MIL Africa Engine

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State agencies the Ghana Gold Board and the Ghana Geological Survey Authority have signed an agreement to co-conduct geological surveys in the Funsi, Atuna and Bensere East regions. The initiative aims to expand national gold reserves, increase output and support the formalization of artisanal mining operations. The agreement is part of a growing trend across Africa, with mineral-rich countries embarking on national geomapping programs to strengthen mineral production, de-risk exploration projects and position the continent as a key player in the global mineral supply chain.

Acceleration in geomapping exercises will be a key focus at the upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) Conference and Exhibition – The Most Influential Mining Conference in Africa, scheduled for October 14-16 in Cape Town. The event will connect global investors and geophysical technology providers with African regulators and project developers, facilitating strategic collaborations aimed at unlocking greenfield developments.

The theme for AMW 2026 – Mining the Future: Unearthing Africa’s Full Mineral Value Chain – reflects a growing trend among African mining jurisdictions eager to unlock the continent’s $8.5 trillion worth of untapped mineral potential. This is backed by the launch of national geomapping initiatives, aimed at identifying new exploration frontiers and supporting investments.

Recent examples include Burundi’s mid-March partnership with U.S. companies Lifezone Metals and KoBold Metals to assess the Musongati Nickel project and other critical mineral prospects. The Democratic Republic of Congo has also engaged Xcalibur Smart Mapping to survey an area spanning 700,000 square kilometers as part of a strategy to unlock over $24 trillion in untapped mineral reserves, with 90% of its geology yet to be explored.

Zambia has also completed 55% of its national geomapping project, as the country seeks to identify new copper deposits to meet its 2031 target of increasing output to three million tons. Meanwhile, Nigeria is advancing its own geomapping efforts following approval of a N1 trillion budget for 2026, aimed at unlocking the country’s potential in more than 44 critical minerals. Several other countries, including Tanzania, are also implementing similar initiatives, while South Africa is providing technical support to nations such as Gabon, South Sudan and Nigeria.

Liberia has plans to geomap 80% of its largely unexplored geology. In an exclusive interview ahead of AMW 2026, Matenokay Tingban, Liberia’s Minister of Mines and Energy, told organizers that “we are seeking geomapping and exploration partners. With Liberia’s vast but largely untapped mineral resources, access to geoscientific data will allow us to negotiate stronger investment deals and unlock downstream infrastructure development.”

The surge in geomapping initiatives highlights Africa’s commitment to unlocking its mining sector growth and presents lucrative opportunities for global exploration, drilling and geophysical technology providers. AMW 2026 will showcase ongoing geomapping progress, connecting African stakeholders with global partners to foster partnerships that will drive the expansion of Africa’s drilling and greenfield projects.

– on behalf of Energy Capital & Power.

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As an Approved Education Provider for the IFRS Foundation’s FSA® Credential, Impact Africa Consulting Limited (www.ImpactingAfrica.com) brings to market, a preparation course for the credential that trains financial professionals to identify sustainability-related risks and opportunities, normalize sustainability data for valuation, and connect them to a company’s financial position, performance, and prospects.

Impact Africa Consulting Limited has announced plans to launch an FSA® Credential preparation course which is designed to equip African financial professionals with the skills to integrate sustainability considerations into financial analysis. As an Approved Education Provider under the IFRS Foundation’s Approved Education Provider Program, Impact Africa has disclosed that it will deliver a preparation course that supports candidates preparing for the two-level FSA® Credential examination. This is the most advanced credential related to ISSB Standards.

Speaking from the company’s headquarters in Nairobi, the Lead Consultant and Partner Dr. Edward Mungai said “The upcoming program will train professionals to identify sustainability-related risks and opportunities, normalize sustainability data for valuation, and connect sustainability information to a company’s financial position, performance, and prospects. This comes at a moment where financial reporting is pivoting across the continent. Regulators, stock exchanges, and development of finance institutions across Africa are increasingly aligning with ISSB Standards, requiring them to treat sustainability as a financial variable.”

Owen Muruthi, one of the trainers and industry experts supporting the course, noted that financial professionals must increasingly understand how sustainability affects financial performance.

“The FSA® Credential equips professionals with the tools to integrate sustainability considerations into financial analysis and decision-making. Investors, regulators, and capital markets increasingly expect professionals to understand how sustainability-related risks and opportunities influence financial performance and long-term value creation. The FSA® Credential provides the structured knowledge and analytical tools needed to bridge that gap.”

Professionals are expected to gain the ability to identify sustainability-related risks and opportunities that affect financial performance, normalize sustainability data for fundamental, comparative, and industry analysis, and connect sustainability disclosures to key financial elements such as revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities, and cost of capital. They will also learn how to apply sustainability insights within valuation models used by investors and capital markets to inform investment decisions.

