African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), the leading strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa through the origination of bankable sport and entertainment district ecosystems, today announced the appointment of Dr Aila Ahonen, President of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM), to its Advisory Board. Dr Ahonen leads EASM, Europe’s foremost academic and professional body for sport

Sierra Leone and Kenya signed Statements of Intent with The Akuna Group (https://AkunaLearning.com/) at CHOGM 2026, becoming founding champions of the Commonwealth Creative Economy Partnership. The voluntary, country-led initiative seeks to connect talent with skills, investment, enterprise and markets across the Commonwealth and beyond. At the Akuna Moment of Engagement, Sierra Leone and Kenya signed Statements of Intent with The Akuna Group. The signatories were Chief Minis

The Emirates Group (www.Emirates.com) today announced its half-year financial results, posting a profit before tax of AED4.1-billion ($1.1-billion) for the first six months of 2026-27, a remarkable performance against the disruption and high fuel prices caused by the ongoing conflict in the Gulf region. After accounting for income tax charges, the Group’s profit after tax is AED3.6-billion ($1-billion), down 66% from last year. Illustrating its strong operating performance, t

African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), the leading strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa through the origination of bankable sport and entertainment district ecosystems, today announced the appointment of Mike Dada to its Advisory Board. Dada is President and Founder of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), the continent's flagship music awards platform, established in 2014 in partnership

African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), the leading strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa through the origination of bankable sport and entertainment district ecosystems, today announced the appointment of João Peseiro Monteiro to its Advisory Board. Peseiro Monteiro is a leading broadcast and media sports events consultant who has contributed to the production and broadcast operations of m

A continuing partnership between Lithuania’s ISM University of Management and Economics and South African organisations is creating opportunities for senior executives to apply their current studies to real business challenges, exchange international perspectives and contribute to organisational development. Led by Dr Audronė Nakrošienė, Associate Professor and Director of ISM’s Executive MBA programme, the initiative brings Executive MBA participants to South Africa for cons

African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), the leading strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa through the origination of bankable sport and entertainment district ecosystems, today announced the appointment of Lee Martin to its Advisory Board. Martin has worked as a Senior Advisor to the Executive Committee of Getty Images, one of the world’s leading visual content companies and the official vi

An AI filmmaking programme for African creators opens today in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and South Africa. Applications are live at (https://AkunaLearning.com). Akuna Learning, from The Akuna Group, chaired by Sir Idris Elba, today opened applications for From Script to Screen with AI, a free programme that equips eligible African creators to tell stories on screen leveraging artificial intelligence. Delivered in collaboration with Google and supported by $1-million

As Africa’s oil and gas sector continues to invest in digitalisation and operational resilience, proven industrial automation technologies are becoming increasingly critical to improving safety, efficiency and regulatory compliance. A successful deployment in Nigeria has demonstrated how a partnership between South Africa’s Adroit Technologies (https://AdroitSCADA.com/) and Nigeria-based Aril Technologies (https://ArilTechnologies.com/ ) is helping operators achieve these obj

VoxNexus (www.VoxNexus.ai) released VoxEdge, an on-device voice stack that brings speech recognition, translation and speech synthesis to affordable Android devices, entirely offline. VoxEdge supports speech recognition in 36 languages, translation in 103 languages and speech synthesis in 45 languages - all running with no connection, no data bundle and no cloud token bills. AI should work for everyone, not just for speakers of a handful of mainstream languages. Yet across mu

African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), the leading strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa through the origination of bankable sport and entertainment district ecosystems, today announced the appointment of Grégoire Ndjaka to its Advisory Board. Ndjaka is Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB), the continental federation of Africa's national r

Platinum group metals, gold, nickel, copper, lithium and rare earth elements lie together in one mineral province in Kaduna State, which the Minister of Solid Minerals Development announced in June as world-class and the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency has verified. The Ministry opens its doors to global investors at Nigeria NOW!, held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja on 19 and 20 November. Processing is following the discoveries, as lithium

African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), the leading strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa through the origination of bankable sport and entertainment district ecosystems, today announced the appointment of Dr Adesegun Adeosun Jr, widely known as Dr King SMADE, to its Advisory Board. Dr Adeosun is Founder of SMADE Group, the cultural enterprise powering African creativity worldwide, and Co-F

The harder the job, the wider the gap between people. Source: Hunter, Schmidt & Judiesch (1990). It may seem contradictory but the cheapest hire you ever made is also the most expensive person on your payroll. In 2019 our business reached an inflection point that required us to hire an additional manager. We needed an individual who was not only technically strong but had the ability to operate independently and become the go-to for our clients. We ended up going with the cos

Award-winning South African educational architecture practice Hubo Studio has returned from PULSE 2026, an international gathering of educators, innovators, architects and policymakers in Indore, India, where the studio delivered the opening in-person keynote and led an interactive workshop that received extraordinary praise from conference organisers. Bringing together educational thinkers from Japan, Finland, India, Australia, Malaysia and beyond, the conference, organised

African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), the leading strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa through the origination of bankable sport and entertainment district ecosystems, today announced that its CEO, Paulo J. Cruz, will speak at the Angola Access & Investment Conference 2026 (AAIC) (www.aaic.ao) in Luanda, Angola, from 14 to 17 October 2026. The AAIC is organised by Expo Connect Angola in

Verdant Capital (www.Verdant-Cap.com) is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Nairobi, Kenya, marking an important step in the continued expansion of the firm’s presence and capabilities across East Africa. The Nairobi office strengthens Verdant’s ability to work closely with businesses, investors and financial institutions across the region, bringing the firm’s Pan-African corporate finance and investment expertise closer to an increasingly dynamic East Afric

Kholo Capital Mezzanine Debt Fund I (“Kholo Capital”) (www.KholoCapital.com) today announced the provision of R275-million in mezzanine debt funding to DCC Holdings Proprietary Limited (“DCC”), a leading South African information and communications technology (“ICT”) distributor with an established presence across Southern Africa. The funding will refinance existing debt and support DCC’s long-term growth strategy. DCC is a leading South African distributor of ICT products an

Cheap, highly processed food is often more accessible than fresh, nutritious alternatives, leaving poorer households caught between food insecurity and a growing burden of obesity and poor nutrition. Rhiza Babuyile, a non-profit organisation which works with under-resourced communities through agriculture, skills development and enterprise, says the country cannot tackle the problem simply by telling people to make healthier choices. “South Africa is not underfed, but it is u

African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), the leading strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa through the origination of bankable sport and entertainment district ecosystems, today announced the appointment of Chantelé Carrington, CEO of Invest Africa, to its Advisory Board. Carrington became CEO of Invest Africa in January 2024. Invest Africa is a leading business and investment platform with