Canadian company Blutip Power Technologies, which serves many of the world's largest mines and petroleum companies, is now providing its Advanced Universal Controllers (AUCs) to African mines, and the company said on Thursday that it recently landed its first  African customer, one of West Africa's largest gold mines. Read More »

GoviEx Uranium Inc., the mineral resource company overseeing Niger's Madaouela Mine Project and other uranium mines in Niger, said on Thursday that it is restructuring the company in an effort to build performance and value while also cutting operating and sustaining expenses by half. Read More »

The West African nation of Liberia has joined the World Trade Organization (WTO), making it the organization's 163rd member. Read More »

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has invested $14.8 million in the Feed the Future C-4 Cotton Partnership (C4CP) Project in an effort to improve food security by boosting cotton farmers' incomes through better sustainability and partnerships, as well as improving the socio-economic status of women in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Chad (the C-4 countries). Read More »

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) celebrated its 40th anniversary on Thursday. Read More »

The Nigeria-based Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) promotes growth and sustainability in all areas of Africa's economy, including agriculture, which is promoted through the ECOWAS Agricultural Policy (ECOWAP).      Read More »

Representatives from Ghana and Nigeria were among the hundreds who attended the inaugural World Conference for Public Relations and Communications in Emerging Economies (WCPREE), which took place recently in Nairobi, Kenya. Read More »

African shopping website Jumia Nigeria has commissioned the African Press Organization (APO) to handle its media relations in Africa. Read More »

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV consultation with Benin that ended late last week revealed significant economic growth in 2015, as well as low inflation and low debt. Read More »

Sierra Leone native Massah KaiKai wanted to find a way to show the world there was more to her family's homeland than civil war and the recent Ebola pandemic. Read More »

Burkina Faso's Essakane Mine was one of three African mines to earn 2015 Toward Sustainable Mining (TSM) Leadership Awards from the Mining Association of Canada. Read More »

The recent Climate Change Conference in Paris saw the launch of the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI). Read More »

The Submarine Cable Awareness Workshop was held recently in Accra, Ghana, in an effort to raise awareness and protect international submarine cables and pipelines on the ocean's seabed offshore Ghana. This infrastructure provides Internet service and other trans-oceanic communications and data transfer in the region. Read More »

U.S.-based hydrogen fuel technology company MagneGas Corp. signed a memo of understanding (MoU) with Sierra Leone-based Masada Waste Management, which will import MagneGas fuel and equipment, MagneGas said on Wednesday. Read More »

Economically disadvantaged young adults ages 15-24 in Ghana and Uganda now can turn to the Youth Forward Initiative, an international program that will help them find jobs in the continent's growing agricultural and construction sectors, or even start their own businesses. Read More »

The Training Workshop on Trade in Services Negotiations for AU-CFTA Negotiators ended late last week in Dakar, Senegal. Read More »

Throughout Africa, approximately 600 million people have no access to electric power. Read More »

Three Nigerian youths are among 60 in the British Commonwealth who recently were named recipients of the Queen’s Young Leaders Award. Read More »

Following the sixth and seventh reviews of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, a payment of $25.6 million will be disbursed to Guinea, the IMF said on Tuesday. Read More »

During the fourth session of the Ministerial Follow-Up Committee of the Permanent Framework for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Coordination and Monitoring in West Africa, held recently in Dakar, Senegal, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) members overseeing the water sector asked that more funding be put in place to protect the continent's water resources and build its water infrastructure. Read More »