Innovative emergency aid products and solutions from Sub-Saharan Africa will be showcased at AidEx, a global humanitarian aid event scheduled for 19-20 October 2011, in Brussels
Aliko Dangote bags Ernst & Young award
Dangote Group president Aliko Dangote has been honoured with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for West Africa
AfDB and Muhammad Yunus launch social business awareness in Tunisia

AfDB president Donald Kaberuka and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus at the conference in Tunisia. (Image source: AfDB)
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Human Development Department and Yunus Social Business recently organised a conference in Tunisia to launch a social business awareness initiative in an attempt to reduce unemployment in the country
African mining event offers solutions to sector-related issues

Visitors and industry experts at the Next Generation Mining Africa Summit 2012. (Image source: Next Generation Mining Africa Summit)
The Next Generation Mining Africa Summit, organised by GDS International in South Africa, sought to offer solutions to problems being faced by the mining sector in the continent
Japan pledges funds for African development
Japan has pledged US$32bn in public and private funds for economic growth and sustainable development in Africa