Africa

DAKAR, Senegal, July 2, 2026/APO Group/ — The 2026 Yidan Prize Conference, themed “Unleashing Africa’s potential: the role of education in a new era of development,” concluded today with a joint announcement by ARED (https://ARED-Edu.org) and Senegal’s Ministry of National Education to strengthen multilingual learning. Co-convened by the Yidan Prize Foundation, Associates in Research and Education…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 2, 2026/APO Group/ — Maixent Raoul Ominga, Director General of Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo (SNPC), has been named the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026. The honor recognizes more than two decades of service to Congo’s national oil company and a leadership…

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 2, 2026/APO Group/ — The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) (www.IsDBInstitute.org) and the Tanzania-based Centre of Islamic Finance, Compliance and Advice (CIFCA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in advancing Islamic finance, capacity development, professional certification, research, and knowledge dissemination. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the…

LONDON, United Kingdom, July 2, 2026/APO Group/ — Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has successfully raised US$500 million through a 5-year Reg S Only senior unsecured Eurobond, achieving the tightest pricing ever secured by the Corporation on a 5-year US dollar benchmark transaction. The issuance reached a new segment…

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 2, 2026/APO Group/ — Radisson Hotel Group (www.RadissonHotels.com) has launched a leading AI-powered real-time hotel price matching technology, redefining how travelers book direct online. The new feature automatically detects lower publicly available rates for Radisson Hotel Group properties on third-party booking platforms and instantly matches them on RadissonHotels.com — removing the need…

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, July 2, 2026/APO Group/ — ICD, acting as Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, has structured and closed a USD 60 million Shariah-compliant Syndicated Financing Facility for Joint Stock Company “Asakabank” (“Asakabank”) of Uzbekistan, with an accordion feature to increase the facility size. The facility is structured in multiple tranches with different tenors,…