The Africa Rising Music Conference (ARMC) is a leading platform connecting African music professionals with the global music industry, and the sixth edition returns to Constitution Hill on 22–23 May 2026, bringing together music industry leaders, artists, technology innovators, and rights organisations to explore the future of music, innovation, and creator rights in the age…
The Pan African DataCentres Exhibition & Conference (PADC) returns to the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, on 23-24 June, showcasing the latest in infrastructure, new technologies, expertise and ideas shaping the future of Africa’s data centre and digital infrastructure markets. Combining a multi-streamed paid-for conference together with a free-to-attend exhibition this is your opportunity to see…
A conference on financing the African Union’s peace efforts will be held in Paris by the end of this year, French President Emmanuel Macron said while on a visit to Ethiopia. Macron has been in Africa on a five-day visit this week, including for a two-day economic summit in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. On Wednesday,…
LOME, May 4th, 2026 – Africa’s potential for human capital development and economic growth is severely undermined by inadequate progress in improving maternal nutrition and early childhood development. Malnutrition robs children of their futures and compromises national productivity and economies. Although the prevalence of stunting has fallen from 40% in 2000 to 33% in 2024,…
Ghana is set to host the 2026 edition of the E-Learning Africa Conference from June 3 to 5, 2026, in Accra, the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced. The E-Learning Africa Conference was a platform aimed at advancing digital learning across Africa by promoting the use of technology and innovation in education to equip…
The Quintet (African Union, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, League of Arab States, European Union, and the United Nations), remains committed to facilitating an inclusive Sudanese-owned inter-Sudanese political dialogue aimed at ending the war and laying the foundations for a peaceful political transition. In advance of the Third International Sudan Conference in Berlin on 15 April…
Talatona — The 75th Conference of the Airports Council International Africa (ACI-Africa) closes this Friday, in Luanda, after seven days of debates, workshops and masterclasses with an emphasis on strengthening the African airport sector. The event, considered one of the most important sector forums on the continent, brought together more than 400 delegates, including airport…
During this morning’s opening session of the ministerial segment of the Fifty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Tangier, Morocco, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the AU Commission, joined H.E. Nadia Fettah, Minister of Economy & Finance of Morocco, H.E. @NOIweala, DG…
At the heart of Johannesburg’s financial capital, the Sandton Convention Centre will once again take centre stage as global capital meets local ambition at the Sixth South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC). President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday address an audience of international investors, business leaders and policymakers, setting the tone for what government describes as…
Victoria, Seychelles — When the 11th Our Ocean Conference opens in Mombasa and Kilifi, Kenya, from June 16-18, 2026, it will mark the first time this influential meeting has been held on African soil. For coastal and island nations across the continent and the wider Indian Ocean – and for the Global South more broadly…
