Africa

ACCRA, Ghana, July 15, 2026/APO Group/ — African youth identify inadequate training and a lack of required job experience as the leading barriers to youth employment, the latest Afrobarometer (www.Afrobarometer.org) survey findings reveal. Based on nationally representative surveys in 38 African countries in 2024/2025, job creation is young people’s top priority for greater government investment…

KAMPALA, Uganda, July 15, 2026/APO Group/ — The Government of Uganda is considering recruiting skilled Ugandans recently repatriated from South Africa into the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) as part of wider efforts to reintegrate them into the country’s workforce and harness their expertise for national development. ​The Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development,…

LAGOS, Nigeria, July 15, 2026/APO Group/ — SeamlessHR (www.SeamlessHR.com), a leading African HR technology company, today announced its evolution into Seamless Technologies, a strategic transition driven by the company’s expansion into AI and financial services and its ambition to build a broader technology platform serving businesses and workers across Africa.  Having established itself as a market…

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 15, 2026/APO Group/ — The Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo continues to outpace response efforts. In two months, this outbreak has become the third largest, and fastest growing, Ebola disease outbreak on record. Expanded international support is urgently needed to ensure the response is adequately…

ACCRA, Ghana, July 15, 2026/APO Group/ — Digital technologies are opening new opportunities to strengthen Africa’s seed systems, giving farmers better access to quality seed while improving food security, agricultural productivity and resilience to climate change, experts said during a high-level webinar organized by the FAO Regional Office for Africa. The webinar, Leveraging Digital Solutions…

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 15, 2026/APO Group/ — On July 13, at the Ministry of Defence in Djibouti, following authorization by EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, Rear Admiral Vasileios Gryparis (EL N), Commander of EUNAVFOR ASPIDES, presented the CSDP Service Medal for Planning and Support. The medal was presented to Colonel Wais Omar Bogoreh, Chief of…