Browsing: Press releases

Nigeria’s national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has become an EITI supporting company, joining a group of…

REDAVIA, a global market leader of cost-effective, reliable, and clean solar power for businesses, deployed its first solar farm in…

Vital Capital, a pioneering impact investment, private equity fund focused on companies in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced a collaboration with…

Annual Credit Analysis African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa’s foremost multilateral trade finance institution, announces that the global credit ratings agency…

The leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank, is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Alain Nkontchou, a Cameroonian and Independent…

Bolloré Logistics Madagascar announces the opening of a new office in the Ivato International Airport, Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.…

– Governments and development partners must respond in a more coordinated, targeted, and rapid manner to be effective in limiting impacts…

CDC Group and Finnfund today announce a US$70 million commitment to AfricInvest Fund IV, a generalist pan-African fund aiming to…

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), and the OPEC Fund for International…

Brokerslink has announced a further expansion of its footprint in Africa with Tunisian brokerage Karé Kamoun becoming the latest affiliate…

“The success of the HTA bond issue demonstrates the value of the EAIF/PIDG business model in African economic development ,”…

COFINA Gabon is pleased to announce that it has obtained a medium- term financing of 4 billion FCFA (€ 6…

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the German government assumes premium payments of around EUR 19 million for the drought…

The African Development Bank has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes to assist African countries in tackling the nutrition…

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

Beyontec, a leading global provider of insurance technology solutions, announced today that it had been selected by the Insurance Association…

During the current crisis of COVID-19 pandemic, some sectors like health and Information & Communications Technology (ICT) are experiencing unprecedented…

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Monday convened a meeting between African Finance Ministers, the Africa Private…

The African Development Bank blacklists Entreprise de Travaux et d’Etudes de Projets (ETEP) SA for 13 months for engaging in…

Bolloré Transport & Logistics has launched on 7 May 2020 a rail service for export cargo from Mombasa to Uganda…

Casablanca Finance City (CFC) and Rwanda Finance Limited (RFL) have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote investment opportunities between…

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union (AU) and the Government of Rwanda…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a $3-million grant to complement continental efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Afreximbank President…

As part of the plan to modernise the activities of the container terminal, Conakry Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports,…

African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina says an accelerated global health and economic effort is needed to overcome the…

In recognition of its outstanding contribution to international trade on the African continent, the Eastern and Southern African Trade and…

According to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the impact of the coronavirus pandemic could increase the number…

ANPI is the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program in Africa, and aims to give entrepreneurs across Africa a platform…

The Bureau of the Sixth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) has met and adopted an…

The African Development Bank received on 30 March 2020 an award for its successful one billion Norwegian krone (NOK) social bond…