Cape Town, South Africa — A high-level delegation from the Federal Government of Somalia, led by the country’s Second Deputy Prime Minister, Jibril Abdirashid Haji Abdi, is currently in Cape Town to attend the Africa Water Investment Summit. The summit brings together African leaders, policymakers, and development partners with the goal of accelerating investment in…
Sudipto Moitra, GM of Enterprise Solutions at MTN Business. Managed AI services and machine learning operations will play an essential role in helping businesses benefit from investment in cloud technology and data centre infrastructure, says MTN. The company has confirmed its sponsorship of the executive dinner alongside the ITWeb Cloud & Data Centre Summit on…
ADDIS ABABA – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for a transformative, Africa-centered approach to food security, emphasizing the need for resilient and inclusive food systems amid intensifying global challenges. Her remarks came during the opening of the Second United Nations Food Systems Summit, co-hosted by Ethiopia and Italy in Addis Ababa. Meloni stressed…
Monrovia — To effectively counteract growing Jihadist activities on the continent, U.S. troops have to be present in the region to work with their African partners. This was said by Deputy Commander of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General John W. Brennan, during an online briefing on Monday. Brennan said AFRICOM’s focus over the years…
The upcoming African Union-AIP Water Investment Summit 2025 will serve as a critical platform to translate political commitment into concrete investment in Africa’s water and sanitation sector. Held under the banner of South Africa’s G20 Presidency, the summit, which is set to take place in Cape Town from 13 – 15 August, aligns with the…
The share of bilateral exports between Africa and the Caribbean, despite extensive shared history, has never surpassed 6%, according to an ITC and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) study, leaving much room for growth of up to $2.1 billion within the next 5 years according to new studies. Key to this growth is adding value in…
Elon Musk’s Starlink is reportedly mulling a significant R2 billion investment in South Africa as a potential strategy to secure an operating license, according to anonymous sources cited by Business Day. This move could be a way for the satellite internet company to work around South Africa’s black empowerment regulations. Read: Nothing Phone 3: A…
Across Africa, some of the most resilient and effective entrepreneurs are displaced women. With forced displacement at an all-time high and economies under pressure to grow inclusively, the case for investing in displaced women has never been more urgent. There are 44 million forcibly displaced individuals across Africa – a powerful workforce, consumer base, and…
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has met with Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Abuja, Nigeria, where he is attending the 32nd Afrexim Bank Annual Summit. Hot on the heels of another high-level meeting with billionaire Tony Elumelu, Chakwera’s engagement with Dangote marks a deliberate strategy to court heavyweight African investors capable of shifting Malawi’s economic…
Jon Jacobson, co-founder and group CEO of Omnisient, and Lee Naik, regional president and CEO of TransUnion Africa, signing the deal. Credit bureau TransUnion has made a minority investment and broader strategic partnership with Omnisient, a South African-founded fintech firm operating internationally that offers a privacy-preserving data collaboration and advanced analytics platform. In a statement,…
