Africa Industrialization Day was celebrated recently, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said it's time not only to reflect on the continent's growth and progress, but also to take a hard look at where Africa is falling short with regard to economic and human development issues. Read More »

The fourth annual Sustainability in the Extractive Industries (SITEI) conference recently took place in Abuja, Nigeria. Read More »

The sub-Saharan African energy initiative Power Africa has announced several new energy partnerships and programs that have been developed during the ongoing Paris climate-change conference, which runs through Friday. Read More »

Burkina Faso recently began taking steps toward better efficiency with the implementation of cloud-networking technology. Read More »

West African Resources Limited recently announced the completion of first-pass shallow oxide drilling at its Tanlouka Gold Project in Burkina Faso. Read More »

The ONE Africa Awards honor African civil society organizations and efforts that are in keeping with the continent's Millennium Development Goals, which are meant to stem poverty. Other finalists were the Global Shea Alliance of Ghana; Africa! Ignite of South Africa; and Community Link of Uganda. Read More »

News media are invited to attend the African Union Commission-sponsored Training Workshop on Trade in Services Negotiations for AU-CFTA (Continental Free Trade Area Services) Negotiators, a five-day workshop starting on Monday in Dakar, Senegal. Read More »

The African Union (AU) Commission recently held the final meeting of the Steering Committee for the AU project “Building African Union Capacities for Security Sector Reform (SSR): A Joint United Nations/European Union Support Action." Read More »

E-commerce is alive and kicking in Nigeria, with online retail giant Jumia reporting record sales across a variety of brands and businesses throughout the nation during Black Friday 2015. Read More »

Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney finished the Nigerian chapter of his West Africa trade mission in Lagos on Thursday. Read More »

Select African government officials and energy industry leaders will flock to Africa Oil & Power’s first conference to network and scope out partnership opportunities June 6-7, 2016, at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. Read More »

Several African nations' government and business leaders gathered in Dubai for the third annual Africa Global Business Forum (AGBF-2015) to address the continent’s economic climate and growth prospects, as well as examine the future of Africa-Gulf relations. Read More »

A key branch of the United Nations will partner with two China-based global organizations to collaborate on building equitable, enduring socio-economic and industrial growth for the African continent, the entities said on Friday. Read More »

Ghana, Malawi and Rwanda are the latest African nations to sign on to the Energy Africa campaign, U.K. International Development Minister Nick Hurd said on Wednesday. Read More »

Cotton producers from around the world met late last week at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva to discuss cotton trade policies and to look for a way to prop up the industry amid a trend of falling prices, a trend that could affect African nations Burkina Faso, Benin and Chad especially hard, as cotton exports are a big part of their economic output. Read More »

Officials from the African Union Border Program (AUBP) held a meeting recently in Lusaka, Zambia, with the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to coordinate border-management efforts. Read More »

The latest DiscoPro, a forum that brings together film and TV producers, recently was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, drawing record attendance, as well as 426 producers from 31 African nations. Read More »

In an effort to promote awareness of Africa's growing industrialization and the challenges the continent is facing in that regard, the African Union Commission partnered with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the government of Egypt to hold the commission's 21st annual Africa Industrialization Day recently in Cairo, Egypt. Read More »

Nine African projects based throughout the continent focused on education, human and women's rights, crime prevention, environmental concerns and other issues will receive portions of over $164 million in funding pledged by the European Commission. Read More »

Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney began a week-long trade mission for Irish companies on Sunday in West Africa. Read More »