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The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) yesterday in Egypt’s New Capital City signed an agreement to provide a $100-million…

More and more, African countries are able to act in concert to stand up for the interests of the continent.…

The Annual Market Forum of the Federation of African National Insurance Companies (FANAF) has just been held in Yaoundé. From…

In Ivory Coast, every November 15 is dedicated to the celebration of peace. And this celebration is usually marked by…

Dr. Mohamed Boudra, Mayor of Al Hoceima (Morocco), candidate of Africa, was elected President of United Cities and Local Governments…

At the end of 2018, the decentralized financial systems (SFD) of the West African Monetary Union (WAMU), which fall under…

In WAEMU, GDP statistics are underestimated. This seems obvious to say the least. First, there are strong signals: the informal…

Rwanda is expected to grow by 8.5 percent, according to a new forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on…

Media, Technology, Business and Senior Government Leaders from All Over Africa and Beyond Debated 10-12 November in Dakar, Senegal on…

The Amadeus Institute on Wednesday 13 November awarded Senegalese President Macky Sall the Grand Prix MEDays 2019 after the opening…

The Togolese government adopted Wednesday, November 13, the draft budget finance 2020 whose budget estimates are in resources and expenses…

UCLG Africa held its statutory meetings on November 9th, 2019 at Onomo Hotel in Durban, South Africa. The statutory meetings…

The African -Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) and South Africa-based Thelo DB Proprietary Limited today in Johannesburg, South Africa, signed a memorandum of…

Africa has the potential to expand the continental economy fourfold, with energy demands expanding by only 50 percent, according to…

Three years ago, on December 31, 2019, the Government of Côte d’Ivoire set the last time a special tax was…

Activa International Insurance Ghana (AIIG), a subsidiary of Cameroon’s insurance group Activa, along with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), has…

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, pledged to support the federal government in completing the 650,000-barrel Dangote…

The African Risk Capacity Insurance Limited (ARC Ltd) has handed a cheque for FCFA 442,824,819.30 (equivalent of US$738,539.88) to the…

In this exclusive interview with the monthly Financial Afrik (number 63), Alexandre Benalla, the former chargé de mission at the…

The increase in recent years in the insured value of physical, petrochemical and airport facilities reflects the stakes of the…

President Vladimir Putin of Russia today in Moscow bestowed the national honour of “The Order of Friendship” on Prof. Benedict…

–          Bank’s capital base more than doubles. Jumps from $93 billion to $208 billion –          Largest capital increase in the Bank’s history…

The President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, on Thursday called on the Governors of the African Development…

Seedstars has held a bootcamp and a bustling pitching event in Côte d’Ivoire, having finally selected Lifiled to represent the…

In an interview given to the French newspaper Le Monde and published on October 24, 2019, the Guinean President, Alpha…

Published on the theme of the 2063 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 2019 Africa Governance Report is…

Droughts have long decimated communities and livelihoods in Africa. This year alone, more than 45 million people in Africa, mainly…

By Mamadou Aliou Diallo, Conakry. Faced with the determination of the National Forum for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC),…

The strict banking rate (which measures the percentage of the adult population holding an account in banks, postal services, national…

From Togo, the best African student in the Doing Business 2020 report published this Thursday, October 24, in Lesotho, the…