Africa

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 22, 2026/APO Group/ — With a fresh $55M million investment from Chinese growth-stage fund NewTrails Capital, Spiro consolidates backing from a powerful consortium of global institutional and impact investors and closes its last funding round to $270M. As African economies push to reduce dependence on imported fuel, reinforce energy and…

VICTORIA, Seychelles, June 21, 2026/APO Group/ — A day marked by at least eight new record-breaking performances, intense competition, and sporting excellence came to a fitting conclusion yesterday, at Stad Linite as President Dr Patrick Herminie presented the President’s Cup to the Seychelles Police Academy (SPA), one of the overall winners of the 46th National…

VICTORIA, Seychelles, June 21, 2026/APO Group/ — The President of the Republic, Dr Patrick Herminie, joins the nation in celebrating Father’s Day and pays tribute to all fathers, grandfathers and father figures whose love, strength, guidance and sacrifice help shape strong families and a stronger Seychelles. Today is an opportunity to recognise the often quiet…

BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 21, 2026/APO Group/ — President of the Republic of Azerbaijan H.E. Ilham Aliyev received, on June 18, a delegation comprising the heads of member institutions of the Arab Coordination Group (ACG) (https://TheACG.org), as well as Arab Ministers of Finance and senior officials participating in the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development…

BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 21, 2026/APO Group/ — The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) (http://ICIEC.IsDB.org), a Shariah-based multilateral credit and political risk insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, has provided insurance support for the construction of the Akii-Bua Olympic Stadium in Uganda. The transaction was signed on…