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Left to Right: Alicia Hosking, VP, Global Head of Public Relations at Global Citizen; BHM’s Ayeni Adekunle and Caroline Head, Senior Director, Public Relations EMEA at Global Citizen, when Ayeni stopped by the Global Citizen offices in New York City on September 25, 2024. Global Citizen is hosting its 2024 Festival this Saturday in Central […]

Everyone’s at UNGA79 or so it seems. And we’ve lost count of the Africa-focused events happening all through the week and all around the city.    From Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion Summit, to the 4th International Trade and Investment Forum, as well as the Foundation for Africa’s Future and so many more. And of […]

We are big fans of Lagos Times Square Gardens in New York City, and no trip to The Big Apple is complete without a revisit. The queues are growing, the meals are getting even better; and the parties, larger. If you’re in the city for UNGA79 and haven’t yet been, you might want to adjust […]

Flutterwave’s GB Agboola, MTN’s Mcebisi Jonas, and Standard Bank’s Sim Tshabalala stole our hearts at Semafor’s 3 billion summit, held at The Pierre, New York City, on September 24, 2024, on the sidelines of UNGA79.    Agboola, who co-founded Flutterwave in 2016 participated in a fireside chat with Briana Wilsey VP & GM, Network Partnerships […]

Super thanks to Yinka Adegoke and Alexis Akwagyiram for a full day of The Next 3 Billion summit on the sidelines of UNGA79.    Nigeria’s Akinwunmi Adesina (President of the African Development Bank Group), Bosun Tijani (Honourable minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Nigeria), Olugbenga Agboola (CEO, Flutterwave), and Ernest Ndukwe (chairman of MTN […]

In 2019, Ghana commemorated 400 years since the first recorded African slaves arrived in Jamestown, Virginia.    Giving a truly remarkable acceptance speech at AAI’s 40th Annual Awards GALA, in New York on Tuesday September 24, 2024 The President of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo proudly shared the remarkable success of the country’s Year of […]

The night of Tuesday September 24  at Cipriani on 42nd street, in New York City, we joined great African leaders for an evening in honour of African and diasporan visionaries in arts and culture. And it was fulfilling to listen to the words of Kofi Appenteng who leads the Africa-America Institute (AAI).    The gala […]

As world leaders convene in New York for the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), it’s clear that Africa must be at the forefront of global discussions and action. With only six years left to meet the 2030 target for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the international community needs to prioritise accelerating progress […]

The inaugural Economic Development Assembly: Advancing Africa’s Future is set to take place on October 9 and 10 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Focused on mobilizing significant financial investments from G20 countries to support the World Bank’s IDA21 replenishment, the timely two-day gathering will convene Heads of State, finance ministers, private sector leaders, Multilateral Development Banks […]