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AAIPS2025: When Air Connectivity Meets Intellectual Connectivity
African airlines are stepping beyond aviation to power innovation with Ethiopian Airlines and Air Peace partnering with the 6th All-Africa Intellectual Property Summit (AAIPS 2025) to ensure innovators, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and businesses from across the continent can converge in Dakar this November to shape Africa’s IP future. Scheduled for 12–14…
Read More »4th Intra-African Trade Fair Set for September 4–10 in Algiers
The 4th Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) will take place from September 4–10, 2025, at the Palais des Expositions du Pins Maritimes in Algiers, Algeria, bringing together business leaders, policymakers, and investors to strengthen intra-African trade and accelerate economic integration. IATF serves as a premier marketplace for African businesses to showcase…
Read More »As Africa Readies for 2nd Climate Summit in Addis Ababa
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GoE) will host the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, come September 8–10 under the theme: “Accelerating Global Climate Solutions: Financing for Africa’s Resilient and Green Development.” His Excellency Moses Vilakati, Commissioner for…
Read More »AAIPS 2025: Ethiopian Airlines, Air Peace Named Official Airline Partners, Offer Exclusive Discounts for Delegates
The Organizing Committee of the 6th All Africa Intellectual Property Summit (AAIPS 2025) has announced Ethiopian Airlines and Air Peace as the official airline partners for the upcoming summit, scheduled for 12–14 November 2025 in Dakar, Senegal. African Newspage is the official media partner of the 6th All-Africa Intellectual Property Summit…
Read More »Pre-AAIPS 2025 Special Webinar Mark African Intellectual Property Day
The Organizing Committee of the 6th All-Africa Intellectual Property Summit (AAIPS 2025), scheduled for November 12–14, 2025, in Dakar, Senegal, has announced a special pre-summit webinar to commemorate African Technology and Intellectual Property (ATIP) Day on September 12, 2025, from 14:00 to 16:00 WAT. The webinar, themed “Driving Regional Integration…
Read More »€25m EU-Funded ATCMA-SADC Programme to Enhance Trade Competitiveness, Market Access
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), in partnership with the European Union (EU), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the International Trade Centre (ITC), has officially launched the SADC component of the Africa Trade Competitiveness and Market Access (ATCMA) Programme. Partners at the launch of the Southern African…
Read More »Intra-African Trade Surges to $220 Bn in 2024 as AfCFTA Gains Traction
Trade between African nations rebounded sharply in 2024, reaching $220.3 billion, a 12.4% increase over the previous year—after a 5.9% contraction in 2023, according to Afreximbank’s African Trade Report 2025. Launch of the Africa Trade Report at the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Abuja, Nigeria This resurgence was powered by stronger activity…
Read More »4th AfriCaribbean Forum Seeks Deeper Africa-Caribbean Economic Integration
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with the Government of Grenada, convened the 4th AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2025) from July 28 to 29 in St. George’s, Grenada, under the theme: “Resilience and Transformation – Enhancing the Africa-Caribbean Economic Cooperation in an Era of Global Uncertainty.” Family photo…
Read More »AUDA-NEPAD Launches Working Group on Substandard, Falsified Medical Products
The African Union Development Agency–NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), through its African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH) programme, has officially launched the African Working Group on Substandard and Falsified Medical Products (SFMP) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and unveiled the newly appointed leadership who will spearhead this critical initiative. Left to right: Rapporteur: D Solim…
Read More »Egypt Joins Africa’s Top Medicines Regulators in Signing MoU on Regulatory Reliance
The Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) has joined the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) of Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe — all of which are recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having achieved Maturity Level 3 (ML3) – in signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on…
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OP-ED | AfCFTA@5: Why Africa Must Guard Against Complacency, By Bereket Alemayehu Hagos
Bereket Alemayehu Hagos argues: there has been notable progress in rolling out the African …
