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Airtel Africa, the African subsidiary of India’s Bharti Airtel Group, has appointed Ian Ferrao as Regional Director for East Africa,…

The National Industrial and Mining Company (SNIM) of Mauritania, the lung of the country’s economy, has a new boss. This…...

The grants are designed by the Bank’s Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) to provide sustainable financing solutions to boost the…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will allocate $500 million from its Nigeria-Africa Trade and Investment Promotion Programme to support Nigerian…

Bolloré Transport & Logistics inaugurated its new multimodal logistics hub, Aerohub, in Abidjan on Wednesday 4 September 2019. Attending the…

Make no mistake. Behind the African hunt, which has become a seasonal sport in South Africa, Mandela’s legacy is being…

How can Africa realize economic prosperity without contributing further to climate change? The solution lies in a kind of Green…

“There is a business case for governments to invest in grey matter – Jennifer Blanke By investing in Africa’s food…

The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) zone decreased by 0.6%…

Japan and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Friday announced a joint target of $3.5 billion under the Enhanced Private…

After more than 7 months of gestation, the first government of President Félix Tshisekedi was announced Monday, August 26, 2019.…

Africa50 and Rwanda Development Board will establish a joint venture company to co-develop, finance, construct, and operate the commercial components…

Ayuk has devoted Chapter 17 of Billions at Play: The Future of African Energy to the U.S. and Africa, along…

The outstanding domestic claims of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) depository institutions increased by CFAF 2,585.7 billion…

Nigeria denied on Friday, August 23, the closure of its border with Benin, closed however since August 20 by official…

According to the financial statements released on 9 August by the five institutions of the World Bank Group, total commitments…

Following the resounding arrest of Nigeria’s business icon Obinwanne Okeke, federal prosecutors at the United States Department of Justice said…

Five African countries are invited to the G7 which opens this 24th of August in Biarritz against the backdrop of…

Ranked in 2016 by Forbes among the 30 young people under 30 to follow, Obinwanne Okeke, 31, has just been…

Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) today announced the creation of a new graduate student fellowship program funded by a $1 million…

Seedstars World, the largest seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, brought its Senegal round to a…

New “Generation Africa” initiative to grow young entrepreneurs and transform Africa’s agri-food sector will award two $50,000 prizes on 4…

The General Directorate of Treasury and Public Accounts of Côte d’Ivoire obtained Tuesday, August 20, 2019, an amount of 27,500…

The shareholders of the Multinational Bitumen Company (SMB) Côte d’Ivoire, will receive on 29 August 2019, for the 2018 financial…

Accused of manipulating his figures on poverty by the Financial Times, Rwanda was quick to react. On a visit to…...

After several years marked by the circulation of quasi-currencies (substitutes close to the currency) to make up for the lack…...

Babatunde Fowler has just received a strange petition from the Nigerian presidency. The letter received by the complainant on August…...

The 6th edition of the FORUM AFRICA SME CHAMPIONS FORUM 2019 will be held on 12 and 13 November 2019…

In Algeria, the economy has achieved an annual growth of 1.4% of its GDP in 2018 against 1.3% in 2017,…

The former director of the United Nations Food Organization (FAO), Jaques Diouf, died Saturday (August 17th) in France at the…