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NAIROBI, Kenya — A new global report analyzing sex discrimination in laws reveals that while some commendable gains have been achieved in strengthening legal protections for women and girls over the past five years, progress remains slow, uneven, and increasingly under threat from a growing backlash against women’s rights.

Johannesburg, South Africa – At the opening ceremony of the Pan African Parliament Permanent Committee Sittings on February 24, 2025, HRH Dr. Barryl A. Biekman, Chair of the Executive of the African Union African Diaspora High Council, called for deeper integration between Africa and its global diaspora.

The Scottish Africa Business Association (SABA) (www.AfricaScot.com) had announced that its Africa business programme “Scotland London Africa Week” will return this year from 25th to 27th November 2025. Scotland London Africa Week has quickly established itself as a pivotal event for increasing trade, collaboration and business opportunities between Scotland and African markets. The 2024 programme brought together senior diplomats, government officials and business leaders to strengthen partnerships and unlock new opportunities for more than 20 delegates.

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has announced intentions to establish a $1 billion oil service financing facility in Guyana. This initiative aims to enhance local participation in the country’s fast growing oil industry, in alignment with the government’s local content policies. The Bank will deploy the $1 billion facility directly to qualifying corporate clients or through a factoring line via local banks, enabling them to finance invoices from local contractors. This announcement, in the spirit of deepening Afri-Caribbean partnership, was made by Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank at the Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo being held from, February 18 – 21.

On the evening of Wednesday, January 29th, 2025, the St. Eustatius community was saddened to discover that a memorial wreath and light intended to honor their cultural heritage was the target of vandalism.

On January 26, Kenneth Cuvalay and Derrick Simmons of the St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance (in short: Alliance), together with the Heritage Inspector, Raimie Richardson, led a delegation of the UNESCO Netherlands Commission around the historical Afrikan burial grounds Golden Rock, Godet, and Congo. Representatives of the Dutch Center of Intangible Cultural Heritage, KIEN) were present at well.

One thing is immediately clear when you meet Gambian students Amie Saidykahn and Pa Malick Jobe: they share a commitment to establishing a sustainable and equal trade system between their home country and the rest of the world. Together with fellow student Kaddy Kumba Jallow and activist Omar Mboob they form the Gambian department of […]

Students from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (AdeKUS) are set to spend a week on a former plantation in Boven Suriname in the last week of January 2025, where they will conduct archaeological research into the living conditions of enslaved Africans. This unique trajectory, which is partly made possible with funds from the Netherlands, is part of a project by the Broos Institute for Afrocentric Studies and Research, in collaboration with its sister foundation US4US in Suriname and the AdeKUS.

KIGALI, Rwanda — The African School of Governance (ASG) officially launched on January 14, 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda and opened recruitment for its Inaugural Cohort for 2025/2026. The Grand Launch convened with distinguished leaders, policymakers, academics, and stakeholders from across Africa and beyond to celebrate the establishment of ASG as a pioneering school of governance, and Co-founded by H.E. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, and H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia.

The Ecobank Single Market Trade Hub connects registered businesses across Africa on a single platform, helping them benefit from opportunities in the unified market of 1.4 billion people created by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)