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Business travel: A look at South Africa and its MICE industry

South Africa’s natural beauty and cultural fascination is well-documented, and rightly so.The tumultuous apartheid period came to an end in the 1990s, and since then the country has opened i

African liquefied natural gas to attract $103 Billion in 2019

Africa is an exciting frontier in the global natural gas sector. The continent holds 7.1 percent of proven global gas reserves&nbs

African Energy Chamber to visit China to discus industry investment

To support growing energy cooperation and investment between China and Africa, the African Energy Chamber is organising a working visit to Beijing. Led by Executive Chairman Nj Ayuk,

Finalists announced for 2019 AWIEF Awards

Leading Pan-African entrepreneurship and innovation non-profit, the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) (https://www.AWIEForum.org/

Facebook steps up bid to tackle fake news in Africa

Facebook and Africa Check have announced the addition of new local language support for several African languages as part of their Third-Party Fact-Checking programme, a scheme which helps to asses

Expert Eye: Canon’s Roman Troedhandl on the unstoppable acceleration of digitalisation in Africa

While we are on the topic of the fourth industrial revolution of many developed countries around the world, what about the digitalisation of Africa? With annual revenues of industries includ

Pelebox: Unlocking healthcare efficiency

With more than 4.7 million patients collecting monthly treatments from public clinics, South Africa has the world’s largest antiretroviral therapy programme. Yet despite this, it currently takes ro

It’s hard not to be swayed by years of news reports of crisis, poverty, corruption, and conflict. But there’s a different narrative that is starting to take hold; it’s one focused on urbanizatio

Egypt's largest construction event to welcome Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly

Companies from more than 20 countries, including Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Canada, Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the UK, already confirmed their participation in the second edition of the s

Exclusive interview: Orange on its sponsorship of AFCON

The first ever Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) was a somewhat unconventional affair by today’s football tournament standards. One abandoned semi-final, the disqualification of South Africa and

Absa CIB: How mobile banking services continue to unlock financial inclusivity across Africa

Whatever the statistic, the rise of mobile money appears to be an unrelenting one. Through 2018, more than $1.3 billion a day was processed by the industry, while transaction values increase

Speak Up Africa: Advocate. Enable. Engage.

Acclaimed as the blueprint to achieving a better, more sustainable world, the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have achieved substantial international traction.And r

Exclusive: An interview with Hilton’s Jan van der Putten on expansion in Africa

“I started a part time role in a restaurant, enjoyed it and went onto hotel school. I held a number of positions in different hotels around the world including the Netherlands, Malta, and Belgium a

Expert Eye: IBM’s Babacar Kane discusses gender equality in the digital age

The fourth industrial revolution, or the digital age, has seen an unprecedented acceleration of innovation and technology advancements. More importantly, it offers the potential of true equality no

Topical Focus: AIIM on Africa’s growing infrastructure challenge

More than 12 million young people join Africa’s workforce every year. On track to reach a population of 2.4 billion by 2050 and an overall quadrupling of inhabitants in just 90 years, the co

“The time to act is now. In the coming decades, the food system in Africa will experience a further strain as a projected rise by 1.3 billion will hit Africa’s population. Food security issues wil

Harnessing the next wave of innovation and technology for a sustainable African agriculture sector

Africa Agtech Expo and Forum https://www.africaagtechexpo.com the latest international agriculture technology expo and conference to b

Morocco’s first ever global mining conference and expo in the Drâa-Tafilalet region

International Drâa-Tafilalet Mining Conference (DTMC) https://www.dtmconference.com, the largest

Exclusive: Facebook's empowerment of non-profits with digital mapping technologies

Reliable, informed and timely data is cited as the key unlocking Africa’s potential by the African Development Bank (AfDB), and rightly so.Powering good governance, accountability and accura

Exclusive: Standard Bank on Africa’s need for Agritech

With almost all available arable land in the Americas, Europe and Asia already productively farmed using the most developed agricultural techniques, Africa, with 60 percent of the world’s uncultiva

Expert Eye: A new way to analyse African Infrastructure

If one wish could be granted for the African continent, it would be a steady stream of investment capital destined for effective infrastructure development. Anyone who’s visited one of Africa’s 54

An interview with Visa on the rise of digital finance

“The mobile money industry is fast-evolving against a backdrop of increasing internet access and smartphone adoption, and now more than ever, mobile’s unparalleled global scale provides a tremendo

Alufer studies show potential for expansion at mine in Guinea

Alufer Mining Limited has revealed a promising update on activities at the Bel Air bauxite mine in Guinea. Operations are on track to produce the annual run rate of 5.5 million tonnes per an

Feature: Sanofi’s plan to eradicate tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is South Africa’s biggest killer. Despite recent declines, 322,000 South Africans fell ill with TB in 2017 according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global TB Repo

Content Archive

Business travel: A look at South Africa and its MICE industry

African liquefied natural gas to attract $103 Billion in 2019

African Energy Chamber to visit China to discus industry investment

Finalists announced for 2019 AWIEF Awards

Facebook steps up bid to tackle fake news in Africa

Expert Eye: Canon’s Roman Troedhandl on the unstoppable acceleration of digitalisation in Africa

Pelebox: Unlocking healthcare efficiency

Doing business in Africa

Egypt's largest construction event to welcome Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly

Exclusive interview: Orange on its sponsorship of AFCON

Absa CIB: How mobile banking services continue to unlock financial inclusivity across Africa

Speak Up Africa: Advocate. Enable. Engage.

Exclusive: An interview with Hilton’s Jan van der Putten on expansion in Africa

Expert Eye: IBM’s Babacar Kane discusses gender equality in the digital age

Topical Focus: AIIM on Africa’s growing infrastructure challenge

Data: Africa’s Critical Cash Crop

Harnessing the next wave of innovation and technology for a sustainable African agriculture sector

Morocco’s first ever global mining conference and expo in the Drâa-Tafilalet region

Exclusive: Facebook's empowerment of non-profits with digital mapping technologies

Exclusive: Standard Bank on Africa’s need for Agritech

Expert Eye: A new way to analyse African Infrastructure

An interview with Visa on the rise of digital finance

Alufer studies show potential for expansion at mine in Guinea

Feature: Sanofi’s plan to eradicate tuberculosis