The Africa Cocoa Finance & Investment Forum (ACFIF) 2026 will bring together investors, financial institutions, policymakers, cocoa industry leaders, development partners and entrepreneurs on October 26, 2026, at Wall Street in New York’s Financial District. The forum will link Africa’s cocoa sector with global capital, strategic partners and United States commercial opportunities. Following its successful…
Pop music icon Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” joining her friend and the episode’s host, Dakota Johnson, for some laughs. Swift appeared on stage during Johnson’s opening monologue to address her role the movie star’s “literal therapist,” in Johnson’s words. 00:49 Taylor Swift makes surprise appearance during ‘SNL’ 00:0000:00 “I’m…
Kampala — Uganda is preparing to host the Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) Africa in February 2027, bringing together international investors, hotel developers and tourism industry leaders to explore investment opportunities in the country’s hospitality sector. The summit, scheduled for February 2-3 at the Speke Resort Convention Centre in Kampala, is expected to provide a platform…
Nairobi — President William Ruto has co-hosted a high-level clean cooking event with Norway on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, where Kenya presented a $600 million investment opportunity in clean cooking and confirmed Nairobi as the venue for the Second Africa Clean Cooking Summit in January 2027. “Clean…
Ghana has won the bid to host the 6th Continental Congress of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) after the FAJ Steering Committee unanimously approved the bid submitted by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA). The decision was taken at a two-day meeting of the Steering Committee held in Accra from September 17 to 18, 2026….
New York — Côte d’Ivoire will take center stage in the U.S.-Africa business relationship in 2027, as Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) today announced that the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire will host the 2027 U.S.-Africa Business Summit. The announcement was made during CCA’s Côte d’Ivoire Business and Investment Forum at The Westin New York at…
South Africa has been selected to host the 2028 World Robot Olympiad (WRO) International Final. The event, showing on the African continent for the first time, will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) during the second week of December of that year. Supplied image: Team Resolute and WRO 2026 WRO participation…
New Era Publication Corporation in partnership with Jiangxi Communication Centre, will today host a high-level dialogue as part of the “Culture Goes to International Sister Cities (Namibia)” launch ceremony at the Avani Hotel in Windhoek. The event, scheduled for 09h30 at the hotel’s Multi-function Hall on the 15th floor, is expected to provide a platform…
Host Maria Bartiromo poses as New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo visits “Mornings With Maria” at Fox Business Network Studios on October 29, 2025 in New York City. Roy Rochlin | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Maria Bartiromo is disputing reports that she was terminated from her longtime gig as a host of…
Nigeria’s Junior Female YellowGreens have completed a flawless Group A campaign at the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier, defeating hosts Tanzania by 57 runs in their final group encounter to finish top of the standing with a maximum six points. Playing at the NTS, TCA Cricket Arena in Dar es Salaam, Nigeria…
