AIC News

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says government must move with haste in passing the Companies Amendment Bill into law.

The Supreme Council for Arab-African Economy (SCAAE), an international organisation that seeks to promote trade and investment in Arab and African countries, will hold its maiden conference in Ghana on June 1, this year.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says Africa needs an annual investment of $32 billion to $40 billion along the energy value chain to achieve universal access for electricity by 2030.

Startups like FlexID remind us that distributed ledger technology has the potential to play other roles, including offering trusted records of identities without the need for a centralized authority.

Peter Stolze has stepped back as a director of Energise Africa following a strategic investment in the crowdfunding platform by investment bank ABN AMRO.

A festival to showcase Ghana’s diverse cultural heritage and to attract foreign direct investment for the country has been launched in Accra.

Moving South Africa’s coal-dominated economy to a greener footing will require at least $250bn over the next three decades, according to a new report released on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The partnership is aimed at increasing visibility for the South Sudan Oil & Power (SSOP) 2022 and celebrating the event’s fifth anniversary.

The African Development Bank has signed an agreement with Gabinete de Implementação do Projecto Hidroeléctrico de Mphanda Nkuwa, an implementing entity, to provide advisory services for the development of the $4.5 billion 1,500 MW Mphanda Nkuwa Hydro Power Project in Mozambique.

While nations face unprecedented challenges with the war in Ukraine and the economic aftershocks of Covid-19, many countries – including South Africa – are emerging from the pandemic-induced slump with bright ambitions for the future.