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By Josephine Akaerr, Special Correspondent After the great success of Virtual agrofood & plastprintpack Africa in November 2020, the German trade show specialist fairtrade Messe is launching another digital format with the Virtual for all Middle East Africa from May 31 to June 2, 2021. The organisers' aim with this event is to contribute to deepening global relations with the Middle East and Africa in the agrofood & plastprintpack sector. A brief review of November's Virtual for all Africa also gives an indication of what participants at the new event...

The Most Exciting Development In Satellite Communications This Century By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Correspondent Lagos A leader in global connectivity solutions, SES , and the leading global satellite and space consulting firm, NSR, are collaborating on a webinar that will enable attendees learn more about satellite connectivity and the benefits it brings to a country. There will also be a focus on the O3b mPOWER communications system – SES’s non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) constellation that will be launching in 2021. Built on the success of O3b, SES’s current generation constellation, O3b...

By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief Late last year the International Institute of Communicationss (IIC) highlighted the responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that have been undertaken by regulators and industry in Southern Africa and West Africa, and now the IIC beams its searchlight to East Africa. Some high profile speakers have been lined up already for this event which promises to be as successful as the one s before it, if a heads-up obtained from the Director-General of IIC, Lynn Robinson are anything to go by. The latest speakers to join...

By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief In the latest of the International Institute of Communication(IIC’s) popular series of webinars focusing on the response of regulators and industry across Africa to the COVID-19 pandemic, the spotlight turns on East Africa on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 1700 EAT / 1400 GMT, a heads-up from the Director-General, of IIC, Lynn Robinson confirms. By examining the national strategies adopted to guarantee continuity of essential services, protect lives and reduce the negative impact on the economy, the IIC will also seek to probe how the actions...