof for strategic partnerships aimed at unlocking the continent’s $8.5 trillion worth of untapped […]

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United Nations (UN) Women Liberia and Partners Convene for Spotlight Initiative 2.0 Women’s Economic Empowerment Inception Meeting

United Nations (UN) Women Liberia and Partners Convene for Spotlight Initiative 2.0 Women’s Economic Empowerment Inception Meeting

UN Women Liberia, in collaboration with implementing partners HOPE Liberia and Youth Crime Watch Liberia (YCWL), convened the Liberia Spotlight Initiative 2.0 Women’s Economic Empowerment Component Inception Meeting in Monrovia last week, bringing together key stakeholders to strengthen collective action toward women’s economic empowerment and the prevention of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). Liberia continues […]

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African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) and United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) Launch Landmark Webinar Series on Africa’s Water Crisis, Starting June 2, 2026

African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) and United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) Launch Landmark Webinar Series on Africa’s Water Crisis, Starting June 2, 2026

In response to the intensifying climate emergency and the growing challenges of water resource management across the continent, the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) (www.UAR-AUB.org), in partnership with the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) and HEC Montréal, proudly announces the launch of an exclusive webinar series. The inaugural session will […]

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NOV Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 as Gold Sponsor Amid Africa’s Offshore Expansion Push

NOV Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 as Gold Sponsor Amid Africa’s Offshore Expansion Push

Global energy services and oilfield equipment provider NOV has joined the African Energy Week (AEW) (www.AECWeek.com) 2026 Conference and Exhibition as a Gold Sponsor, reinforcing the company’s commitment to supporting Africa’s upstream growth, offshore expansion and energy infrastructure development. NOV’s participation comes as African oil and gas producers accelerate drilling campaigns and fast-track project execution […]

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Zarein Energy Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 as Gold Sponsor Amid Nigeria Gas Hub Expansion

African Capital Looks to South America’s Next Wave of Energy Development

Africa’s energy sector is entering a different phase of capital formation. For the past two decades, the focus has been on attracting international investment into the continent’s upstream oil and gas projects. Now, a growing base of African sovereign wealth funds, state-backed vehicles and independent operators have both the balance sheet strength and the strategic […]

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Health Leaders Endorse Coordinated Action and Continuity of Essential Services During Ebola Response

Health Leaders Endorse Coordinated Action and Continuity of Essential Services During Ebola Response

African health leaders and global partners have agreed to strengthen regional coordination and resource mobilisation to contain the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, while also safeguarding essential services such as education and routine healthcare, including continued efforts to contain cholera, measles and other outbreaks on the […]

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Africa Day (May 25): Winning Together (By Herbert Mensah)

Africa Day (May 25): Winning Together (By Herbert Mensah)

By Herbert Mensah, President of Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com) and Chair of World Rugby’s Regions. As we celebrate Africa Day under the theme “63 Years of Unity, Integration and Development,” a question emerges: are unity and integration translating into clear outcomes across the world? When investment, capacity, and infrastructure remain uneven, shared systems cannot produce shared growth […]

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