Author name: Godswill Odiong

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has endorsed the Bank’s 2023-2028 Country Strategy Paper for Mozambique on 13 June 2023. The new strategy aims to promote the country’s structural transformation by improving fiscal stability, creating decent jobs and generating inclusive growth. The strategy has two priority areas: fostering improved economic […]

There’s a smart management concept that says, “catch people in the act of doing something right.” The idea is that by reinforcing positive behavior, leaders can motivate their team members to live up to high expectations and to routinely do their best. There may not be an exact parallel on a national level, but there’s

The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) introduced its 2030 strategy at a business reception in London – affirming its leadership position as a mover and multiplier of infrastructure finance in sub-Saharan Africa and south and south-east Asia. Climate and nature, together with sustainable development, are the core focus of the new strategy and will inform

Angola’s national concessionaire the National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) signed four direct concession contracts for the production of oil blocks in the onshore Kwanza Basin. Poised to increase exploration activity and production in the southern African country’s onshore acreage, the concession involves Blocks KON 2/11/12 and 16 and will serve to encourage the

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (http://www.EnergyChamber.org) – the voice of the African energy sector – is proud to announce that H.E. Yonis Ali Guedi, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Djibouti, will participate at the African Energy Week (AEW) 2023 conference and exhibition – Africa’s premier event for the energy sector

Energy Capital & Power (https://EnergyCapitalPower.com/) announces that the Critical Minerals Africa investment summit will take place on 17-18 October in Cape Town, South Africa. This inaugural summit kicks off a series of results-driven African events with the goal of strengthening global supply chains for critical minerals; increasing value addition in critical minerals production within Africa;

For South Sudanese women and youth, learning and livelihood opportunities can be hard to come by at the best of times. Add floods and insecurity to the Jonglei context and it becomes even more difficult, but some 60 people in Bor, including 56 women, recently found a chance to both develop new skills and, hopefully,

Algeria continues to make great strides towards advancing its contribution towards the development of key oil and gas markets in Africa. During the African Energy Chamber’s (AEC) (http://www.EnergyChamber.org) most recent working visit to the country – taking place this week and led by AEC Executive Chairman NJ Ayuk – Algeria’s Ministry of Energy and Mines