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The Ecobank Single Market Trade Hub connects registered businesses across Africa on a single platform, helping them benefit from opportunities in the unified market of 1.4 billion people created by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)

The London-based New African magazine has released its highly anticipated annual listing of the 100 Most Influential Africans of 2024. The list reflects the shifting trends and priorities in Africa, as the continent faces new challenges and opportunities. The list celebrates the achievements and contributions of Africans from various fields and sectors who have made a positive impact on the continent and the world over the past year.

One in three children living in conflict or fragile countries around the world were out of school in 2024 which was three times the rate of children globally missing out on education, according to new analysis by Save the Children.

On Friday 6 December 2024, the Visum Mundi Screen Theatre in Wageningen, Gelderland, will host the premiere screening of the documentary film: The Embodied Absence of the Past: tourism’s intersection with slavery and colonial heritage memories in the Ghana-Suriname-Netherlands triangle. This is a film by Dr. Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong

ORANJESTAD, St. Eustasius — Annina van Neel, protagonist of the documentary ‘A Story of Bones’ is visiting St. Eustatius for three weeks to co-host a number of activities with the St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance. Annina van Neel is currently CEO and founder of the “Tiekie Box” project which helps worldwide cultural rights activists and preservationists, […]

On November 12 and 13 the St. Eustatius Public Library hostedthe exhibition of a young Haitian painter, sculpture, and digital artist residing in the Netherlands, Frederick Calmes. The exhibition consists of twelve artworks created for the family heritage project “Remember Statia: Tracing Our Origins” organized by the Bigi Bon foundation and the St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance from April to October 2024.

The responses to the latest AFRO Magazine print edition -titled Remember Statia- that was launched on Sanday October 13, have varied so far.

Nurse Naomi Ohene Oti from Ghana wins USD 250,000 at the award ceremony in Dubai, UAE selected from over 100,000 applications from nurses from 199 countries. His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mabarak Al Nahyan, Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, UAE, presented the trophy to the winner.

Johannesburg, South Africa – At the opening ceremony of the Pan African Parliament Permanent Committee Sittings on February 24, 2025, HRH Dr. Barryl A. Biekman, Chair of the Executive of the African Union African Diaspora High Council, called for deeper integration between Africa and its global diaspora.