Politics and Society April 24, 2023
The 13th Conference of the Parties (COP) on Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) encouraged African Union Member States that have not ratified the African Risk Capacity Treaty to do so, with a view to strengthening funding for risk management disasters across the continent.
Five African cities (from countries such as South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya and Morocco) gather more than half of the continent's private wealth.
Africa's richest man, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, is in talks with French club Valenciennes to take over 100% of the club.
The government of Italy will announce a plan focused on energy cooperation with Africa in October, at the summit with African nations, according to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, during a visit to Ethiopia, this Friday.
Tanzania and Burundi launched a tender for the design and construction of an electric train line, which will initially connect the two countries and pass through the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a view to exploiting the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and creating the second multinational electric railway.
The Luanda-Bengo Special Economic Zone (ZEE) will host, on the 20th and 21st of April, “the largest meeting of businessmen and entrepreneurs in the Portuguese-speaking space”, according to a press release sent by the Society for the Development of the Luanda-Bengo Special Economic Zone to XIETU Africa.
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