GENEVA, Switzerland, 21 March 2017 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Even though women make up a little over half of Africa’s growing population, they have had little, albeit increasing, involvement in power and strategic decision-making. As part of the African Women in Business initiative launched at this year’s Africa CEO Forum in Geneva, a high-level panel of female leaders gathered …

Mohammed Dewji, Group CEO of MeTL (Mohammed Enterprise Tanzania Limited) took home the prestigious ‘CEO of the Year’ award and Anta Babacar Ngom Bathily of Sedima won the award for ‘ Young CEO of the Year’ at the 2017 AFRICA CEO FORUM in Geneva yesterday. Mohammed Dewji beat off competition from business heavyweights across the continent to take home one …

Members of centre-left SPD have confirmed Martin Schulz as the party’s new leader and candidate to challenge Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany’s federal election in September. Schulz, the former president of the European Parliament, was unanimously chosen by delegates at the party’s congress in Berlin on Sunday. “I want to be the next chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany,” …