Corporate Council on Africa News Updates

INFRASTRUCTURE


South Sudan Prioritizes Infrastructure Development

Africa Oil and Power
While several African countries saw significant delays to infrastructure projects due the COVID-19 pandemic, South Sudan has been committed to dramatically raising its living standards…Read more>>

Colossal growth in Kenya’s hyperscale infrastructure space
Capacity
Over the last three to five years, the data centre sector has witnessed a call to action to invest in new data centre infrastructure on the African continent…Read more>>

ICT


Establishing Twitter’s presence in Africa

Twitter
As a champion for democracy, Ghana is a supporter of free speech, online freedom, and the Open Internet, of which Twitter is also an advocate…Read more>>

Senegal reaches ICT deal with Morocco
Ecofin Agency
Morocco and Senegal have agreed to cooperate in the ICT and digital economy sectors. An agreement was signed to this effect on Monday…Read more>>

TOURISM


Africa Travel Week goes virtual ahead of September live return

CMW
The two shows were shifted to a hybrid format in the build-up to a planned return to live in September. They saw over 5,000 meetings take place, alongside 4,300 minutes of speed networking…Read more>>

Pandemic a catalyst to growth of sustainable tourism
IOL
The reduced prices and increased availability due to the absence of many international visitors means that South Africans have an opportunity to experience many hidden treasures in our country….Read more>>