Category: AFRICA

Sidi Ould Tah Assumes Office as 9th President of the African Development Bank Group

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, September 2, 2025/ — History was made today when Dr. Sidi Ould Tah was sworn-in, as the ninth President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org). At exactly11:04 Abidjan time, on a rainswept Monday morning, Dr. Sidi took his oath-of-office, at the helm of Africa’s premier development finance institution succeeding Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina who has completed his two terms. Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara, and his Mauritanian counterpart President, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, graced the elaborate high-level ceremony held at the Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire. Former…

Preserving memory of the Genocide against the Tutsi: Liquid Intelligent Technologgies,Rwanda  Donates USD100,000.00

Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) (https://www.Liquid.Tech/), a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, has reaffirmed its dedication to safeguarding Rwanda’s history with a US$100,000 donation to the Imbuto Foundation, marking the company’s ongoing commitment to honouring the memory of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi an official statement said in Kigali,Teusday. Liquid’s annual contribution,the statement said, helps to ensure that Rwanda’s national-level genocide memorials receive the necessary technology to preserve evidence and artifacts for future generations, while also supporting documentation and research efforts. This is vital,it…

Afrobarometer builds capacity of civil society organisations and journalists to harness data for advocacy and news reporting

ACCRA, Ghana, September 1, 2025/ — Afrobarometer (www.Afrobarometer.org) has completed a five-day training for civil society organisations (CSOs) and media practitioners from Eastern and Southern Africa on using data for policy advocacy and news reporting. Participants in the training, held in Lusaka, Zambia, learned how to effectively access and use Afrobarometer public opinion data, gaining practical skills in conducting online data analysis and interpreting survey results. The CSO session equipped 21 participants with skills to amplify citizen voices on governance and economic and social issues through the use of Afrobarometer…

Africa’s Business Heroes Announces Top 20 Entrepreneurs Advancing to the Semi-Finals in Dakar

DAKAR, Senegal, September 1, 2025/ — The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) (https://AfricaBusinessHeroes.org/) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy, today revealed the Top 20 entrepreneurs selected to advance to the 2025 Semi-Finals, taking place in Dakar, Senegal on 10 – 11 September 2025. The selection of the Top 20 reflects a rigorous and highly competitive process. Starting from nearly 32,000 applications spanning the African continent, candidates advanced through multiple rounds, including the Top 50 Round 2 interviews and a thorough due diligence process. From this pool, 20 exceptional entrepreneurs…

4th Int’l Confab on Islamic Civilization: Africa’s Islamic Heritage and Scholarship in Focus

Cape Town will host the 4th OIC–IRCICA–Awqaf SA International Conference,from 12-14 September  bringing together top scholars, historians & cultural figures from across Africa & the Muslim world according to an official statement. This year’s theme: “The Representation of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as Depicted in African Islamic Scholarship & Literature”, marks 1,500 years since the blessed birth of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ a profound milestone that honours his timeless mission of mercy, environmental stewardship, and social justice. Jointly organised by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Research Centre for Islamic History,…

Singapore, Ghana to deepen green and agribusiness partnership.

Ghana and Singapore on Wednesday discussed cooperation in sustainable development and value-added agriculture, anchoring their talks around a pioneering carbon markets agreement and plans to scale agro-processing and jobs in Ghana. Speaking during bilateral talks with President John Dramani Mahama in Singapore, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said, “the first Asian country to sign the implementation of a carbon credit agreement with Ghana and the first in Africa, is Singapore,” casting the deal as a platform to channel investment into low-carbon growth. He added that “other areas of interest are agribusiness, downstream…

EJN Grantee’s Report On Illegal Logging Generates Community Debate and Pushes Government to Investigate National Forest Authority

Kiundu Waweru First Published, 29 August 2025 Uganda’s forests house a plethora of flora and fauna, including charismatic species like the mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, and the most studied chimpanzees in the world, in Kibale National Park. The country is known as the “pearl of Africa”, a phrase attributed to Winston Churchill. In 1907, Churchill, then the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, was on a tour of East Africa. On visiting Uganda, its natural beauty had a great effect on him, and…

Swearing-in Ceremony of the New President of the African Development Bank – Exceptional Coverage by AFRICA24

On September 1, 2025, Sidi Ould Tah will officially take office as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), succeeding Akinwumi Adesina,according to an official statement issued in Abidjan,Saturday. Elected on May 29, 2025, with 76.18% of the vote, Sidi Ould Tah thus becomes the first Mauritanian to hold this strategic position for the continent’s economic development. Africa24,the statement said, will provide a full coverage of this historic ceremony and the related events surrounding the inauguration of the new president, offering its viewers exclusive insights into the key issues and…

Ghana’s Islamic Banking & Finance Journey: A cursory Glance

Background The issue of Islamic banking and finance(IBF) in Ghana was first put  into the Ghanaian public domain,way back  in 2002 when the country for the first time in her history, took a first and bold step towards joining of the Jeddah, Saudi Arabia based, Islamic Development Bank(IsDB) as a member country. This took the form of a maiden official visit to Ghana by an IsDB delegation during which meetings were held between the delegation and then Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Governor of Bank of Ghana and Economic…

President Chairs Follow-up Meeting on Airport Redevelopment Project

Seychelles,President Wavel Ramkalawan this afternoon chaired a follow-up meeting to review progress on the Airport Redevelopment Project according to an official statement issued by the Office of the President in Victoria,Friday. The meeting,the statement said, follows an initial site visit and working session chaired by the President at the Seychelles International Airport on 31st July, during which the committee committed to reconvening one month later to assess developments and further expand on the proposals put forward. Also in attendance, the statement  disclosed,were Vice-President Ahmed Afif, the Minister for Transport, the…