The first phase of gold is expected to be extracted in January from Asanko Gold Inc.'s mine in Ghana. Read More »

Gold developer West African Resources Limited released results on Tuesday from preliminary metallurgical tests on the M1 and M3 prospects at its Tanlouka Gold Project in Burkina Faso. Read More »

Africans and visitors throughout the continent will have access to Movit Media Corp.'s MOVIT phone app, thanks to a three-year licensing agreement between Movit Media and Spiritage SA Ltd. of Johannesburg, South Africa. Read More »

Goldbelt Empires Ltd. said late last week that it has completed an airborne magnetic and radiometric survey of the company's South Morila gold-concession site in Mali. Read More »

Yemdaogo Eric Tiare is the new permanent representative of Burkina Faso to the United Nations (U.N.). Read More »

"FIFTY," the sole film from Nigeria and one of only five films from Africa to be among the 238 films chosen for screening at the 2015 BFI London Film Festival this past fall, will be available for streaming on Netflix beginning Dec. 28. Read More »

Pitso Kekana, head of public affairs and corporate citizenship for Samsung Africa RHQ, said on Monday that Africa's high unemployment rate could be lessened if more workers were trained in relevant skills and job growth would catch up to a growing working-age population. Read More »

Asante Gold Corp. said recently that it has secured a Temporary Mining Exploration Operating Permit for its Kubi Gold project in Ghana. Read More »

The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) recently honored the Nigerian branch of the Shell Petroleum Development Co. (SPDC) with its 2015 Local Content Operator of the Year Award. Read More »

The first half of 2016 will see the launch of a major aquaponics program jointly overseen by Ghana's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) and U.S.-based Zoetic Global. Read More »

Control Risks, a global business-risk consulting firm, recently released its RiskMap 2016, which tracks trends in global risk and security that may be of concern in the coming year. Read More »

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a meeting in Senegal recently with poultry-industry representatives from Central and West Africa to discuss risk management to control the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the production chain. Read More »

Pinecrest Resources Ltd. released the results late last week from a preliminary economic assessment of its Enchi Gold Project in Ghana. Read More »

The fourth annual Africa-Arab Summit is set for November 2016 and will take place in Malabo, Equitorial Guinea. In preparation, members of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States (LAS) met late last week for a series of meetings. Read More »

The Cap des Biches power plant in Senegal recently received the first disbursement of $91 million in financing from U.S.-based international power company ContourGlobal and its partners, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and International Finance Corporation (IFC). Read More »

Switzerland-based inspection and certification company Cotecna recently renewed its hybrid network contract with Paris-based Orange Business Services, allowing Cotecna to keep remote sites throughout Africa and the world connected. Read More »

African and African-American movies and TV shows can now be accessed worldwide, thanks to technology from niche video streaming service Afrostream and IBM subsidiary Aspera. Read More »

DataWind, Intel Nigeria to market low-cost smartphones, tablets Read More »

Ayuli Jemide of Nigeria, lead partner at Detail Commercial Solicitors, recently was named a member of the International Project Finance Association (IPFA) West Africa Branch Council. Read More »

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) recently hosted the 27th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care in Orlando, Florida. Read More »