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Dangote Industries Asks Public to Help Catch Truck Drivers with Contraband

Nigeria-based Dangote Industries Limited has asked for help from the public to assit in monitoring the recklessness -- and the illegal hauling of contrabands goods -- by some of its truck drivers.

AfDB and Brazil-Africa Institute Begin Youth Technical Training Program

The Brazil-Africa Institute (BAI) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) jointly launched a new initiative aiming to train young African professionals in research and technology transfer. It is called the Youth Technical Training Program (YTTP).

Draft Statute of African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission Approved

The Draft Statute of the African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission (AACC) was just endorsed by the Ministers of Youth, Culture, and Sport of the African Union member states.

Equatorial Guinea Signs Agreement to Supply Burkina Faso with LNG

The government of Equatorial Guinea signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Burkina Faso to supply the West African country with LNG and build the necessary infrastructure to import, store and transport gas.

South Africa's Discovery Financial Services Group Plans Major Global Expansion

South African financial services group Discovery (Discovery.co.za) recently announced major expansion plans for its highly-successful Vitality Shared-Value Insurance Model (SharedValueInsurance.com). Those plans will even take it to Japan as a new core market for the company.

USTDA Provides Grant to Solafrica for Long-Duration Energy Storage Solution

Solafrica Energy (Pty) Ltd., a developer of utility-scale solar power plants in Southern Africa, received a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), for a pilot project that demonstrates the performance of an energy storage system based on Primus Power Corporation’s (California) EnergyPod2® technology.

Chad's National Development Plan Receives Major Funding From AfDB

Chad's new National Development Plan just received a major vote of support -- with money to go with it -- in the form of US $540M of financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group.

Kenya and Ethopia May Overtake Economic Leaders Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt

New study from Control Risks Group suggests that while Nigeria, South Africa, and Egypt, the traditional economic giants of Africa, have been stumbling recently, Kenya and Ethiopia might soon outshine their performance.

New Peace Corps Volunteers Sworn In at U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa

39 new Peace Corps Volunteers were sworn in by Charge d’Affaires Troy Fitrell at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa on September 15.

Transparency International Condemns New Tunisian Law Allowing Corrupt to Go Free

Transparency International has come out strongly against a just-passed law in Tunisia, The group says it will allow people who stole public funds and other dirty money to be given amnesty for past crimes, and encourage even more corruption.

Zambia Celebrates New Nursing Graduates As It Invests in Health Infrastructure

Zambia's Copperbelt Province was a place of song, dance and color on September 14, as thousands of people filled the Levi Mwanawasa Stadium in Nidola town, to witness the 41st Combined Graduation Ceremony for registered nurses and midwives in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Delivers First Boiler for Kusile Power Station

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd., (MHPS), in cooperation with other companies from its group in Africa and Europe, just delivered the first boiler for the Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Kusile Power Station, currently under construction in South Africa.

GE Digital to Partner with HPE on Scaled-Up Solutions for Africa, ME and Turkey

GE just signed a strategic partnership agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) (www.HPE.com) to bring GE Digital's digital industrial solutions at scale to Turkey, the Middle East and Africa.

South African Trade Contingent To Attend China Mining Congress

South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) will be leading a trade group to represent the country at the 17th Annual China Mining Congress and Expo that will be held at the Tianjin Meijiang Convention Centre in China from 23-25 September 2017.

Civilians Now Targeted in Escalating Central African Republic Conflict

Amnesty International, the London-based human rights group, says deterioration of civil authority in the Central African Republic has made rape, torture, pillage, murder and forced displacement by the Union for Peace in Central Africa (UPC) rebel forces the new normal in many areas of the country.

Africa Energy Acquires Access to Petroleum Exploration License Offshore Namibia

Africa Energy Corporation of Vancouver, British Columbia, has just acquired a minority interest in a subsidiary of Australia-based Pancontinental Oil & Gas N.L., which happens to hold a 30% interest in an important Petroleum Exploration License offshore the Republic of Namibia.

Pool Safe, Alawwal Ink Distribution Deal for Middle East, North Africa Market

Pool Safe Inc., a company in Ontario that produces swimming pool safety equipment, has signed a distribution agreement with Saudi Arabia-based financial firm Alawwal Properties Corp.

Kenya Airways Financing Restructuring Almost Done, Breaks Records

The US $2.2 billion restructuring of Kenya Airways PLC, the largest debt and equity restructuring in Kenya's history, is almost complete.

Smithsonian Brings Permanent African Art Exhibit to Nigeria

The Smithsonian Institutions' National Museum of African Art announced that it will be opening the exhibition, “Chief S.O. Alonge: Photographer to the Royal Court of Benin, Nigeria” in Nigeria starting Friday, September 29. It is the first time this museum will be bringing any exhibition to the continent of Africa.

SHOFCO and GE Partner On New Maternal and Infant Care Initiative in Kenya

Charity Shining Hope for Communities Organization (SHOFCO) of Kenya just announced, thanks to support from General Electric (www.GE.com), a new infant and maternal care initiative aimed at increasing access to pre-natal screenings for expectant mothers in Kibera, believed to be the largest urban slum in Africa with an estimated 700,000 inhabitants

Tanzania Ratifies East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project

On September 12, the Members of Parliament in Tanzania voted to approve the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for the execution of the 1,445 kilometer East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project.

50,000 Coming to The Electronic and Video Game Festival of Abidjan

On November 11-12, The Electronic and Video Game Festival of Abidjan (FEJA) (www.FEJA.ci) is coming to Cote d'Ivoire at the Palais de la Culture.Organized by Paradise Game, this unique festival will welcome more than 50,000 video game lovers.

Farm Mechanization Urged to Help Transform African Agribusiness

AGCO, a major manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and infrastructure, spoke of the role of farm mechanization in transforming Africa's farms, as part of the 2017 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) (www.AGRF.org) conference held last week in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Forest Planting In Africa Might Not Provide Expected Climate Benefits

Although planting trees in Africa has been championed as a winning environmental strategy to help absorb carbon dioxide, a new study by researchers from Sweden's Lund University, who investigated a Ugandan tree-planting project, suggest the practice deserves some tough questioning.

Shell to Explore Sales of Natural Gas in New Regions in Nigeria

Shoreline Energy Limited, based in Nigeria and the parent company of Gasland Company Ltd.) and The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), part of the Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Shell Corporation, have signed new distribution rights for natural gas sales in Nigeria.