Over 150 government officials and private-sector stakeholders converged on Abidjan, Ivory Coast, last week to discuss African infrastructure development. Read More »

Guinea's recent elections ran smoothly, partly thanks to European digital security company Gemalto, which was hired by Guinea's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) to modernize the nation's voter-registration system. Read More »

The fourth annual Ghana Sustainable Business Forum (SBF) -- presented by PwC Ghana, the Embassy of France to Ghana and the United Nations Development Programme in  Ghana -- will be held on Thursday in Accra. Read More »

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is hosting the 17th annual OILGASMINE Conference and Exhibition this week in Khartoum, Sudan, running through Thursday. Read More »

Energy industry leaders from throughout the U.S. and Africa will gather Jan. 27-29 in Washington, D.C., for the second annual Powering Africa: Summit. Read More »

Social media is an inexpensive and effective way for a business to reach a large -- even global -- audience. Read More »

Jean Omer Beriziky, former prime minister of the Republic of Madagascar, is leading an African Union Short-Term Observation Mission (STO) to monitor Burkina Faso's general elections on Sunday after the government requested the mission. Read More »

The Hague, Netherlands will be the site of a Nov. 30 trade and investment conference hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. Read More »

Tigo Ghana Chief Executive Officer Roshi Motman was recently honored as CEO of the Year at the 2015 COM World Series AfricaCom Awards. The award honors leaders who have made significant contributions to the telecom and information technology sectors in Africa. Read More »