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78% Business Leaders Attribute Brand Influence to Digital Presence | PRGN, The Newmark Group at World PR Day

TechEconomy · July 16, 2025

Advertisements In Lagos, a room full of communicators, CEOs, and advocates gathered not just to mark a date, but to confront a new reality: in today’s fractured world, influence is everything. It was a celebration with purpose. World PR Day 2025,...

Unearthing Ethiopia’s Potential: From Ancient Tools to Modern Development

The Reporter Ethiopia · July 19, 2025

Tegenu Gossa Aredo (PhD) is a distinguished Ethiopian Pre-Historic Archaeologist, and is currently a guest researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology. Tegenu, who prefers to be acknowledged as an African...

11 Farm attacks, 1 farm murders in South Africa, June 2025

South Africa Today · July 16, 2025

During the month of June 2025, there were eleven farm attacks and one farm murders in South Africa. These farm attacks and murders are often accompanied by extreme violence, torture and rape and are being openly fueled by black South African...

Iran-US Negotiations Should Not Be Held Without Preconditions – Parliament

South Africa Today · July 16, 2025

TEHRAN (Sputnik) – New negotiations between Iran and the US should not be held until the American side fully implements the preliminary conditions set by Tehran, the Iranian Majlis (parliament) stated on Wednesday. Sputnik News South Africa Today...

Blue Security Secures Double Diamond at 2025 PMR Africa Awards

South Africa Today · July 16, 2025

Blue Security has achieved top honours at the prestigious PMR Africa Awards, earning two Diamond Arrow Awards for 2025: Best Security Company and the Company Doing the Most to Fight Crime in Kwa-Zulu Natal. This marks the 15th time Blue Security...

Newmont Donates US$700k in Medical Supplies to Ghanaian Hospitals

News Ghana · July 19, 2025

Mining firm Newmont Africa has delivered $700,000 worth of medical equipment to six healthcare facilities in Ghana’s Bono and Ahafo regions. The donation, facilitated through partnership with U.S.-based nonprofit Project CURE, benefits Sunyani...

VP Shettima: Buhari's Demise a Major Loss to Nigeria, African Continent

Galaxy TV ·

The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is personally pained by the passing of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.He described Buhari's passing as a major loss not only to the family of Buhari, the...

B20 urges Basel III easing to unlock infrastructure investment across Africa

Zawya ·

South Africa, through its leadership of the G20’s B20 Finance and Infrastructure Taskforce, is calling for a revision of Basel III capital requirements to allow banks more room to invest in large-scale infrastructure projects across Africa. The...

AfDB Launches Gender-Focused Clean Energy Initiative

News Ghana · July 19, 2025

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Climate Investment Funds (CIF) have launched a Gender and Renewable Energy Country Diagnostics program to center women in Africa’s clean energy transition. Covering Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Lesotho, Madagascar,...

Indivisible 45 Hosts Candlelight Vigil

Fullerton Observer Newspaper - California · July 19, 2025

Indivisible 45 held a Good Trouble candlelight vigil on Thursday, July 17, to honor the “national day of nonviolent action” on the fifth anniversary of the death of Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia. The phrase Good Trouble was coined by Lewis, a leader...

Steady but uneven: SA women slowly climb corporate ladder in boardrooms

Times LIVE ·

Globally, the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), which tracks thousands of companies, reports that just 6.5% of CEOs and 9.1% of board chairs are women. The MSCI ACWI said the number of female CEOs worldwide has doubled since 2019, and 18.8% of...

Ernie Els’ R25 million Golf estate: Luxury living fit for a legend

Briefly · July 19, 2025

Ernie Els, South African golf icon, boasts over 70 career wins and four US Open titles, cementing his legendary status in the sport The golfing great owns a R25 million mansion at the prestigious Copperleaf Golf Estate near Sandton and Centurion,...

Sports News | Regulatory Dropped from Name but National Sports Board Gets Overriding Powers in Upcoming Bill

Latestly · July 19, 2025

New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) The word regulatory has been dropped but the upcoming Sports Governance Bill is set to institutionalise a National Sports Board, appointed entirely by the central government with sweeping powers to suspend recognition of...

MOSA THEKISO: Safeguarding human rights in advancing AI in Africa

BusinessLIVE ·

Artificial intelligence (AI) presents transformative opportunities for Africa. As a continent with vast developmental needs, Africa can leverage AI to leapfrog legacy systems and accelerate progress. A recent report by strategy and management...

[South Africa] Solarise Africa commissions solar project at Genade Boerdery Farm

Africa Business Communities ·

Solarise Africa has announced announce the successful commissioning of a 1.0868 MWp ground-mounted solar installation at Genade Boerdery – Zuurgat Farm, located near Hopetown in South Africa's Northern Cape. This project utilised the Section 12B...

OPINION: African Leaders’ Medical Exodus: A Crisis Of Dignity And Domestic Neglect

The Will · July 16, 2025

July 16, (THEWILL) — The recent death of Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari, in a London hospital has reignited a painful spotlight on Africa’s leadership paradox. While its rulers routinely seek world-class medical care abroad—often at...

Malta is a brilliant weekend break — here’s what to do there

The Times ·

Perched between Sicily and North Africa, this tiny country is a sun-soaked crossroads of cultures, shaped by a roll call of conquerors from Romans, Phoenicians and Crusader knights to the British. The result? A destination that packs a cultural...

Dr James Orleans-Lindsay to address Africa Rising Symposium in UK

Ghana News Agency · July 16, 2025

By Laudia Sawer Tema, July 16, GNA — Dr James Orleans-Lindsay, the Chancellor of the Cape Coast Technical University and the Executive Chairman of JL Holdings, a Ghanaian real estate company, has been announced as the keynote speaker for the...

Report Finds Ethiopia in Climate Finance Dire Straits

The Reporter Ethiopia · July 19, 2025

Ethiopia preparing to host African Climate Summit in September AS Climate Finance Vulnerability Index (CliF-VI) has placed Ethiopia in the “Red Zone”, a designation for countries in greatest need of climate adaptation finance. The report conducted...

How an International NGO Plans to Fight the Digital Divide with a Satellite Company

The Nonprofit Quarterly · July 16, 2025

Image credit: Alena Lavrova on Unsplash The Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI) partnered with Intelsat, a global satellite provider, to bring reliable internet access to South Sudan and Uganda, increasing young people’s access to...