Seven Sudanese have been killed in fresh tribal clashes in Sudan’s Blue Nile state, despite a truce reached after similar bloody fighting in late July, the official Suna agency reported Friday. After a week of shooting and burning that left 105 people dead in late July, the Hausa and Barta African tribes had agreed to…
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Kenya election: Supreme Court rejects Raila Odinga’s challenge to William Ruto’s win
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Twitter readies edit button for users
Popular social media giant, Twitter has announced it will roll out an editing feature to subscribers of its premium Twitter Blue service later this month. The September 1 announcement on Twitter comes after years of user requests for such a feature. The company says it’s been testing the feature internally and confirmed it is one…
Africa’s Largest B2B AI Focused Trade Event Celebrates 5th Anniversary & Announces Johannesburg Programme
AI Expo Africa, the largest business-focused Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Intelligent Automation (IA) trade event in Africa and celebrates its 5th Anniversary Edition on 19-20 September in the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. Uniting 100s of buyers, suppliers, investors, innovators, SMMEs and global tech brands in the region, AI Expo Africa focuses on real-world applications…
Air Mauritius makes two significant new appointments to Southern Africa team
Air Mauritius has made two significant appointments to its team in Southern Africa. Melissa McKay has been appointed as Business Development Sales Executive, and Kirsty Rebelo has been appointed as the Sales and Marketing Manager – Southern Africa and Latin America – for the airline. McKay will be responsible for key account management of all retail, travel…
The first NFT exhibition of African art in France will take place in October 2022
Neuvième Toit, a collective of French-speaking artists, and AKAA, a contemporary art fair in Paris dedicated to the artistic scenes of Africa and its diasporas, will exhibit for the first time in France works of African art in “NFT” (non-fungible token) format. Presentation 9TH NFT PROJECT – AKAA OCT22 en-US This project is part of…
Energy
A delegation led by Hon. Minister Tom Alweendo is currently in Equatorial Guinea, meeting with high-level industry executives and touring the country’s liquefied natural gas facilities. This week, a high-level delegation led by Hon. Tom Alweendo, Namibia’s Minister of Mines and Energy, is conducting a diplomatic visit to regional gas leader, Equatorial Guinea, with the…
Visa
Global financial services giant Visa is playing its role in empowering South Africa’s youth by facilitating opportunities for financial education and literacy. Visa has recently signed a partnership with the Financial Services Consumer Education Foundation (‘FSCEF / the Foundation’) worth US$ 200,000 (approximately R3.35 million) to support financial education in South Africa. The partnership is…
Kenya’s supreme court upholds William Ruto’s win in presidential election
Kenya’s supreme court has confirmed William Ruto as winner of the country’s disputed national vote, ending weeks of political uncertainty after the opposition – and election officials – questioned the count.Ruto was announced winner on 15 August amid a divide within the electoral commission over the declared outcome, which showed that the vice-president had gained…
MSGBC Oil
After months of waiting, the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power Conference and Exhibition 2022 opened in Dakar’s world-renowned CICAD venue, its formidable line-up of some 69 leading African energy lights as speakers headed by a series of seven keynotes from the region’s chief power policymakers and pioneers. With hundreds of high-level delegates filing into the…