ST. EUSTATIUS –The Golden Rock and Godet Afrikan burial sites in St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, will be recognized by UNESCO as significant sites tied to the legacies of enslavement.

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.

Broos Institute, the Afrocentric educational institute that launched the first university African studies program in the Netherlands, has launched a crowdfunding campaign this week for its African partner The Millar Institute.

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

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has announced intentions to establish a $1 billion oil service financing facility in Guyana. This initiative aims to enhance local participation in the country’s fast growing oil industry, in alignment with the government’s local content policies. The Bank will deploy the $1 billion facility directly to qualifying corporate clients or through a factoring line via local banks, enabling them to finance invoices from local contractors. This announcement, in the spirit of deepening Afri-Caribbean partnership, was made by Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank at the Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo being held from, February 18 – 21.