Kenya's Geofry Toroitich Kipchumba and Ethiopian Aynalem Desta won the 50th edition of the Amsterdam Marathon, which took place on Sunday, October 19, in the city of Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands.
African leaders will use next month’s G20 summit in Johannesburg to urge widespread debt relief to free overburdened countries from crushing international loan repayments.
US policymakers must support the private sector’s push to strengthen African critical mineral supply chains by enabling American government bodies to take more equity stakes in African mining projects, said an influential Washington business lobby group.
US investment in a gas-to-energy plant at Saldanha is the Western Cape premier’s major proposal, with increased agricultural exports and boosts to tourism also on the agenda.
The European Union pledged to invest €11.5 billion ($13.3 billion) in South Africa to develop clean energy, transport infrastructure, and health care projects in the continent’s biggest economy.