THIS WEEK

 

2-3: International Conference on Wireless Networks and Mobile Communication (Algiers)
 

3-4: World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology (Maputo)
 

4: 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw will be hosted by the Confederation of African Football. Originally scheduled for June-July 2025, the Cup of Nations is expected to be played later as the dates clash with the inaugural Club World Cup in the United States (Johannesburg).

 

5: Festival of the Dhow Countries. An annual film festival held in Zanzibar, Tanzania and one of the largest cultural events in East Africa.

 

5-6: World Congress on Information Technology and Computer Science (Banjul).
 

6: The Hollywoodbets Durban July, Africa’s biggest horse racing event.

Organisers are expecting a maximum capacity of 50 000, a return to pre-Covid attendance figures (Durban).

 

OTHER:

 

* Vote counting is progressing in Mauritania following Saturday’s national elections. The turnout was 40% and, according to observers, the vote unfolded peaceful. Incumbent President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is seeking re-election on the pledge of providing security and economic growth.

 

* President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the Opening of Parliament to take place on 18 July. The Opening of Parliament Address will coincide with the UN-declared Nelson Mandela International Day.

 

* The 2024 Young African Leaders Initiative of the Mandela Washington Fellowship is underway. It hosts young African leaders to the US for six weeks for academic coursework and leadership training.

 

* South African artist Zanele Muholi, whose work prominently features the lives of black South Africans in the LGBTQ+ community, has returned to the Tate Modern after being cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic. The revived exhibition features over 300 photographs representing their career to date, from their first images to their more recent works. The exhibition is on until January 2025 (London).

 

* Namibia has opened a three-month voter registration period, ahead of 27 November elections. The registration period for the presidential and National Assembly elections is due to run until 1 August.  For the first time since independence, the ruling party, the Swapo will have a female presidential candidate, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.