President Paul Kagame has issued a call for world leaders to embrace a new model of cooperation between Africa and Europe, urging partnerships built on equality, shared risk, and mutual benefit, as global economic and political shifts reshape traditional approaches to globalisation. The Head of State was speaking on Thursday, October 9, at the second…
Addis Ababa — The African Union Commission and the Pan African Youth Union (PYU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together aimed at empowering the youth in the continent. Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received Hon. Dialla Moumouni and Mr. Ahmed Bening, Executive Leaders of the Pan African Youth…
Flenk Mnisi, acting chief operating officer of Sentech and Anton Jooste, MD of digital services for South Africa at Seacom. Submarine cable operator Seacom and signal distributor Sentech have signed a memorandum of understanding to accelerate the growth of small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in South Africa’s telecommunications sector. The agreement, signed at Seacom’s…
The Seoul skyline. Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images South Korea’s Kospi index jumped more than 3% Thursday to hit an all-time high, lifted by gains in heavyweight Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Shares in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which announced a partnership with OpenAI late Wednesday to supply memory chips, rose over…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (https://Afreximbank.com) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have renewed and expanded their memorandum of understanding (MoU), underscoring their commitment to strengthening intra-African trade, small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) competitiveness, and South-South cooperation. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the recently concluded Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025) by Prof….
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK – During the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, Spotlight Initiative co-hosted a high-level side event to mobilize new commitments towards gender-based violence prevention and response. ‘Full Speed Ahead: A Global Partnership to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls’ was co-hosted with the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU),…
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) have renewed their collaboration on achieving universal health coverage with the launch of Phase V (2025-2028) of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnership – WHO’s largest platform for strengthening health systems and advancing primary health care. The announcement was made today by the European Commissioner…
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has said that Africa does not seek charity but authentic collaboration founded on mutual respect, fairness, and shared values. Lawal, who was the keynote speaker at the Canada-Africa Trade and Investment Expo 2025, stated this on Wednesday at the Toronto Marriott City Hotel, Canada. A statement by his spokesperson, Sulaiman…
Addis Ababa — The African Union (AU) and the U.S have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen partnership in various spheres to realize a prosperous and stable Africa. Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, and U.S. Senior Advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos, briefed the media today, following their meeting at the AU Headquarters….
Microsoft and OpenAI said on Thursday they have signed a non-binding deal for new relationship terms that would allow OpenAI to proceed to restructure itself into a for-profit company, marking a new phase of the most high-profile partnerships to fund the ChatGPT frenzy. Details on the new commercial arrangements were not disclosed, but the companies…
