Follow the money, find the injustice: Industrial agriculture is bankrolled, agroecology is starved. In March 2025, AFSA convened over 100 food systems actors from across Africa in Nairobi to expose how industrial agriculture is bankrolled by global financial systems…
US and China Agree to Slash Tariffs for 90 days
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer address the media after trade talks with China in Geneva, Switzerland, May 11, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Reuters) Both Washington and Beijing said they will continue discussions on…
19th Islamic Development Bank Global Forum to Explore Digital Transformation and Financial Inclusion in Islamic Finance
Organized annually as a flagship side event of the Annual Meetings, this year’s Forum will bring together thought leaders, policymakers, financial experts, and other stakeholders in the Islamic finance industry The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) is pleased to…
African Mining Week to Connect Junior Miners with African Prospects, Global Investors
Under the theme From Extraction to Beneficiation: Unlocking Africa’s Mineral Wealth, African Mining Week will connect emerging miners with lucrative opportunities within Africa’s mining value chain The upcoming African Mining Week – scheduled for October 1–3, 2025, in Cape…
Sanwo-Olu Launches N10 Billion Access Finance For MSME To Catalyse Domestic Production
(L-R): Lagos State Attorney General/Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro; Chairman, House Committee on Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment (CCTI), Abiodun Tobun; Commissioner for (CCTI), Folashade Ambrose; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; MD/CEO, Bank of Industry, Olasupo Olusi; Executive Director, Commercial…
NSIPA To Launch GEEP, N-POWER, GVG, NHGSFP Following Payment To Over 1.8 Million Beneficiaries By NASSCO and NCTO – Badamasi
The National Coordinator and CEO of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Associate Professor Badamasi Lawal, PhD, has announced that the Agency is set to kick-start several key social investment Programmes, including the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP),…
ExxonMobil To Invest $1.5Billion in Nigeria’s Deepwater Oilfields
ExxonMobil is set to invest $1.5 billion in its deepwater operations in Nigeria between the second quarter of 2025 and 2027. The investment will primarily focus on revitalizing production at the Usan deepwater oilfield, located offshore in the eastern Niger…
124 Mini-Grids, 25,000 Solar Homes: Nigeria’s Lawmakers Push Clean Energy Legislation to Scale Impact
In a powerful display of legislative resolve and forward-thinking leadership, Nigeria’s House of Representatives has placed renewable energy squarely at the center of national development efforts—backed by action, not just rhetoric. At the opening of the First Legislative Conference and…
$122BN Power Boost: Tinubu Approves National Integrated Electricity Policy
President Bola Tinubu has given the green light to a comprehensive plan aimed at transforming Nigeria’s power sector. The National Integrated Electricity Policy, approved at the Federal Executive Council meeting on Monday, is designed to attract $122.2 billion in investments…
Industry Leaders Call for Stronger Local Business Integration at the Namibia International Energy Conference (NIEC) 2025
At the Namibia International Energy Conference, industry leaders spotlighted urgent efforts to strengthen local business capacity and ensure Namibian enterprises benefit from the country’s growing energy sector As Namibia’s energy sector gains momentum, attention is increasingly turning toward ensuring…
