Browsing: Leaders

Allassane Tigri, former minister and vice-president of the opposition party Les Démocrates, was placed in provisional detention on Thursday, January…

Family businesses are the backbone of our economies, generating nearly 70% of the continent’s GDP. However, only a minority of…

Atlantic Microfinance For Africa (AMIFA) emerged in 2025 as one of the undisputed champions of financial inclusion on the continent,…

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the granting of a $1.75 billion syndicated trade finance facility in favor of Sonangol,…

‎The President of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, presided over a cabinet meeting on Thursday, January 29, during which several…

Concerto, a French group specializing in economic intelligence, strategic communication, and public affairs, welcomes CAPZA as a minority investor in…

Concerto, a French group specialized in economic intelligence, strategic communication and public affairs, welcomes CAPZA as a minority investor in…

The Indian group Tata continues to strengthen its presence in Morocco. After the automotive sector, engineering, and forays into strategic…...

Facing the persistence of irregular migration among young people, the International Commission on Human Rights, Funds and Relief (IHRC-RFT) organized,…

S&P Global Ratings has assigned long and short-term credit ratings of “A/A-1” to Africa Finance Corp (AFC), the pan-African infrastructure…...

Adenia Partners, a private equity firm, and the development financing institution Proparco will sell the activities of the OCS group…

By Benoit S NGOM, President of the African Diplomatic Academy. The year 2026 must be solemnly celebrated as marking the…

Guinea reached a historic milestone this weekend by officially reclaiming its seat within the African Union (AU). This reintegration marks…

Ralph Mupita, CEO of the MTN Group, has been appointed to the board of Dangote Fertiliser, a subsidiary of the…

Congo Terminal processed 1,219,164 Teus in 2025. The company has crossed the threshold of handling over 1.2 million containers per…

Appointed at the beginning of the year as the new deputy to Secretary of State Marc Rubio, Christopher Landau is…...

Inaugurated by H.E. President Adama Barrow, this 7th edition of the Financial Afrik Awards, held in Banjul on January 22…

Harvest Asset Management announces the successful maintenance of its ISO 9001:2015 certification, following the completion of its annual surveillance audit,…

For its 2025 rating, valid from November 2025 to October 2026, GCR ratings (GCR) has upgraded the long-term issuer rating…...

Investors operating on the West African Monetary Union (UMOA) financial market have granted Côte d’Ivoire a total amount of 94.913…...

Alger, Algeria, January 26, 2026 (ECA) – The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Claver…

Hassan Allam Holding, a major Egyptian player in the engineering, construction, investment, and development sectors, has obtained a $25 million…

Libreville is moving towards the International Monetary Fund (IMF) without formalizing an official program request. This approach raises questions about…...

On Monday, January 26, 2026, the Secretary General of the presidency, Masséré Touré, released an official statement announcing a strategic…

President Mamadi Doumbouya, elected on December 28th, has reappointed his transitional Prime Minister, Amadou Oury Bah, on Monday, January 27th,…

The Autonomous Port of Douala (PAD), the main logistics hub of Cameroon and a strategic crossroads for intra-regional trade, has…

Career banker, the new CEO of Holding Al Mada will have as her primary mission to steer the group’s investment…

The South African Supreme Court of Appeal issued a decisive ruling on January 23, 2026, in favor of Makaziwe Mandela,…...

Morocco and Senegal have signed 17 cooperation agreements on the sidelines of the fifteenth session of the high-level joint commission…

In the vast, arid expanse of Mauritania, where water is scarce and ecosystems are fragile, Kinross’ Tasiast mine has sought…