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July 15, 2020: Large shipping losses are at a record low having fallen by over 20% year-on-year, according to marine…

Arash Azarmi is an economics and business expert working for Volant Media UK who own London-based Persian news channel, Iran…

By Gérardine Mahoro, CEO ACT05 (www.act05.com). Public and private african affairs expert, in Africa and between Africa and Europe. Europe…

Moody’s Investors Service says that non-investment grade emerging and frontier market sovereigns face a sharp economic downturn following the coronavirus…

By Alassane Ndiaye*. “The turn of events since the warning shot fired by the US Secretary of the Treasury…

Reacting to the so-called “16 allegations of whistleblowers” crisis which has paralyzed the African Development Bank for several weeks, five…

By Darwis Khudori (Indonesian Architect and Historian, Director of Master’s Degree in Exchanges with Asia, University of Le Havre, France)…

Shareholders of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have voted and re-appointed Prof. Benedict Oramah as President of the Pan-African multilateral financial…

The African Development Bank has responded swiftly to the needs of its member countries during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The…

New York, June 12, 2020 — Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) has today placed the Government of Senegal’s Ba3 foreign and…...

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunzinza’s widow, has been discharged from a  Nairobi hospital  after being treated for an underlying condition after…

By Leila Ben Hassen. Today, 8 June, all ocean lovers and stakeholders celebrate the United Nations World Ocean Day 2020,…

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to reopen the economy amidst rising cases of Coronavirus occasioned by redoubled efforts to…

By Khalid Cherkaoui Semmouni Rabat Center for Political and Strategic Studies Director. The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 19th May, 2020, launched the GH¢1 billion Coronavirus Alleviation…

The Africa Private Creditor Working Group is an initiative to represent the views of international private creditors invested in Africa…

For ancient Greeks, a crisis was not necessarily a dreadful event, but rather a moment for important decisions. The COVID-19…

By Pierre Delval Africa is undoubtedly one of the largest reserves of diamonds in the world. Beyond Australia, Canada or…

“We are calling for a second independence.” (released April 29, 2020) The threats that are hanging over the African continent…

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has made the decision to cancel the series of events…

A sketch of ideas for a global future By Darwis Khudori “That Asia has ‘risen’ in the world economy since…

US Loans, Debt and Credit Score Statistics – Full Report 2020 Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates the United States household…

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in a new report on the coronavirus pandemic, says over 300,000 Africans could lose…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today in Cairo released its audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019,…

Mr. Karim Hajji, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) has retired from his position as…

Uncertainty regarding the duration and the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic will keep risks high for economies and banking sectors…

The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has kick-started a $2.2 million project to provide fertilizer suppliers in Nigeria with financial…

 By NJ Ayuk Sometimes it is easy to forget how interconnected human lives across the globe have become. Perhaps we…

By Maria Nadolu, globe-trotter. We’re having one of our usual globetrotters’ long phone calls; we’re used to travel more than…

The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) has launched a handbook on sovereign debt aimed at improving users’ understanding of the…