Regional power pools are advancing and renewable pipelines are growing, but the regulatory and financial architecture needed to connect them remains the continent’s most critical infrastructure gap – an issue central to the Power Africa Today conference at AEW 2026 Africa’s electricity demand is projected to nearly double to 2,291Continue Reading

Ghanaian Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa late Friday called for an end to xenophobic attacks by Africans against fellow Africans as the continent pursues economic and political integration. Ablakwa made the remarks while closing the just-ended three-day 3i Africa Summit, saying: “We cannot be talking about trading among ourselves, withContinue Reading

AIMC 2025 also provided a platform for discussions on the integration of new technologies and sustainable practices in the mining industry The 2025 Angolan International Mining Conference (AIMC), held on October 22-23 at the Talatona Convention Centre, marked a transformative milestone for Angola’s mining sector with the official launch ofContinue Reading

African nations can unlock the full value of AfCFTA and empower traders, especially small businesses, to participate in cross-border commerce with confidence As global trade dynamics shift and economic gravity increasingly tilts toward the Global South, Africa stands at a pivotal moment. Home to 1.4 billion people and abundant inContinue Reading

Leaders of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) convened on Wednesday in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), to discuss ways to deepen regional integration and strengthen security.    Maxime Balalou, the CAR’s minister of communication and government spokesperson, said the 16th summit ofContinue Reading

In a Beijing medical device company, a surgical robot carefully peeled the shell of a raw quail egg without breaking the inner membrane. Meanwhile, in a commercial space facility, engineers were using 3D printing technology to produce rocket components. More than 2,000 kilometers away in south China’s Guangdong Province, underwaterContinue Reading

Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday launched a program that will improve the lives of more than 830,000 refugees, asylum seekers, and their generous hosts by transforming the country’s refugee camps into integrated settlements, according to a statement issued by the presidency.    The Shirika Plan is a multi-year initiativeContinue Reading