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Presenting groundbreaking engineering solutions for real-world challenges in the pitch category of the Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE) student competition, Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) walked away winners, also receiving the grand prize of a fully electric Nissan Leaf provided by JIE.

Launched under the Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) during the UN General Assembly, the ‘Africa Saving for Growth’ programme brings together social security institutions from 15 countries, Morocco’s CDG Group, and the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) to build a policy reform roadmap, expand Africa’s capital-pools dataset, and increase allocation to infrastructure and private sector-led projects in Africa.

Hundreds of students across Grand Bahama and South Eleuthera received essential school supplies — and a boost of excitement — as Carnival Cruise Line continued its commitment to supporting local communities through its annual back-to-school drive, fuelled by employee and partner donations.

Google on Thursday announced a new set of investments in Africa, reaffirming its nearly two-decade commitment to the continent’s digital transformation.

Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy has been recognised with the Jamaican Milestone Award for Media by the Jamaica USA Chamber of Commerce (JAUSACC).

Teri Helenese, Director of State-Federal Relations and Washington Representative for the U.S. Virgin Islands, has called for tourism to be recognized as a driver of sustainable progress.

Following general elections earlier this month, Guyana has named Susan Rodrigues as its new Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, succeeding Oneidge Walrond, who now serves as Minister of Home Affairs.

Hundreds of investors and capital providers are expected to converge in Lagos this October to drive the next phase of deal flow and historic funding opportunities for promising African startups.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will debut a groundbreaking Innovation Hub at the upcoming State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) 2025, presented in partnership with Winged Whale Media, a global leader in immersive media solutions.

LEGO House have officially opens the doors to its most immersive creative experience yet: LEGO Masters Academy, a one-of-a-kind building experience inspired by the global LEGO Masters TV phenomenon.

As South Africa prepares to host the G20 summit in Johannesburg this November, the stakes could not be higher.

This week will be the official opening of Subterra, a new music studio complex located in a former nuclear bunker.

On October 15, 2025, Stockholm will host Angel Prize Summit - an invite-only gathering of 300 of the Nordic region's most influential investors, founders, policymakers, and corporate leaders.

Priscilla Williams-Till, the cousin of Emmett Till, the African American teen who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, announced her campaign for U.S. Senate.

Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. have announced that based on its senior leadership succession planning process, and consistent with the plan detailed on FEMSA’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 earnings press release dated February 27, 2025, its Board of Directors has appointed Jose Antonio Fernández Garza-Lagüera, currently CEO of FEMSA Proximity & Health, to become FEMSA’s Chief Executive Officer as of November 1st, 2025.

Drinking clean water, receiving treatment in a modern health centre or seeing your children study in bright classrooms is no longer a dream in Kasaï province, in the centre of the DRC - today, it’s real life.