Opinion – The US-China Tech Hegemony Contest: A Threat to the Neoliberal World Order

The competition between the US and China for global power has become one of the defining features of the world’s geopolitical landscape in the 21st century. While the power struggle is unfolding on multiple fronts including defence, economy, and...

Angola’s Sonamet targets Namibian oil, gas market

Angolan fabrication giant Sonamet has set its sights on expanding into Namibia’s growing oil and gas sector as part of a broader regional diversification strategy. Speaking in a recent interview, Sonamet senior executive Sandro Ferreira said the...

Middle East owners invest in connectivity, smart-port technology 

At the port level, the rollout extends to AD Ports’ network of 34 terminals across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central and south-west Asia. This should facilitate uninterrupted communications and business continuity, particularly in remote...

Capital Cities and Foreign Legal Research

Recently, I was tasked with a particularly complicated legal research question which involved one of my favorite topics: capital cities. The information and analysis we needed was only available to us once we managed to see the pieces through the...

Independent eyes half-a-dozen new projects in Angola

Angola-focused independent Afentra announced it has secured presidential approval for a risk sharing contract (RSC) covering a shallow-water block offshore the African country. Block 3/24 lies adjacent to Afentra's existing interests in Blocks...

Angola: Government wants more Chinese investment in infrastructure, connectivity

The Angolan government on Monday urged Chinese entrepreneurs to expand investments in infrastructure and connectivity in the country, guaranteeing a commitment to the digitisation of business sectors and an environment conducive to investments and...

Angola’s national waste agency to address climate action at Expo Recicla 2025

Angola Ministry of Environment, through the National Waste Agency (ANR), has announced the fourth Edition of Expo Recicla, scheduled to take place from October 24 to 25, 2025, under the theme “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle for a More Sustainable...

ICT Minister calls for stronger collaboration on space technologies

The Minister of Information and Communication Technology has emphasised the need for Namibia to invest in and strengthen collaboration on space technologies with countries, such as neighbouring Angola. Emma Theofelus praised the neighbouring...

Valaris rig spuds Angola’s inaugural non-associated gas development for Azule

Azule Energy, a joint venture between two energy majors, Italy’s Eni and the UK’s BP, has started drilling the first well in what is said to be Angola’s first non-associated gas development using a rig from the fleet of offshore drilling...

GHALEB CACHALIA: SA Inc should team up with Botswana and Angola over De Beers

History has a way of glinting like a diamond — beautiful at a distance, ugly up close. SA’s diamond story is no fairy tale. The “Mineral Revolution” of the late 1860s wasn’t about progress; it was about land grabs, brutal labour compounds, and...

WFF 2025: Rome Water Dialogue Advocates For Concrete Solutions To Global Water Crisis

The high-level segment of the Rome Water Dialogue 2025 took place today at FAO headquarters, gathering governments, experts and communities from around the world to advance collective action on sustainable water management for resilient...

Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary 2025 Co-Chaired by The Gambia First Lady and Merck Foundation CEO and Inaugurated by the Gambia Vice President and Merck foundation Chairman

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India & Banjul, The Gambia – Business Wire India • First Ladies of Burundi, Central Africa, Liberia, São Tomé & Príncipe and Senegal attend 12th Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary, Co-chaired by The Gambia First Lady and...

Huawei to Open Research and Development Centre in Angola to Advance Digital Inclusion by 2027

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has announced plans to establish a research and development (R&D) centre in Angola by 2027, as part of its broader strategy to boost digital inclusion and accelerate technological development across Africa....

Angola lowers climate ambition in blow to “spirit” of Paris Agreement 

Angola has scaled back its targets for reducing emissions in its new national climate plan, saying it chose “realism and implementability” over the Paris Agreement’s calls for governments to set progressively more ambitious goals. The African...

Global wildfires in 2024 destroyed an area larger than India

Human activity is responsible for between 80 and 90 per cent of wildfires. Image: Shutterstock Extreme wildfires emitted more than eight billion tonnes of carbon dioxide during the 2024–2025 fire season By Victoria Heath Between March 2024 and...

Mozambique's role in championing the Timor-Leste independence movement

Demonstrations at the University Eduardo Mondlane campus, in Maputo, Mozambique, on September 26, 1999, in Indonesia's Tempo magazine. Photo by Marisa Gonçalves. Used with permission. The Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste and the East African...

Cameroon vs Angola Prediction and Betting Tips | October 13th 2025

Cameroon will host Angola at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium on Monday in the final round of their CAF 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. The home side have enjoyed a positive qualification campaign so far and will secure back-to-back World...

Russia-Africa Expo 2025: Foundation for Future Growth of Entrepreneurship -By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh

In an analytical assessment, Russia-Africa Expo 2025 aims at pitching new opportunities and creating partnerships. As envisioned, the participants including ministers, corporate executives, entrepreneurs and investors—have an opportunity to...

5th Türkiye-Africa Business and Economic Forum kicks off in Istanbul

ISTANBUL The fifth Türkiye-Africa Business and Economic Forum (TABEF) opened in Istanbul on Thursday, organized by the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) with the African Union (AU) and hosted by the Turkish Trade Ministry. The forum, with...

Arkestro Announces Customer Expansion with Chevron

Arkestro, a leading predictive procurement platform accelerating enterprise scale, announces the expansion of its adoption within Chevron Corporation, one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. To date, Chevron has used Arkestro's...