The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) was recently shortlisted as a finalist for the inaugural Associations Advance Africa Awards in the category of “Outstanding Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion (particularly of Women and Youth)”.AWIEF has announced that,...

Sun Exchange, a crowd-based global solar leasing platform, announced it has secured $2.5 million in convertible note financing from ARPF, a Mauritian private equity fund advised by London-based ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Limited (ARCH). This follows the company’s close...

Photo Credit: un.orgThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted Africa’s vulnerability due to its reliance on imports for most vaccines, medicines and other health product needs. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) estimates that Africa imports about 94% of...

African countries are facing severe liquidity challenges that make the mobilization of domestic resources for climate action difficult. That was discussed by experts at a recent session on actualizing climate action and a green recovery for Africa.“At both the...

The African Union (AU) through the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is set to launch the Eastern regional co-ordination center in Kenya. The East African RCC will be launched under the theme of "Ensuring effective...