IN a significant move to enhance its mining capacity and add value to domestic minerals, Uganda is preparing to commission its first tin refining plant in the southwestern region next month, announced a senior official from the mining ministry. President…
ENGIE Energy Access (EEA) Head of Funding Marie Testard will discuss unlocking clean energy finance at the Invest in African Energy (IAE) forum, taking place in Paris this May. EEA represents the leading mini-grid and off-grid Pay-As-You-Go solar energy company…
AS we look towards the digital future of 2030 and beyond, the global landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace. At Vertiv’s recent Accelerate 2.0 event in Durban and Cape Town, Jon Abbott, technologies director and industry advisory for strategic clients…
THE United States Marshals Service (USMS), Maine Violent Offender Task Force (MVOTF) has announced the arrest of a wanted fugitive, Jeremiah Abreu, 20, of Brockton, MA in Lewiston, Maine. Jeremiah will be charged with fatally shooting his brother, identified as…
IN a televised speech on Wednesday, newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal unveiled plans for an audit of the nation’s oil, gas, and mining sectors, emphasising transparency and investor confidence. Faye’s announcement comes hot on the heels of his landslide…
GHANA’S cocoa marketing board, Cocobod, revealed on Wednesday its intention to hike the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers by up to 50 percent, aiming to address escalating global prices and deter illicit bean smuggling. The move comes amidst a surge…
TOGO’S government announced on Wednesday the postponement of legislative elections scheduled for April 20, following the approval of highly contentious constitutional reforms. The move comes amidst escalating tensions fuelled by opposition claims that the reforms were designed to consolidate President Faure…
SOUTH Africa’s National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, announced her resignation on Wednesday amidst an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption during her tenure as defence minister. The decision comes following a raid on her home last month by investigators probing the corruption inquiry,…
THE US Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has provided clarity on its recent funding initiatives, specifying that the support extended to the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) does not encompass the Lobito Atlantic Railway Consortium (LAR) upgrades. Instead, DFC is strategically exploring investment opportunities…
Left-wing pan-Africanist, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on Tuesday became Senegal’s youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and announcing his mentor, opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister. Faye, 44, has never previously held an elected office. He…
