The Bench
Source: The Bench |

CORRECTION: CityBlue Hotels Announces Le Mirage Residences by CityBlue, The Tallest Branded Residences in East Africa

The development will feature luxurious 1, 2, 3, and 4-bedroom apartments, complemented by an extensive array of 22+ world-class amenities

CityBlue Hotels, Africa’s fastest-growing local hotel chain, and SMB Properties, a leading property developer in Kenya, today announced a strategic partnership to launch the 256-unit Le Mirage Residences by CityBlue. This landmark collaboration will introduce a new paradigm of upscale residential living in Nairobi, with Le Mirage Residences by CityBlue…

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Source: Africa Data Centres |

Africa Data Centres and Blue Turtle Technologies partner to accelerate South Africa’s digital infrastructure and cloud transformation

The partnership enables Blue Turtle Technologies to deploy several racks, providing their enterprise clients with access to world-class, secure, and compliant colocation and private hosted cloud services

Africa Data Centres (https://www.AfricaDataCentres.com), a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has formed a commercial partnership with Blue Turtle Technologies, one of South Africa’s leading enterprise IT solutions providers, to deploy colocation services in the Cape Town and Midrand data centres. This agreement marks a significant step in…

Source: Infobip |

Infobip Unveils Conversational Experience Orchestration Platform (CXOP): The Next Generation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Powered Customer Conversations

Built on agentic AI, CXOP delivers intelligent, hyper-personalized experiences across the full customer journey

Global cloud communications platform Infobip (www.Infobip.com) today announced its Conversational Experience Orchestration Platform (CXOP) — a game-changing solution that places agentic AI at the heart of every customer interaction. CXOP enables brands to move beyond static, rules-based workflows to deliver dynamic, goal-oriented conversations across marketing, sales, and support — at scale. The…

Source: United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) |

Long awaited judicial review begins in Gogrial East, with support from United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)

In Lietnhom, with no resident judge for some five years, customary courts, typically limited to civil disputes, have been handling criminal cases beyond their jurisdiction

Women and men in chains approach an improvised justice bench next to the main prison in Lietnhom, the county headquarters of Gogrial East, Warrap. Exhaustion is writ large on their faces. These prisoners have waited a long time for their time in court. Many of them don’t even know why…

Source: African Energy Chamber |

Equatorial Guinea’s Golden Swan Sets Regional Benchmark for Greener Oil and Gas Practices

Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema’s visit to Equatorial Guinea’s Golden Swan complex highlights a new era of regional cooperation and sets a powerful example for sustainable industrial waste management in Africa’s oil and gas sector

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (www.EnergyChamber.org) proudly supports the recent visit of Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema to Equatorial Guinea’s Golden Swan industrial complex, marking a defining moment for Africa’s oil and gas sector. As the continent intensifies efforts to industrialize responsibly, Golden Swan – and Equatorial Guinea, under the…

African Energy Chamber
Source: African Energy Chamber |

Trident Energy Steps Up Regional Activity with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to Speak at African Energy Week (AEW) 2025

Trident Energy CEO Jean-Michel Jacoulot will speak at the African Energy Week 2025: Invest in African Energies conference, highlighting the company’s strategic expansions in Congo and Equatorial Guinea as it boosts production and operatorship across key African assets

Jean-Michel Jacoulot, CEO of Trident Energy, has been confirmed to speak at African Energy Week (AEW) 2025: Invest in African Energies, taking place in Cape Town from September 29-October 3. Amid a period of dynamic expansion and production growth, Trident Energy continues to strengthen its position as a leading independent…

The Bench
Source: The Bench |

CityBlue Hotels Announces Le Mirage Residences by CityBlue, The Tallest Branded Residences in Kenya

The development will feature luxurious 1, 2, 3, and 4-bedroom apartments, complemented by an extensive array of 22+ world-class amenities

CityBlue Hotels, Africa’s fastest-growing local hotel chain, and SMB Properties, a leading property developer in Kenya, today announced a strategic partnership to launch the 256-unit Le Mirage Residences by CityBlue. This landmark collaboration will introduce a new paradigm of upscale residential living in Nairobi, with Le Mirage Residences by CityBlue…

Source: UN News |

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say

The Mission is also investigating alleged summary executions by members of the DRC armed forces and DRC-backed Wazalendo militias

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Monday. Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council that the investigation and analysis undertaken…

Source: Amnesty International |

‘We were only asking for our rights’: Tunisian authorities punish mobilization for socioeconomic and environmental rights

The organization interviewed 26 people, eight of their lawyers and four family members to document these cases involving the investigation, arrest or prosecution of 90 people using “obstruction” charges

Against the backdrop of a deepening cost of living and environmental crisis and despite repeatedly committing to upholding economic and social justice for the most disadvantaged, over the past five years Tunisia’s authorities have targeted individuals from marginalized and impoverished communities for peacefully protesting or striking over socioeconomic and environmental…

Source: International Trade Centre |

Beninese small business gain international presence and know-how

A key milestone in that effort is the creation of a new Pôle Export, a platform that will make it easier for entrepreneurs to enter international markets

Benin wants to grow its exports, especially by small businesses working in food and technology. The African country believes this is the best way to lift its economy from the ranks of least developed countries. A key milestone in that effort is the creation of a new Pôle Export, a…