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The Regional Intellectual Property (IP) Club Competition held in Harare, Zimbabwe, aimed at promoting intellectual property awareness among young people and encourage innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship at the secondary school level across Africa. The competition provided a platform for students to showcase their understanding of intellectual property rights, including, patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, and […]
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The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, continued to translate strategic dialogue into concrete partnerships on Day 3 of the 2026 IsDB Group Annual Meetings in Baku, highlighted by the signing of a US$750 million Framework Agreement with the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. Following the […]
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Merck Foundation Chairman and CEO together with the First Ladies of Angola, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Gabon, The Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Maldives, Mozambique, Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe inaugurated the 13th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2026. Link to Live Stream of Inaugural Session of 13th Edition of Merck Foundation […]
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The remarkable structural turnaround of Angola’s energy sector is officially moving from the page to the big screen. Global production house Soyini Tales Inc. – led by founder Tahira Francis – has commenced production on a premium feature documentary based on the insights of the best-selling book Crude Oil: Power Turnaround and Transformation in Angola, […]
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The Virtual HLPM of African Heads of State and Government and Partners dedicated to the Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda was held on 16 June 2026 under the chairmanship of H.E. Evariste Ndayishimiye, President of the Republic of Burundi and Chair of the African […]
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This story is written and edited by Global South World Tanzania’s startup ecosystem is growing, but many firms still struggle to move from ideas to scalable businesses because of limited market access, weak investor networks, regulatory barriers, and poor business development support. At the Tanzania Impact Investment Forum, Vodacom Tanzania’s External Affairs and Vodacom Foundation Director Zuweina […]
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For more than a century, Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel, Cape Town has invited artists, writers and cultural tastemakers to gather beneath its palms and revel in the atmosphere of creative exchange that lives within its property’s walls. That legacy continues today through three exhibitions unfolding across the hotel’s grounds in collaboration with some of […]
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Shirley Webber, Coverage Head, Resources & Energy at Absa CIB and Nikhil Kasiram, Resource and Project Finance: Power and Infrastructure at Absa CIB British power developer Gridworks recently signed two landmark agreements with the Government of Uganda to begin construction on the Amari Project, widely regarded as Africa’s first independent transmission project to reach this […]
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As geopolitical realignments accelerate the search for diversified energy sources, Africa’s strategic weight in global energy markets is growing, and with it, the opportunity for Nigeria to convert domestic capacity development into lasting industrial advantage. Capturing that opportunity requires sustained, focused industry dialogue, and it is in that spirit that the Practical Nigerian Content Forum […]
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By Taofik Oloruko-Oba, Country Manager, Kenya and Head East Africa Network, Roche Diagnostics World Blood Donor Day shines a spotlight on one of the simplest ways people can help save lives. Hospitals across Kenya and the wider East African region rely on voluntary blood donors every day to support surgeries, emergency care, cancer treatment, maternal […]
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Airtel Africa Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Airtel Africa plc, has released its inaugural annual report, marking its first full year of delivery and impacting millions of learners and communities across Africa. During the reporting period, the Foundation committed $6.2 million to interventions across its four strategic pillars; Financial Inclusion, Education, Environmental Sustainability and Digital […]
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by Daniel Kojo Soboh, CEO and Founder of EMY Africa On youth, the creator economy, and why Africa’s most urgent development opportunity isn’t in a ministry, it’s in a smartphone. Every year, Africa adds between eight and eleven million young people to its labour market. Every year, the formal economy fails to absorb most of […]
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