Frontier Exploration Renaissance: How New Seismic Technology Is Unlocking Africa’s Undeveloped Basins
The combination of new 3D data acquisition, reprocessing of legacy surveys and faster permitting is offering clearer geological insight and reducing risk – giving governments and investors renewed confidence in frontier exploration CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 6, 2026/ —…
Mukuru and Travelex Announce Strategic Alliance to Expand Cash Payout Options in South Africa
Customers can now access funds at any of Travelex’s 46 nationwide branches, strategically located in high-traffic, easily accessible areas OHANNESBURG, South Africa, January 6, 2026/ — Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com), a leading next-generation financial services platform, has partnered with Travelex, a market leader…
Merck Foundation Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and 14 First Ladies inaugurate the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative – MFFLI Summit in Dubai
The conference is being conducted in a hybrid format, enabling over 6,000 audiences from more than 70 countries to benefit, meet and discuss strategies and solutions for the health and social challenges in their countries LUANDA, Angola, January 6, 2026/…
Africa’s Upstream Future: Momentum Builds, but Investment Discipline Remains a Hurdle (By NJ Ayuk)
To translate discoveries into development, Africa must confront the operational and investment challenges that stand in the way CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 5, 2026/ — By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org). Two breakthrough offshore discoveries in Namibia…
Senator Rasha Kelej (Ret.) received Kenya First Lady at the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative Summit to discuss their joint programs to build healthcare capacity
Together with Kenya First Lady, Merck Foundation has provided 224 scholarships for young doctors in many critical and underserved specialties NAIROBI, Kenya, January 5, 2026/ — Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation…
African Energy Chamber (AEC) Voices Support for Venezuela, Emphasizing Stability as the Gateway to Energy Recovery and Long-Term Growth
Stability is the key to unlocking Venezuela’s vast energy potential, restoring investor confidence and enabling oil and gas to drive economic recovery, unity and long-term growth CARACUS, Venezuela, January 5, 2026/ — Venezuela enters 2026 amid heightened uncertainty following the…
Shifting Global Agendas Are Slowing African Projects – Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Shows the Cost
As political shifts among key international financing partners stall projects like Mozambique LNG, African Energy Week 2026 offers a platform to strengthen coordination and reaffirm Africa’s energy security priorities CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 5, 2026/ — Political shifts in…
Africa Finance Corporation Acts as Co-Financial Adviser for Angola’s Lobito Atlantic Railway Concession
The financing package is expected to increase Lobito’s transportation capacity ten-fold to approximately 4.6 million metric tonnes per annum and to reduce the cost of transporting critical minerals by an estimated 30 percent LAGOS, Nigeria, January 2, 2026/ — Africa…
Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and São Tomé & Príncipe First Lady discussed their joint programs to advance healthcare capacity and Break Infertility Stigma during the 12th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025
Merck Foundation together with the office of The First Lady of São Tomé and Príncipe has also conducted 2 editions of Online Health Media Training to emphasize on the critical role of media in addressing critical social and health issues…
Historical Recognition for Akinwumi Adesina: University of Gambia Re-Names Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences in his honor
The historic occasion recognized and immortalized Adesina’s name, leadership, contributions to Africa, and his visionary role in the transformation of agriculture and food security on the continent BANJUL, The Gambia, January 2, 2026/ — The President of the Republic of…
