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The 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation wants applications from Engineers and Innovators in Rwanda
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, August 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Royal Academy of Engineering has launched its 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with a special call out to engineers and innovators in Rwanda. The Africa Prize for...
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's Remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the 5th Singapore-Africa Ministerial Exchange Visit, 26 August 2025
Minister Vivian Balakrishnan: Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, a warm welcome to Singapore – a tropical island, a tiny city-state in the heart of Southeast Asia. We are launching the fifth edition of the Singapore-Africa...
5th Singapore-Africa Ministerial Exchange Visit (SAMEV), 26 - 28 August 2025
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan will host the 5th Singapore-Africa Ministerial Exchange Visit (SAMEV) from 26 to 28 August 2025. SAMEV is a biennial platform hosted by Singapore since 2014 to strengthen links and encourage the...

Congolese-American Diaspora Condemns Kenyan President Ruto’s Goma Appointment as a Threat to Peace and Sovereignty
Forum of Congolese Intellectuals Abroad (FICE) Highlights International Law Violations and Calls for U.S. Support to Protect Peace Efforts HUNTERSVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES, August 23, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Forum of Congolese...

Media reports France confessing waging ‘war’ in African nation throughout decolonization
(MENAFN) French President Emmanuel Macron has formally recognized France’s responsibility for “repressive violence” during and after Cameroon’s struggle for independence, according to a letter addressed to Cameroonian President Paul Biya. While...

Media reports Nigeria excluding accepting US deportees
(MENAFN) Nigeria has announced it will not take in foreign migrants deported from the United States, despite other African nations agreeing to such arrangements, local media report. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Kimiebi Ebienfa said the country is...

Easy Environmental Solutions Launches Terreplenish Trials in Tanzania, Opening Door to Multi-Unit Deployment
MANKATO, Minn., Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Digital Utilities Ventures, Inc. (OTC: DUTV), operating as Easy Environmental Solutions Inc., today announced a strategic collaboration with the Tanzania Fertilizer Regulatory Authority (TFRA) to...

Specialty Fuel Additives Market Size to Worth USD 22.40 Bn by 2034
Ottawa, Aug. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global specialty fuel additives market size is valued at USD 12.07 billion in 2025 and is anticipated to reach around USD 22.40 billion by 2034, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.11%...

HRW Reports Number of People Killed by M23 Rebels
(MENAFN) More than 140 individuals were slain by M23 insurgents in eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo throughout July, according to a statement released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The killings were carried out in no...

Tranzzo enables seamless market entry into Africa with adaptive Payment Orchestration Platform
Africa’s booming e-commerce needs local wallets, not cards. Tranzzo helps businesses adapt fast with payment orchestration built for each market. LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, August 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Tranzzo, a global payment...

Next Digital, Lakeba Group, AqlanX, & Agentic Dynamic Launch AfricAI: A Strategic Joint Venture for African Sovereign AI
The four-way joint venture will start in Nigeria, building sovereign, inclusive, and context-aware AI ecosystems across Africa, built locally, for local needs LAGOS, NSW, NIGERIA, August 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a landmark initiative to...

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MASAI UJIRI AS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ADVOCATE
Masai Ujiri, Giants of Africa co-founder & former Raptors president, named UN SDG Advocate ahead of the 80th UN General Assembly. LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, August 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ahead of the 80th Session of the United...

Rwanda Accepts Receiving U.S. Deportees
(MENAFN) Rwanda has consented to receive up to 250 individuals expelled from the United States, according to an announcement made by the government on Tuesday. The East African country now joins other African nations—Eswatini and South Sudan—in...

Rwanda approves migrants deported from US
(MENAFN) Rwanda has agreed to receive migrants deported from the United States, Reuters reported Monday, citing a government spokesperson. In exchange, Kigali will receive financial support from Washington, though the amount has not been...

Base Carbon Reports Second-Quarter 2025 Operating and Financial Results
TORONTO, Aug. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Base Carbon Inc. (Cboe CA: BCBN) (OTCQX: BCBNF) with operations through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Base Carbon Capital Partners Corp. (“BCCPC”, together, with affiliates, “Base Carbon”, or the...

Rwanda makes deal with US to take in deported migrants
(MENAFN) Rwanda has reached an agreement with the United States to accept migrants deported from American soil, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a government spokesperson. In return, Washington will provide Kigali with a financial grant, though...

US senator seeks African weaponized party for terrorist designation
(MENAFN) Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is advocating for the US to classify the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as foreign...

GUBA Trade & Investment Forum and Awards Foster New Links with Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, August 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Grow Unite Build Africa Enterprise (GUBA) has officially announced the 2025 award nominees for the 16th edition of its Trade & Investment Forum and prestigious GUBA Awards, which...

Rwanda, DRC Conduct First Meeting Post Peace Deal
(MENAFN) For the first time since a US-mediated peace agreement aimed at ending conflict in eastern Congo, representatives from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo convened on Thursday, officials announced Friday. During the session,...

Rwanda, DR Congo Begin Implementing Peace Deal
(MENAFN) Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have made a preliminary move in activating a mutual peace arrangement that was formalized in Washington on June 27. This progress was affirmed by Rwanda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs...