Africa Oil & Power has launched the Africa Energy Series (AES) Special Report: DRC 2020 to identify and promote bankable opportunities across oil, gas and power sectors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
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ABB teams up with Forescout to enhance cybersecurity portfolio

The collaboration will integrate Forescouts cyber technology within ABB’s portfolio of industrial expertise and cyber security solutions. (Image source: ABB)
To offer its customers further choice and cybersecurity capabilities, ABB is uniting with Forescout, the leading provider of cybersecurity solutions for enterprise and industrial operations
'Collaboration between Africa and Europe to speed up energy transformation'
Prof Emanuela Colombo from Italian university Politecnico di Milano. (Image source: Politecnico di Milano)
The partnership between Africa and Europe has the potential to speed up energy transformation progresses, according to Prof Emanuela Colombo from Italian university Politecnico di Milano
Siemens Energy conference focuses on sustainable energy future

Distinguished panellists discussed the various roadmaps and policy changes their countries are undertaking to meet their need for electrification and spur the energy transition. One key point was the need to provide clear regulation to encourage and attract investors. (Image source: Siemens Energy)
Siemens Energy held a MEA Week virtual conference in partnership with the DIHK, Ghorfa, GMIS and Masdar, from 19-21 October 2020, to drive forward the sustainability and decarbonisation agenda at a defining moment for the energy industry
South Africa tops OMFIF’s Absa Africa Financial Markets Index

Green finance is gaining momentum, with Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt among countries that have issued sovereign green bonds in the past year. (Image source: Nattanan Kanchanaprat/Pixabay)
The pandemic has made the underlying structure and resilience of African financial markets a more important matter for domestic and international investors, as the continent grapples with returning to sustainable growth, according to the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index