Kigali — The Project Management Institute (PMI) is set to convene leading voices from across Africa at the upcoming Global Summit Series Africa 2025, with a focus on how project execution can drive inclusive growth, innovation, and resilience on the continent. The Summit, themed “Africa on Purpose,” will take place from August 19-21 at the…
Artificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionise project and programme management (PPM), offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance efficiency, accuracy and strategic decision making. As organisations increasingly adopt AI-driven tools and individuals become more adept at using those tools, the traditional functions associated with project delivery have begun to evolve from administrative to more strategic. Popular…
The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and Madagascar. Since 2006, every plant species ever documented in Africa and Madagascar has been included in the massive online database, with about 200 new species added every year. Cyrille Chatelain is a curator at the Geneva…
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) operating as a single entity is a global research organization and has recently launched the second phase of the Regreening Africa Project. The project which aims to restore degraded lands through involving vulnerable communities in greening activities would be implemented in 7 African countries…
Bruce Moepye, managing director at GEN2. (Image: Supplied) South African digital transformation innovator, GEN2 Enterprise Software, has officially joined Project Portfolio Office’s PPO Partner Programme, cementing a strategic partnership that will help to support organisations across public and private sectors to accelerate their digital transformation journeys through best-in-class project portfolio management (PPM). An important part…
Civic technology came into focus at the Social Media Summit for Government. Civic technology solutions tend to be “vanity projects” that result in millions of public funds spent on tech that does not solve existing challenges. This was one of the takeaways during a panel discussion at the 2025 Social Media Summit for Government, convened…
IHS South Africa CEO Sandile Msimango. IHS South Africa, a division of IHS Towers, has launched a public WiFi initiative in Durban’s KwaMashu township, in collaboration with Project Isizwe. The project provides unlimited, free internet access to local residents, students, job-seekers and entrepreneurs. IHS South Africa CEO Sandile Msimango comments: “Connectivity is more than a…
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…
Nice, France — While the island states in the Pacific may be modest, the ocean that surrounds them represents a huge oceanic state–an area equivalent to the entire European Continent. And for the first time, 22 Pacific Island countries and territories have pledged to manage 100 percent of the Blue Pacific Continent sustainably and protect…
