Business in Africa
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City of Cape Town Partners with African Energy Week 2021 for the Continent’s Premier Energy Event
Backed by the City of Cape Town, African Energy Week is set to be both a successful and transformative event…
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Oando PLC Group Chief Executive to Promote the Role of Indigenous Energy Companies at African Energy Week
Wale Tinubu will be coming to Cape Town to engage with stakeholders, capitalize on networking opportunities, and enhance African upstream…
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OPEC to Showcase World Oil Outlook 2021 at African Energy Week in Cape Town
Having launched the World Oil Outlook 2021 in Vienna, Austria in September, OPEC will showcase the report at African Energy…
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NNPC GMD Mele Kyari to Outline the Benefits of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act at African Energy Week in Cape Town
Passed into law after over two decades, Nigeria’s petroleum industry act comprises a complete overhaul of the country’s sector. …
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Canada-Africa collaboration: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to address Africa Accelerating
During the opening session of the upcoming 3-day summit the Canadian leader will underscore opportunities to deepen Canada-Africa collaboration –…
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Frank Fannon, Former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources to be Keynote Speaker at the African Energy Week in Cape Town
Francis Fannon, former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources and the current Managing Director of Fannon Global…
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Autochek Officially Launches in Kenya
African automotive company aims to increase its footprint across East Africa 18 October 2021. Nairobi, Kenya – Autochek, the automotive…
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Luno reaches 9m customers adding over 1m in 4 months
Luno, the crypto company founded by two South Africans, now has 9 million customers in over 40 countries. The remarkable…
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Sendbox Raises $1.8 Million to Digitise Deliveries For African SMEs
Nigerian fulfillment platform to open up new markets for small-scale merchants and build out West Africa’s e-commerce operating system Lagos,…
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History In The Making As African Energy Week 2021 in Cape Town Poised to be Transformative for the Continent’s Energy Sector
By Ajong Mbapndah L Preparations have reached fever pitch for the maiden edition of the African Energy Week (AEW) billed…
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ALSOUG RAISES $5M IN FIRST FOREIGN TECH INVESTMENT INTO SUDAN SINCE LIFTING OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS
Investment marks first major foreign investment into a Sudanese technology business since sanctions were lifted in 2020 – a major…
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Eden Life Closes $1.4m Seed Round to Build Out Africa’s First Home Services App
Lagos-based platform to scale home concierge services for busy professionals Lagos, Nigeria – 13 October 2021. Eden Life, Africa’s first…
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Sparkle Raises $3.1M Seed Round
All-Nigerian funding round will see lifestyle fintech platform invest in infrastructure and scale across the Diaspora Lagos, Nigeria, 14 October…
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Aviation squeezes out of gloomy financial out-look despite covid-19 pandemic
By Nevson Mpofu The International Air Transport Association , IATA , announced latest industry outlook for financial performance in Boston…
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High-level Norwegian delegation to promote Energy Security and Transition at African Energy Week
The African Energy Chamber is proud to announce the attendance of a high-level Norwegian delegation at the African Energy Week,…
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Ethiopian Airlines Renews USD 110 Million Deal with the Texas Based SabreSonic and Adopts Set of Solutions to Power Recovery
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia and SOUTHLAKE, Texas– 11 October 2021– Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), the leading software and technology provider that powers the global…
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United Airlines Plans to Begin Flights Between Washington, D.C. and Lagos, Nigeria in November
United to operate the first ever nonstop flight between Washington, D.C. and Lagos and offer more flights between D.C. and…
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IABW 2021 – Italia Africa Business Week 5th edition ROME, 09-10 October 2021
Press Release “Building back better together”! This is the slogan of the fifth edition of Italia Africa Business Week…
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Qatar Airways and RwandAir Seal Milestone Codeshare Agreement
Customers of both airlines will benefit from convenient access to more than 65 global codeshare destinations. RwandAir’s new Kigali –…
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Francois Gamet appointed as new Chief Executive of Standard Bank Mauritius
Francois Gamet has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Standard Bank (Mauritius) Limited with effect from 1 September…
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Kariya Energy to Drive Africa Energy Transition Dialogue, Asset Acquisition Strategy at African Energy Week in Cape Town
With a focus on bringing new life to underperforming and undervalued producing assets, Kariya Energy centers its business strategy on…
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NNPC’s Group Managing Director Mele Kyari Commits to African Energy Week, Joins Strong Nigerian Delegation in Cape Town
Representing one of Africa’s most instrumental national oil companies, Mele Kyari is focused on promoting the role of state-owned companies,…
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CNBC Africa Enters into Media Partnership with African Energy Week in Cape Town: Distributes Content to Global Audience
The media partnership speaks to the caliber of African Energy Week 2021 as Africa’s premier energy event, with CNBC offering…
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Emphasizing Frontier Upstream Opportunities: UNOC and Sudapet Focused on Attracting Foreign Investment at African Energy Week in Cape Town
Focused on attracting foreign investment in their upstream markets, African NOCs are taking full advantage of AEW 2021. UNOC CEO…
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DPI raises one of the largest Africa funds at US$900m to invest in innovation-led companies
London, 04 October 2021 – Development Partners International (DPI), a premier investment firm focused on Africa, today announced that African Development…
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Why the subscription economy is transforming B2B operating models forever.
By Ben Gossage* Ben Gossage, is the Sales and Marketing Director, Canon Central and North Africa. From Hello Fresh to…
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Andela Announces $200M Investment Led by SoftBank.
The Series E financing values the global engineering network at $1.5 billion Jeremy Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Andela Lagos,…
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A Pillar For African SMEs In Ecobank.
By Ajong Mbapndah L* Our strategic purpose which steers us towards growth and success, is to build a world-class Pan-African…
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Africa Trade Conference (ATC) 2021 to kick off in Nairobi in November.
By Samuel Ouma This year’s Africa Trade Conference will occur in Nairobi, Kenya, virtually from November 11-12, 2021. It is…
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Kenya to host the Africa Digital Finance Summit 2022.
By Samuel Ouma Next year, Kenya will host the second annual Africa Digital Finance Summit (ADFS) from February 22 to…
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