Adenia Partners reached a first close of $180 million for its Adenia Entrepreneurial Fund I, hitting its hard cap less than a year after launch. The fund is the first in a new strategy focused on control investments in small and lower mid-cap companies across Africa, a segment often described as undercapitalised despite its size…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has begun exporting fuel across Africa after reaching full production capacity, marking a shift in regional fuel supply dynamics. The refinery shipped about 456,000 tons of petroleum products in its first export wave, representing less than a fifth of its monthly output. The facility ramped up to its full capacity…
Cities across the west of Ukraine were hit, with residential buildings damaged and many injured.
Namibia has turned down applications from Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider Starlink for a telecommunications service licence and access to radio spectrum, a notice in the Southern African country’s government gazette showed. The notice, dated 23 March, did not say why Starlink’s applications were declined. The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia could reconsider the decisions…
It is tempting, especially in moments of conflict, to reduce war to a simple question: who is winning? For decades, the answer often seemed straightforward, as the side with superior weapons, better technology, and greater military reach was assumed to hold the advantage. By that logic, the United States, alongside Israel, should be clearly ahead…
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has called for stronger economic, cultural, and strategic cooperation between Africa and Latin America. Speaking on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the CELAC-Africa High-Level Forum in Bogotá, Tuggar described the gathering as a critical platform for advancing dialogue and partnership among regions of the…
A missile slammed into a street in central Tel Aviv as Iran kept up its barrages targeting Israel and Gulf Arab states on Tuesday, hours after President Trump said the U.S. was in talks with Tehran to end the war. Iran dismissed the claim of ongoing negotiations as “fakenews is used to manipulate the financial…
Rimini Street Wins Multiple Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service Excellence Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), the Software Support and Agentic AI ERP Company™, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced wins in three categories of the 20th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. This…
The African Union Pan-African Institute for Education for Development (AU IPED), through the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX) Africa 19 Hub a joint initiative with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), has successfully concluded a three-day workshop in Juba, South Sudan, to support the strengthening of the country’s Education Management…
NAIROBI — The Sunshine Development Tour – East Africa Swing will return next month for its 2026/27 season with a major expansion into West Africa, aimed at strengthening Africa’s competitive golf pathway. The new season, which tees off next month, will feature an increased number of events across East Africa and, for the first time,…
