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Scottish Africa Business Association Launch Annual Report
ABERDEEN, January 15, 2026 — The Scottish Africa Business Association [SABA] has released its Annual Report for 2025, highlighting a year of expansion, increased member activity and strategic engagement across Scotland, London…
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Frontier Exploration Renaissance: How New Seismic Technology Is Unlocking Africa’s Undeveloped Basins
CAPE TOWN, January 7, 2026 — Recent months have witnessed a surge in seismic data deals and renewed exploration activity across Africa. In November 2025, TGS, a leader in energy data and…
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Africa’s Upstream Future: Momentum builds, but investment discipline remains a hurdle
By NJ Ayuk CAPE TOWN, January 6, 2026 — Two breakthrough offshore discoveries in Namibia in 2022 — one by Shell and one by TotalEnergies — marked an important milestone for the…
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TDB at 40: Ggoobi lauds lender’s evolution for driving regional development
KAMPALA, January 4, 2026 — The Trade and Development Bank Group [TDB] recently marked 40 years of operations with renewed praise from government and financial sector leaders, who credit the institution’s transformation…
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African Pipeline Projects: What’s Holding Up Development?
CAPE TOWN, December 3, 2025 — While Africa possesses vast hydrocarbon resources, decades of underdeveloped infrastructure continue to limit the economic potential of its oil and gas sector. In 2025, several major…
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Historical recognition for Akinwumi Adesina: University of Gambia re-names Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences in his honour
BANJUL, January 3, 2026 — The President of the Republic of The Gambia, President Adama Barrow has unveiled a plaque renaming the University of Gambia’s School of Agriculture and Environmental Services as…
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Invest in African Energy 2026 to Spotlight Africa’s Energy Growth Amid Low-Carbon Push
PARIS, December 31, 2025 — Africa’s integrated energy companies face a dual mandate: expanding energy access while reducing carbon emissions. This challenge will be the focus of the panel, “The Dual Mandate:…
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Data Centres Could Be the Spark Africa’s Power Sector Needs
By NJ Ayuk JOHANNESBURG, December 31, 2025 — A quarter of the way into the 21st century, digital technology has infiltrated the daily lives of billions of people to an incredible degree…
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High Chief Ayeola Tajudeen Oriyomi, President of ICA-Africa, dies aged 56
LONDON, 30 December 2025 — High Chief Ayeola Tajudeen Oriyomi, a leading figure in Africa’s cooperative movement and President of the International Cooperative Alliance Africa [ICA-Africa], died suddenly at the age of…
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Bankable energy: Why Africa’s downstream sector is emerging as the next global investment frontier
KAMPALA, December 26, 2025 — Africa’s downstream energy sector is standing at a critical turning point, with its vast growth potential increasingly attracting global attention. However, as investors weigh opportunities, predictability, not…
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