Volunteer recruitment begins for Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games
PRESS RELEASE DAKAR, Senegal, December 2, 2025/ — As excitement continues to build ahead of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) (https://apo-opa.co/4p76mwQ), the Organising Committee has opened applications for its volunteer programme, inviting people from Senegal and beyond to contribute to the delivery of the first Olympic sporting event to be held in Africa. KEY
Married Doctors Find Renewed Purpose and Passion with Mercy Ships
PRESS RELEASE FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, December 2, 2025/ — While many couples might prepare for retirement as their years get along, Elaine and David Sigalet chose a different path. It is a path that lets them sail across oceans, transform lives, and deepens their bond in ways they could never have imagined. In the final
African Exploration and Production (E&P) Above-Ground Attractiveness Strengthens amid Policy and Licensing Reforms
PRESS RELEASE JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, December 2, 2025/ — With upstream capital expenditure set to reach $41 billion in 2026, Africa’s rising exploration and production (E&P) activity highlights the evolving landscape of above-ground attractiveness across the continent. According to the African Energy Chamber’s (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org) State of African Energy 2026 Outlook, African countries currently fall mostly
Cameroon: African Development Bank Group approves €25 million trade finance facility to enable Crédit Communautaire d’Afrique-Bank expand support to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
PRESS RELEASE ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, December 2, 2025/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved financing of €25 million to help Cameroon’s Crédit Communautaire d’Afrique-Bank (CCA-Bank) expand its trade finance offerings to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other businesses. The facility, approved at a Board session held
Angola Launches New Gas Consortium (NGC) Project, Unlocking New Era of Non-Associated Gas Development
PRESS RELEASE JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, December 2, 2025/ — Angola has officially launched its first dedicated non-associated gas project, the New Gas Consortium (NGC) Gas Treatment Plant in Soyo, marking a major milestone for the country’s energy sector. Commissioned in November 2025, the onshore facility processes around 400 million standard cubic feet of gas per
