NAIROBI, Kenya, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — eWAKA (www.eWAKA.tech) today announced the company’s Co-founder and CEO, Céleste Tchetgen Vogel, has been selected as a 2026 Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow. Vogel was recognized for her work to electrify Africa’s last mile, giving riders clean vehicles they can own and a better way to earn. Chosen from…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — Kaspersky’s (www.Kaspersky.co.za) latest global survey shows a change in how people go online: 58% now claim their smartphone is the main device they use to access the Internet, pushing the PC into a secondary role. But as the amount and sensitivity of data stored on these phones keep…
NEW YORK, United States of America, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — Native (https://Native.io/), the agentic intelligence company building the operating system for offline trade, today announced it has acquired Frontline Research Group (https://FrontlineResearchGroup.com/), a leading market intelligence business serving consumer goods companies across more than 14 African markets. Native is acquiring Frontline to add independent market…
LUANDA, Angola, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — ExxonMobil has joined Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2026 as a Gold Sponsor, reinforcing its long-term commitment to one of Africa’s largest upstream markets. Taking place in Luanda from September 9–10 – with a pre-conference day on September 8 – AOG 2026 will bring together operators, investors, financiers…
LONDON, United Kingdom, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — The World Gold Council (WGC) (www.Gold.org) and the Government of the Republic of Ghana (GoG), acting through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, today announced the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation on the formalisation of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM),…
LONDON, United Kingdom, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — Backbase (www.Backbase.com), the leader in AI-powered banking, in partnership with African Banker magazine, has published The State of AI in African Banking 2026: The Reality of Banking in the Agentic Era. The report, the first systematic assessment of the return on investment of AI in African banking,…
