Category: Features & News Stories

Binance aids African police in fighting crypto scams

Binance (www.Binance.com), the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency exchange is working with police across Africa to catch the criminals behind online scams according to an official statement issued in Johannesburg, Wednesday.By showing investigators where money goes after a scam,the statement noted, Binance is helping to turn reports from victims into real arrests. Scams often start with a simple message such as an investment offer that sounds too good to be true, a fake job or someone pretending to be a police officer. Once a victim pays, scammers move the…

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AFC backs sustainable African fashion industry

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Returns as Lead Sponsor of Lagos Fashion Week 2026, Convening Session on Financing a Sustainable African Fashion Industry Lagos Fashion Week has established itself as a globally recognised platform showcasing African design, creativity and innovation Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, is returning as Lead Sponsor of Lagos Fashion Week 2026, reaffirming its commitment to empowering Africa’s creative industries as engines of inclusive economic growth, industrialization and job creation according to an official statement issued in Lagos, Wednesday. Africa’s fashion industry…

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Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit returns to Livingstone for third edition

Zambia’s installed generation has reached 4,722MW, up from 3,777MW in 2024, with solar now at 1,027MW. Zambian Vice President Mutale Nalumango gave the figures in Lusaka this month on behalf of President Hakainde Hichilema. The developers, utilities and lenders working on the next round of projects on both sides of the Zambezi meet in Livingstone from 3 November. The Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit (Zim-Zam) returns to the Radisson Blu Mosi-Oa-Tunya in Livingstone from 3 – 5 November 2026 for its third edition, with investment, projects and delivery across the two…

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OPEC Puts Africa’s Refining Investment Need at $125 Billion Through 2050

Africa will need at least $125 billion in refining investment through 2050 across current projects, future projects and maintenance, Abderrezak Benyoucef, Head of the Energy Studies Department at OPEC, said in a fireside chat with Eithne Treanor, Founder and CEO of ETreanor Media, at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 in Cape Town. OPEC also distributed hard copies of a new study on Africa’s medium- and long-term energy outlook at the session, ahead of its online publication. “Talking about capacity, we have also to talk about how much we get from…

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Accelerating African Industrialization and Investment

CERAWeek Leadership Circle Calls for affirmative action Africa will need at least $125 billion in refining investment through 2050 across current projects, future projects and maintenance, Abderrezak Benyoucef, Head of the Energy Studies Department at OPEC, said in a fireside chat with Eithne Treanor, Founder and CEO of ETreanor Media, at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 in Cape Town. OPEC also distributed hard copies of a new study on Africa’s medium- and long-term energy outlook at the session, ahead of its online publication. Africa must accelerate industrialization and attract more…

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Russian Industrial & Energy Leaders Present Next-Generation Technologies

….As African Energy Week 2026 holds in South Africa Under the auspices of the Russian Export Center (REC) business mission, a delegation of leading Russian technology providers, engineering firms, and industrial manufacturers is showcasing advanced solutions at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 in Cape Town. The joint initiative focuses on fostering cross-border partnerships, modernizing energy infrastructure, and delivering scalable industrial technology across Central and Southern Africa. The participating companies present a comprehensive range of solutions spanning upstream exploration, midstream infrastructure, digital transformations, environmental sustainability, and cross-border trade execution: Upstream &…

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Why GAEC’s 6-Year abandoned foundry could help farmers

A factory at Kwabenya meant to turn galamsey scrap into ploughs and drainage covers has sat idle since 2019. Former Science Minister Prof. Frimpong-Boateng says reviving it is key to Ghana’s 24-hour economy — and non-interest banking could be the fix. In a large shed at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) in Kwabenya, the walls are up but the machines never arrived. In September 2026, former Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, revealed on Channel One TV that the National Foundry and Computer Numerical Control (CNC)…

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Driving Continental Investment,Ownership and Growth

Unstoppable Africa 2026 sends African,Global CEOs,Leaders to New York   More than 2,000 African and global business leaders plus heads of state will gather in New York on September 20–21 for Unstoppable Africa, flagship event of the Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) according to an official statement issued in New York,Wednesday. Convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres and H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and organized and coordinated by the UN Global Compact, the fifth edition of Unstoppable Africa will convene under the theme “Powering Business,…

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Global South cultural diplomacy gets a major booster

….As DR. Sandeep  Marwah  named Chair of  Indo–Djibuoti Film and Cultural Forum AASGON and GSEF Congratulate Global South Media Leader as India and Djibouti Deepen Cooperation through Cinema, Culture and Creative Industries NEW DELHI, INDIA — Dr. Sandeep Marwah, President of Marwah Studios, the International Chamber of Media and Entertainment Industry (ICMEI), and the Global South Media Association, has been nominated as Chair of the Indo–Djibouti Film and Cultural Forum under the aegis of ICMEI. The certificate of appointment was formally presented by H.E. Isse Abdillahi Assoweh,Ambassador of the Republic…

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Climate Policy Needs More Science and Less Dogma

About Author: Veselina Vargova,Climate Finance Expert,Co-Founder,Rhodope Global For years, the climate debate has been framed as a closed question: “the science is settled,” “the consensus is 97%,” “to doubt is to deny the science.” The problem is that this framing blurs the line between two very different things — the physical fact that CO2 traps heat, and the political claim that the only reasonable response is rapid, expensive, globally mandated decarbonization. The second does not automatically follow from the first, and that is precisely where room for a legitimate, evidence-based…

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