For years, sustainability and financial analysis operated in separate silos, with professionals often treating environmental, social, and governance factors as peripheral to core financial decision-making. The introduction of ISSB Standards has changed this landscape, creating a growing need for financial professionals who can fluently integrate sustainability considerations into their analysis and reporting.

The FSA® Credential, developed by the globally recognized IFRS Foundation, is a two-level examination program designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills to bridge this gap. The credential is held by more than 8,000 professionals across over 60 countries and is widely recognized for its rigor in connecting sustainability information with financial performance and investment decisions.

Level I, Principles and Practices, provides a foundation in the sustainability disclosure landscape, including IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, and explores how material sustainability information informs corporate strategy and investment decisions. Level II, Application and Analysis, trains candidates to identify sustainability-related financial risks and opportunities, normalize sustainability data for comparative analysis, and apply insights within financial and valuation models.

Impact Africa’s upcoming FSA Credential preparation course is tailored for finance and sustainability professionals working in markets increasingly aligned with ISSB disclosures. Drawing on experience advising organizations across Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the course situates IFRS Foundation–approved content within African market realities. This includes the growing expectations of capital markets for ISSB-aligned disclosures, the requirements of development finance institutions for sustainability integration, and emerging regulatory frameworks across Sub-Saharan Africa.

The course is ideal for CFOs, Finance Directors, financial controllers, financial analysts, investment professionals, sustainability and ESG practitioners, consultants supporting clients on reporting and disclosure strategy, and students or early-career professionals seeking to build expertise at the intersection of sustainability and finance. Professionals interested in early access to course details and enrollment information are encouraged to join the interest list.

– on behalf of Impact Africa Consulting Limited.

Media Contact:
Solomon Irungu
Solomonirungu@impactingafrica.com
Impact Africa Consulting Limited

About Impact Africa Consulting Limited:
Impact Africa Consulting Limited is a leading development consulting firm headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm specializes in sustainability and climate advisory, impact assessment and M&E, and Private and social sector advisory services. The organization operates as a certified GRI training partner across Africa, and offers a growing portfolio of professional development programs in sustainability, governance, health security, resource mobilization, and now the FSA® Credential preparation course, equipping financial professionals to integrate sustainability considerations into financial analysis

Impact Africa is an Approved Education Provider for the FSA® Credential under the IFRS Foundation’s Approved Education Provider Program.

Website: www.ImpactingAfrica.com

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African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) today announced the publication of Instances of Exceptional Moments of Hunger, a compelling new anthology of short stories emerging from the 2024 CANEX Creative Writing Workshop, an initiative under its Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) programme, designed to discover, develop, and elevate bold new literary voices from Africa and the Caribbean.

Bringing together nineteen exceptional writers from Global Africa, representing sixteen countries, the anthology is a rich tapestry of contemporary storytelling, spanning geographies, languages, and lived experiences. Originally developed through an intensive and highly selective workshop process, the stories have been carefully curated and, in some cases, translated from Arabic, French, and Portuguese into English, expanding their reach to a wider global readership.

Published in collaboration with Narrative Landscape Press (http://apo-opa.co/4d883qa), an independent African publisher based in Nairobi and Lagos, Instances of Exceptional Moments of Hunger explores themes of identity, resilience, longing, and transformation—offering readers a rare glimpse into the emotional and cultural landscapes shaping a new generation of literary talent.

Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development commented: “This anthology represents far more than a compilation of stories—it is a strategic investment in Africa’s creative future. Through initiatives such as the CANEX Creative Writing Workshop, Afreximbank is not only nurturing talent but also building a pipeline of globally competitive intellectual property capable of crossing borders and formats – from literature to potentially film and TV – while further strengthening the African narrative.”

Dr. Eghosa Imasuen, publisher, Narrative Landscape Press added: “When we gathered in Aburi, Ghana, in August 2024 for the inaugural CANEX Book Factory Creative Writing Workshop, we had a clear purpose: to give emerging prose writers from the continent and the diaspora a protected space for craft, discipline, and growth. These writers are announcing themselves and we know that readers will find in this anthology, their arrival.”

Beyond its literary significance, the anthology represents an important milestone in Afreximbank’s efforts to position African storytelling within the global creative economy. As copyright holder, CANEX Creations Inc. (CCInc), the intellectual property investment subsidiary backed by Afreximbank’s equity impact subsidiary, the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), will support the anthology’s commercialization and visibility, while exploring opportunities to extend select works into films, television series, and other formats.

Further underscoring the quality and ambition of the anthology, the African works within the collection have been submitted for consideration for the Caine Prize for African Writing, widely regarded as one of the most prestigious honors in African literature.

