The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disowned a fake LinkedIn account wrongly attributed to NCC’s Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta. A statement by Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Reuben Muoka, declared that the said LinkedIn account is fake and has no affiliation with the NCC or Prof. Danbatta. “We…
While Angola already represents one of the largest oil producers in Africa, the country is targeting heightened exploration and production across both mature and emerging basins in a bid to become a regional energy hub. With an ambitious national oil company (NOC) and a strong slate of regional and international oil companies active in the…
The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development impact-focused subsidiary of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the accession of the Gabonese Republic and the Republic of Sierra Leone to the Fund through their recent respective signing of the FEDA Establishment Agreement. FEDA described the accession by the two countries as a significant…
Green Energy Africa Summit has today announced its Advisory Committee for the summit, to be held in the heart of South Africa’s Cape Town on 10-11 October. Held under the theme, “Unlocking Africa’s Just Energy Potential”, the Green Energy Africa Summit (GEA) will provide unrivalled opportunities throughout its two-day programme for stakeholders across the energy…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced its receipt of seven awards at the Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards 2023 across the transactional and house categories. Afreximbank’s success at this year’s awards reflects the Bank’s increasingly well-established leadership position in the loan and debt capital markets on the continent across the main industry…
The Lisbon Energy Summit has announced a speaker line-up consisting of key global energy community influencers and disrupters. Providing a programme filled with C-level participants from companies including GALP, EDP, EasyJet, Octopus Energy, LNEG & Tellurian, attendees will hear from genuine decision makers, delivering insights on balancing energy security and achieving net zero ambitions, the…
I have in the past few months, both in speaking and even writing about this and related issues, approached the subject from the point of view of a just transition. That is, the broad notion that the burdens of climate change and its mitigation must be fairly and equitably shared between African countries – who…
TECNO recently has just released a new brand video titled ‘Don’t Stop Creating: Magic Skin for a Better Design’. The video unveils the innovative methodology behind TECNO’s latest cutting-edge material technology “Magic Skin”. This cutting-edge material will be used on the body of TECNO’s phones, including the CAMON, SPARK, and POP series, to ensure that…
The City of Dakar in collaboration with the network of actors and local authorities for the SSE (Réseau des Acteurs et des Collectivités Territoriales pour l’ESS – RACTES), the Global Social and Solidarity Economy Forum (GSEF) and the Ministry of Microfinance and Social and Solidarity Economy of Senegal, is actively preparing to host the Global Social…
1. Know thyself. You are the most important entity in the business. No one else sowed the seed of the business other than you. The success of the business is your gain, and the failure your loss and shame. In selecting the seed of business to sow, consider who you are in terms of temperament,…
