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UN Women - Africa
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UN Women Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda visits Kenya, calls for increased investment for women and girls

The engagements of the Deputy Executive Director in Kenya underscored the country’s progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment

UN Women Deputy Executive Director (DED) Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda carried out a six-day mission in Kenya, where she saw UN Women’s work first-hand, and met with women’s rights organizations and partners, to strengthen partnerships, represent UN Women at the CSO Forum and galvanize action for gender equality and women’s empowerment in the…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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    • Congo national data centre under construction. As of early May 2024 the civil engineering component is around 60% complete
    • The data centre as it should look when completed in December 2024
    • Congo: New data centre funded by African Development Bank will cement national and subregional digital sovereignty
    • Michel Ngakala, coordinator of the Congo section of the Central Africa Fibre-Optic Backbone project, is adamant that the data centre will give Congo control over its digital data
    • Sié Antoine-Marie Tioyé (the Bank’s country economist in Congo) is certain that the data centre will contribute to the development of Congo's digital economy
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Congo: New data centre funded by African Development Bank will cement national and subregional digital sovereignty

Financed by the African Development Bank, the futurist building will soon be the nerve centre for storing and processing the digital data of the Republic of Congo

Jolting hammer blows, the sounds of iron bars under a workman’s blowtorch, the odor of fresh cement: at the foot of the three-storey building rising in the Bacongo district of the Congolese capital, a sign tells visitors that a “National Data Centre Construction Project in Brazzaville” is happening here. Financed…

Merck Foundation

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    • Main: Merck Foundation CEO with Merck Foundation Alumni from Zambia
    • Merck Foundation CEO and The First Lady of Zambia with Merck Foundation Alumni from Zambia
    • Merck Foundation CEO with The First Lady of Burundi and erck Foundation Alumni from Burundi
    • Merck Foundation Chairman and CEO during their Annual Summit in Kenya (2)
    • Senator Dr Rasha Kelej with Merck Foundation Oncology Alumni
    • Merck Foundation CEO and Chairman with First Ladies of Africa
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    • Merk Foundation First Ladies Initiative Committee Meeting (2)
    • Merck Foundation marks World Hypertension Day 2024 (9)
    • Merck Foundation Chairman and CEO with The First Ladies of Africa
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Merck Foundation marking “World Hypertension Day” by providing 760 scholarships for future Cardiovascular, Diabetes, and Endocrinology experts in 52 countries

These 760 scholarships are part of the total 1810 scholarships Merck Foundation provided to doctors from 52 countries in 42 critical and underserved medical specialties

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) in partnership with African First Ladies and Ministries of Health and Medical societies provided more than 760 scholarships of one-year Post-Graduate Diploma and two-year Master Degree in Preventative Cardiovascular Medicine, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity and Weight Management to doctors from 52 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin…

UN News
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United Nation’s rights chief says horrified by Sudan escalation as famine draws nearer

The UN-partnered response plan aims to reach and support 15 million of the worst-affected people but $2.7 billion is needed urgently to do so

According to the UN human rights office, OHCHR, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, held separate phone calls on Tuesday with Lt-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who leads the rival Rapid Support Forces. Diplomatic approach Mr. Türk urged them…

GITEX Africa
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Smart Africa partners with GITEX Africa to host a Ministerial peer exchange, and the first Africa Digital Health Leadership Forum

The Ministerial peer exchange will bring to fore, the key learnings of some countries in Africa in their digital transformation journeys

Partnership involves events collocation; GITEX Africa (https://GITEXAfrica.com/) is regarded as the largest innovation and business tech startup event on the continent. Smart Africa has signed a partnership agreement with GITEX Africa to organize the 2nd Ministerial peer exchange, the 3rd meeting of the Council of African ICT agencies (CAITA) alongside a…

GITEX Africa
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CyberKnight Announces Regional Expansion with GITEX Africa Participation and Key Hire of Regional Sales Director

To spearhead business development efforts on the continent, the Company has appointed Naoufal Mzali as the Regional Sales Director

CyberKnight, a leading cybersecurity advisory and value-added-distributor (VAD), headquartered in Dubai with local presence across the Middle East, proudly announces its expansion into Africa. To spearhead business development efforts on the continent, the Company has appointed Naoufal Mzali as the Regional Sales Director. With over 17 years of experience in…

Energy Capital & Power

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    • Invest in African Energy (IAE) Forum Confirms 2025 Dates, Connecting Global Finance to African Projects
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Invest in African Energy (IAE) Forum Confirms 2025 Dates, Connecting Global Finance to African Projects

The third edition of the Invest in African Energy forum in Paris will take place on May 13-14, 2025, with delegates invited to confirm their early participation

Energy Capital & Power (https://www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) – organizers of the upcoming Invest in African Energy (IAE) 2024 forum (www.Invest-Africa-Energy.com/) in Paris – has announced May 13-14 as the official dates of the 2025 edition of the forum.  Following in the footsteps of this year’s forum – taking place later this month –…

African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS)

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Somali and African Union Forces Train to Tackle Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Threat

This training will be pivotal in the actualisation of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) mandate to degrade Al Shabaab in support of the Somali-led peace and security process

Eighty officers from the Somali Security Forces (SSF) and the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have concluded a three-day training on countering Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) used by illegal armed groups, including Al Shabaab. The training, facilitated by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the United…

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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Uganda's open-door policy for refugees strained by arrivals from Sudan, DRC, and South Sudan

Including the Sudanese, on average 2,500 people arrive in Uganda every week, mainly from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan

Uganda is welcoming increasing numbers of Sudanese arrivals – over 33,000 people, 19,000 of whom have arrived in Kampala since the start of 2024 – seeking safety from a war that has raged for more than a year.  Most Sudanese arrivals are from Khartoum, and many have a university-level education.…

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)

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    • Africa Finance Corporation's State of Africa's Infrastructure Report 2024
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Energy-to-Transport Disparity Heralds Unprecedented Chance to Unlock Growth: Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) State of Africa’s Infrastructure Report

Study calls for urgent reassessment of outmoded pit-to-port models and uses new metrics to respond to full scale of continent’s infrastructure opportunity

Africa has an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate development by aligning its abundant renewable energy resources with solutions for its infrastructure deficiencies. This is a key conclusion from a new annual study on the State of Africa’s Infrastructure initiated by the Africa Finance Corporation (www.AfricaFC.org). The report highlights critical gaps in…