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- Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, the Digital Development Agency and GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 organiser announce the landmark third edition in Marrakech (1)
- Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, the Digital Development Agency and GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 organiser announce the landmark third edition in Marrakech (2)
- Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, the Digital Development Agency and GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 organiser announce the landmark third edition in Marrakech (3)
- Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, the Digital Development Agency and GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 organiser announce the landmark third edition in Marrakech (4)
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Source: KAOUN International | 3 hours ago

Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, the Digital Development Agency and GITEX Africa Morocco 2025 organiser announce the landmark third edition in Marrakech

Africa’s Largest Tech & Startup Show Expands, Introducing Industry-Defining Innovations, Global Exhibitors, and Cutting-Edge Digital Initiatives

Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, May God Assist Him, the Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform, in partnership with the Digital Development Agency (ADD) and KAOUN International (https://KAOUN-Int.com), has officially announced the much-anticipated third edition of GITEX Africa Morocco, set to take place from April…

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- Equatorial Guinea Relaunches Open-Door Licensing Process in Houston, Texas, Paving the Way for Major 2025/2026 Licensing Round (1)
- Equatorial Guinea Relaunches Open-Door Licensing Process in Houston, Texas, Paving the Way for Major 2025/2026 Licensing Round (2)
- Equatorial Guinea Relaunches Open-Door Licensing Process in Houston, Texas, Paving the Way for Major 2025/2026 Licensing Round (3)
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Source: African Energy Chamber | 3 hours ago

Equatorial Guinea Relaunches Open-Door Licensing Process in Houston, Texas, Paving the Way for Major 2025/2026 Licensing Round

Equatorial Guinea's new fiscal reforms, exploration initiatives and data-sharing strategies – along with 24 available exploration blocks and two blocks for appraisal and development – will be highlighted at African Energy Week 2025: Invest in African Energies

Equatorial Guinea has officially relaunched its open-door licensing process for 2025, setting the stage for a major licensing round at the end of 2025 or early 2026. This move marks a strategic shift toward prioritizing licensing and exploration, with a strong focus on regulatory competitiveness, tax incentives and data transparency.…

Source: Parliament of the Republic of Uganda | 6 hours ago

Africa losing US$88 billion in illicit financial flows – Speaker Among

Speaker Among added that the Association of African Parliament Speakers will advocate for increased funding to AFROPAC

Speaker Anita Among has called for a fight against illicit financial flows that see Africa lose an estimated US$88 billion annually. The Speaker made this call while presiding at the African Organisation of Public Accounts Committee (AFROPAC) Conference and Fifth Annual General Meeting at Golden Tulip Hotel, Kampala on Monday,…

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- One Week to Go to the Inaugural Congo Energy & Investment Forum
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Source: Energy Capital & Power | 6 hours ago

One Week to Go to the Inaugural Congo Energy & Investment Forum

The Congo Energy & Investment Forum will take place from March 24-26 in Brazzaville

The highly anticipated Congo Energy & Investment Forum (CEIF) 2025 is just one week away. Taking place in Brazzaville from March 24-26, the forum will be held under the theme, Securing Growth and Investment in a New Era. With a comprehensive agenda and an impressive roster of high-level speakers, CEIF…

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- African Development Bank, African Water Facility, Association of European Development Finance Institutions to hold Investment Event for Water and Sanitation in Africa
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | 6 hours ago

African Development Bank, African Water Facility, Association of European Development Finance Institutions to hold Investment Event for Water and Sanitation in Africa

Taking place on 18 March 2025 in Brussels, the event will bring together development finance institutions, private sector investors, and philanthropic organizations

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), African Water Facility (www.AfricanWaterFacility.org), and the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (https://EDFI.eu/) will host a high-level event to generate investment for water and sanitation services in Africa. Taking place on 18 March 2025 in Brussels, the event will bring together development finance institutions,…

Source: Council of the European Union | 7 hours ago

Democratic Republic of the Congo: European Union (EU) lists further nine individuals and one entity

These restrictive measures have been adopted in view of the escalation of the conflict in eastern DRC related to the renewed offensive of the March 23 Movement (M23)

Today, the Council imposed restrictive measures on nine individuals and one entity responsible for acts that constitute serious human rights violations and abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), for sustaining the armed conflict, instability and insecurity in the DRC and exploiting the armed conflict through the illicit exploitation or…

Source: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) | 7 hours ago

Enhancing public asset management practices in Kenya

A new report highlights the role infrastructure asset management can play in driving sustainable development in the country

Kenya's Infrastructure Asset Management Enabling Environment Roadmap Action Plan proposes clear recommendations to enhance the country’s national public asset management practices. UNOPS, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) worked in close collaboration with Kenya's State Department for Public Works…

Source: International Trade Centre | 7 hours ago

For Senegalese students, digital freelancing opens opportunities

Digital technologies are a major asset in getting younger professionals more work opportunities

With 22 million young people joining the workforce every year, Africa needs to create many more jobs. Digital technologies are a major asset in getting younger professionals more work opportunities. That’s why the NTF V Senegal Tech project organized practical training courses for students at the Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital…

Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) | 7 hours ago

Demand for training and learning for African member states exceeds expectations

Programmes were being designed in response to member states’ concerns and aligned to their development needs

The African Institute for Development and Economic Planning, the ECA’s training arm, provided training for 5,000 people in 34 courses in 2024 - more than the 3,000 it initially planned to, said its director, Karima Bounemra Ben Soltane. She said programmes were being designed in response to member states’ concerns…

Source: Amnesty International | 7 hours ago

Mozambique: Two years without justice for protester shot in the eye with rubber bullet

According to Manhique’s lawyer, he was running away from tear gas when he was hit in the eye

Ahead of the two-year anniversary of Inocêncio Manhique losing his eye due to unlawful use of force by security forces, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farisè, said: “Two years ago, security forces shot Inocêncio Manhique in the eye with a rubber bullet during a…