The CANEX Creative Writing Workshop forms part of Afreximbank’s broader Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) programme, which seeks to catalyze the growth of the continent’s creative industries as a driver of economic development, job creation, and export diversification. With this publication, Afreximbank through its CANEX Programme continues to demonstrate its commitment to empowering emerging talent, unlocking new markets, and amplifying African voices on the global stage.

Instances of Exceptional Moments of Hunger is available now on Amazon (http://apo-opa.co/3OPpkLE) in paperback. and through Narrative Landscape Press (http://apo-opa.co/4d883qa).

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About Afreximbank:
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is a Pan-African multilateral financial institution mandated to finance and promote intra- and extra-African trade. For over 30 years, the Bank has been deploying innovative structures to deliver financing solutions that support the transformation of the structure of Africa’s trade, accelerating industrialisation and intra-regional trade, thereby boosting economic expansion in Africa. A stalwart supporter of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), Afreximbank has launched a Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) that was adopted by the African Union (AU) as the payment and settlement platform to underpin the implementation of the AfCFTA. Working with the AfCFTA Secretariat and the AU, the Bank has set up a US$10 billion Adjustment Fund to support countries effectively participating in the AfCFTA. At the end of December 2025, Afreximbank’s total assets and contingencies stood at over US$48.5 billion, and its shareholder funds amounted to US$8.4 billion. Afreximbank has investment grade ratings assigned by China Chengxin International Credit Rating Co., Ltd (CCXI) (AAA), GCR (A), Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) (A-), and. Moody’s (Baa2). Afreximbank has evolved into a group entity comprising the Bank, its equity impact fund subsidiary called the Fund for Export Development Africa (FEDA), and its insurance management subsidiary, AfrexInsure (together, “the Group”). The Bank is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

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Afrobarometer (www.Afrobarometer.org), a pan-African nonpartisan survey network operating in more than 40 countries, and the Government of the Republic of Ghana have formalised an agreement establishing the network’s headquarters in Ghana. This follows Parliament’s approval of the headquarters agreement in December 2025.

Afrobarometer’s quarter-century of research, representing the views of more than three-quarters of the African population, provides reliable data on citizens’ experiences and views on democracy, governance, and quality of life. The headquarters agreement provides a structured framework to support operations of Afrobarometer’s secretariat in Ghana while ensuring full respect for the laws of Ghana.

Speaking at the official handing-over ceremony in Accra, Ambassador Khadija Iddrisu, chief director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, noted that the agreement reflects Ghana’s continued commitment to democratic governance, evidence-based policy making, and support for credible, independent research institutions.

“Ghana’s democratic journey, spanning over three decades of constitutional rule, continues to be anchored in transparency, accountability, and citizen participation,” she said. “Central to this progress is the recognition that sustainable governance must be informed by the voices and lived experiences of the people. It is in this regard that institutions such as Afrobarometer play an indispensable role.”

Afrobarometer Board Chair Amina Oyagbola described the bipartisan parliamentary endorsement of the agreement as an important milestone that reflects more than two decades of shared commitment to amplifying African voices.

“This agreement is far more than a legal instrument; it is a vote of confidence in our work and a recognition that amplifying and listening to the voices of African citizens is a cause worthy of national support,” she said. “It gives us the foundation and the stability to continue doing what we do best: producing rigorous, trusted evidence that strengthens democracy, accountability, and development across Africa.”

Since its inception in 1999, Afrobarometer has worked in Ghana through its Core Partner, the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), which has conducted all 10 rounds of surveys in the country and oversees survey implementation across West, Central, and North Africa. Over the past 26 years, Afrobarometer has helped strengthen Ghana’s research and policy capacities by training numerous Ghanaians in survey research, data analysis, and communication. Its pre-election surveys, implemented with CDD-Ghana, have also become a pillar of Ghana’s electoral ecosystem, providing critical insights that enhance transparency, build public trust, and support the credibility of elections.

In 2019, Afrobarometer established its secretariat in Ghana, citing the country’s favourable operating environment. Since then, all grants for the network have been received and managed through Ghanaian financial institutions, contributing to foreign-exchange inflows. The organisation invests significantly in local operations and boosts Ghana’s economy and visibility while also supporting the hospitality, tourism, and services sectors.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Afrobarometer.

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Afrobarometer (AB) is a trusted source of high-quality data and analysis on what Africans are thinking. With an unmatched track record of 440,000+ interviews in 45 countries, representing the views of more than 75% of the African population, AB is leading the charge to bridge the continent’s data gap. AB data inform many global indices, such as the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer, and the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators. The data are also used for country risk analyses and by credit rating and forecasting agencies such as the Economist Intelligence Unit. All AB data sets are publicly available on the website (www.Afrobarometer.org) and may be analysed free of charge using AB’s online data analysis tool (https://apo-opa.co/421j72d).

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