Projects Funded by Gates Foundation, to Run till 2028 EngenderHealth to Co-implement Initiative Targeting RMNCAH+N Improvement In a major stride toward improving health outcomes in Lagos, the Lagos State Government and EngenderHealth, a global reproductive health organization, on Monday…
New Report Exposes Global Financing of Unjust Industrial Agriculture Practices – Seeks Investment for Agroecology in Africa
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…
NGO Wants More Awareness on Improved Cassava Seeds
The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), a non-governmental organisation, has called on social media influencers in Benue and Nasarawa States to create more awareness on the availability of improved disease-free cassava seeds. SAA made the call in Makurdi at the Building…
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…
Dakar 2026 Advances Venue and Legacy Plans as Youth Olympic Games Preparations Intensify
The two-day hybrid meeting brought together key stakeholders to review the latest progress in Dakar 2026 preparations With less than a year and a half until the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Dakar 2026 begin, the seventh meeting of the…
Alfa Designs to Deploy CNG Cascades To Spur Availability
Alfa Designs Nigeria Ltd., a leading oil and gas company, says it is set to deploy Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cascade to proximity areas to spur its availability in the country, disclosed the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the…
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…
Cassava Technologies and Zindi Collaborate to Showcase African Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation
This partnership represents a significant step in accelerating digital transformation in Africa and will see the two organisations collaborate on several initiatives Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, is pleased to announce that it has signed…
International Nurses Day: Nurse-Led Team Honored for Bringing Dignified Care and Support To Terminally Ill Patients on Hospital Ship in Africa
In Partnership With the DAISY Foundation™, the Global Mercy™ Nursing Team Receives Inaugural Mercy Ships DAISY Team Award for Transformative End-of-Life Care The compassionate care of a team of palliative care nurses from the United States and the Netherlands…
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…
