·Nigeria, 7 others sign AFRIPERF charter Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Nigeria and seven other African countries yesterday signed a charter to birth the African Petroleum Regulators Forum (AFRIPERF), a demonstration of the country’s leadership in Africa’s oil and gas sector. The charter seeks to enhance cooperation and collaboration among African petroleum regulators, to ensure a…
South African companies who were part of the 30-member business delegation at the recently concluded Intra-Africa Trade Fair (IATF) in Algeria say they are eager to do business in Algeria and across the continent. This as the local companies generated several promising trade leads over the course of the trade fair. The IATF 2025 was…
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has revealed that 542 people took their own lives in Namibia between 2023 and 2024, warning that the country now tops the list of suicide cases in Africa. Speaking during the official opening of the 26th annual meeting of the Council of Traditional Leaders at Ondangwa yesterday, the president expressed deep concern…
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Nigeria has emerged as the largest stablecoin market in Africa, with nearly $22 billion in transactions recorded between July 2023 and June 2024. This was stated in the latest report released by Yellow Card titled, ‘Stablecoin Adoption in Emerging Markets – The Report for Global Business Leaders’. The report which is Yellow Card’s third and…
Getty Images Adolescence star Owen Cooper has made Emmy history as one of the youngest ever to be nominated for this year’s awards. The 15-year-old British actor has bagged the nomination for best supporting actor in a limited/anthology series or TV movie. If he wins, Cooper will be the youngest male winner of an acting…
A delegation from the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) Secretariat, led by its Executive Secretary, Ms Fikile P. Zitha, met the Junior Minister of Finance, Mr Dhaneshwar Damry, this afternoon, in Port-Louis. The purpose of the two-day mission of the ESAAMLG team in Mauritius is to initiate early engagement with high-level stakeholders…
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire — Africa has taken a major step toward safeguarding the future of its donkey population, as leaders, experts, and stakeholders from across the continent gather in Abidjan for the Second Pan-African Donkey Conference (PADCO-2). At the heart of this high-level meeting is the validation of the Pan-African Strategy for the Preservation, Welfare…
Nairobi — The Project Management Institute (PMI) Sub-Saharan Africa is leading a strategic delegation of African public and private sector leaders to China to explore best practices in large-scale project delivery, talent development, and organisational agility. The delegation–comprising officials from South Africa’s Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, corporate executives, academia, and professional bodies–will engage…
