Source: VUKA Group | Mar 06, 2026

AGES 2026 DELIVERS DEFINITIVE ROADMAP TO TURN AFRICA’S CLIMATE AMBITION INTO BANKABLE, SCALABLE REALITY-SRIJA

The summit opened with a focus on innovative finance for nature, exploring green, blue, and wildlife bonds, including the "Rhino Bond" and emerging biodiversity credits

Africa’s Green Economy Summit (AGES) 2026 concluded in Cape Town with a resounding call to action, urging the continent to leverage its digital revolution, transform water financing and redesign agriculture to unlock a sustainable, net-zero future. The four-day platform united over 600 delegates from 42 countries, including global investors, project…

Source: VUKA Group | Mar 05, 2026

Africa’s Green Economy Summit (AGES) 2026 Delivers Definitive Roadmap To Turn Africa's Climate Ambition Into Bankable, Scalable Reality

The summit opened with a focus on innovative finance for nature, exploring green, blue, and wildlife bonds, including the "Rhino Bond" and emerging biodiversity credits

Africa’s Green Economy Summit (AGES) 2026  concluded in Cape Town with a resounding call to action, urging the continent to leverage its digital revolution, transform water financing and redesign agriculture to unlock a sustainable, net-zero future. The four-day platform united over 600 delegates from 42 countries, including global investors, project…

Source: Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) | Jan 29, 2025

Canon’s strong commitment to sustainability recognised in new Quocirca Sustainability Leaders report

Quocirca highlights the wealth of initiatives that Canon has put in place to advance its sustainability efforts

Today, Canon Europe announces that it has once again been named a leader in Quocirca’s Sustainability Leaders Report, an annual market analysis which evaluates the steps print vendors are taking to lower their carbon emissions. In the 2024 report, Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com) is recognised for its strong sustainability vision and strategy, which is…

Source: Pecan Energies | Apr 05, 2024

Pecan Energies, operator of Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points (DWT/CTP) block, completes rebranding, committing to unlock prosperity for Ghana and beyond

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) acquired Pecan Energies in April 2023, laying the foundations for a new brand identity

Pecan Energies (https://PecanEnergies.com/), the operator of the Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points (DWT/CTP) block offshore Ghana is thrilled to announce the successful completion of its rebranding journey. The company has evolved with a new name, logo, and a revitalized brand identity to better reflect its commitment to building prosperity and enabling…

Source: Federal Republic of Nigeria | Jan 21, 2022

First NEC Meeting of the year Focuses on Sustainable Ease of Doing Business, Demographic Transition, Others

The initial criteria (framework) focused on security and infrastructure, transparency and access to information, the regulatory environment, and skills and workforce readiness

Determined to consolidate the gains of the previous subnational surveys on Nigeria’s business climate, the National Economic Council (NEC) rose from its first meeting for the year, firmly supporting the second iteration of the Subnational Ease of Doing Business Report which is to be launched in the second quarter of…

Source: United Nations | Dec 18, 2020

Women’s job market participation stagnating at less than 50% for the past 25 years, finds UN report

Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over the last quarter of a century, according to a new UN report launched today. Unpaid domestic and care work falls disproportionately on women, restraining their economic potential as the COVID-19 pandemic additionally affects women’s…

Source: Africa Regional Media Hub | Nov 12, 2020

Remarks by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, at the Finance in Common Summit, November 12, 2020

The African Development Bank is fully committed to supporting Africa to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and the climate change agenda agreed at COP21 in Paris

I would like to thank President Emmanuel Macron and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for hosting us for the Paris Peace Forum. I’d also like to thank my dear friend Remy Rioux for the vision and leadership in putting together the Finance in Common Summit, with Public Development Banks. Peace…

Source: Internet Society | Sep 03, 2018

Community Networks key to connecting Africa, says Internet Society

The Internet Society in partnership with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Zenzeleni Networks will hold the third Africa Community Networks Summit in the Eastern Cape, South Africa from 3-7 September, 2018

As Internet access continues to grow in Africa, with over 450 million people now connected to the Internet, more than 60 percent of the population still remains offline.  Community Networks are a key way to address this connectivity gap, says the Internet Society (https://www.Internetsociety.org/), a global non-profit dedicated to ensuring…

Source: Greenpeace Africa | Aug 31, 2018

Life After Coal and Greenpeace Africa Slam Inclusion of New Coal in Electricity Plan

Allowing the two new coal plants contemplated by the draft Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP) to go ahead would be disastrous for water resources, air quality, health, land, and the climate

The inclusion of new coal in the updated draft Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP) will cost South Africa close to R20 billion more than we need to spend, and will make electricity more expensive for all South Africans. If the Department of Energy were to publish the least-cost plan…

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) | Aug 29, 2018

African Health Ministers commit to ending cholera outbreaks by 2030

Forty-seven African countries adopted the Regional Framework for the Implementation of the Global Strategy for Cholera Prevention and Control

African Health Ministers have pledged to implement key strategies for ending cholera outbreaks in the African region by 2030. Forty-seven African countries adopted the Regional Framework for the Implementation of the Global Strategy for Cholera Prevention and Control today (28 August) at the 68th session of the World Health Organization’s…