Africa: Nigeria Leads Call for Just, Inclusive Climate Transition in Africa

Africa: Nigeria Leads Call for Just, Inclusive Climate Transition in Africa

Abuja — Nigeria has renewed its call for African nations to unite under a comprehensive Climate Compact aimed at harmonising carbon markets, enhancing transparency, and amplifying the continent’s collective influence on the global climate stage. The call underscores Africa’s commitment to driving a just, inclusive, and sustainable transition that leaves no one behind. The appeal…

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Africa: Nigeria Leads Call for Just, Inclusive Climate Transition in Africa

Africa Skills Week 2025 Officially Opens At AU Headquarters With a Call to Build a Skilled, Inclusive, and Innovative Africa

The Second Edition of Africa Skills Week (ASW 2025) officially opened today at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, marking a major milestone in Africa’s collective effort to transform its human capital landscape and accelerate industrialization. With Africa’s young and rapidly growing population, the event underscores the continent’s urgent need to bridge the…

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BRICS foreign affairs ministers call for inclusive AI governance

BRICS foreign affairs ministers call for inclusive AI governance

Foreign affairs ministers in BRICS have urged inclusive global AI governance. International relations ministers in the BRICS bloc have called for inclusive, globally representative governance of artificial intelligence (AI), under the United Nations. This, they say, is to foster meaningful participation from developing countries. The foreign affairs ministers held their annual meeting on the sidelines…

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Africa: As Funding Cuts Bite, South Africa’s AIDS Conference Pushes for Inclusive, Innovative HIV Strategies

Africa: As Funding Cuts Bite, South Africa’s AIDS Conference Pushes for Inclusive, Innovative HIV Strategies

Johannesburg — The 12th South African AIDS Conference opened this week at Emperor’s Palace in Gauteng, South Africa, as pressure mounted on health systems in the host country and the region. The conference, which runs from September 8-11, drew about 1,400 delegates under the theme Unite for Change, Empower Communities and Redefine Priorities for HIV/AIDS….

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Africa Data Centres achieves level one B-BBEE certification, reinforcing its commitment to inclusive digital transformation

Africa Data Centres achieves level one B-BBEE certification, reinforcing its commitment to inclusive digital transformation

Africa Data Centres achieves level one B-BBEE certification, reinforcing its commitment to inclusive digital transformation. Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, has announced it has achieved a level one B-BBEE (broad-based black economic empowerment) certification. This is the highest rating under South Africa’s B-BBEE Codes of…

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African Women Leaders Call for Reformed Global Finance Through Inclusive Economic Justice

African Women Leaders Call for Reformed Global Finance Through Inclusive Economic Justice

Seville, Spain — On the margins of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) convened a powerful High-Level Side Event titled: “Bridging the Global Financing Gap: African Women’s Leadership for Economic Justice and Effective Implementation of Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030.”   The event took place at…

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