Browsing: Press releases

CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, has announced the commitment of $39.2 million to support SMEs in West…

UK’s publicly owned impact investor unveils a $75 million shared risk facility with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development…

The Creative Africa Exchange Weekend (CAX WKND), Africa’s first continental event dedicated to promoting exchange within the creative and cultural…

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Zimbabwe government on Wednesday signed an agreement in preparation for the forthcoming…

9th annual survey on top business risks attracts record participation of 2,700+ experts from over 100 countries Cyber incidents have become…

 The first bootcamp for IMPULSE, a startup acceleration program, kicked off this week at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has received the certificate of occupancy for a five-hectare plot of land granted to it…

Support from the Bank’s African Development Fund will bolster ongoing reforms being undertaken by the government of Tanzania The African…

Africa50 partners with Actis, the majority shareholder in Azura Power, to invest in Azura Edo in Nigeria. Africa50, the pan-African…

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a €109 million facility for the development of sewage disposal…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Government of Cameroon have signed the two principal documents finalising the protocol toward…

The Committee on Private Sector, Regional Integration, Trade, Infrastructure, Industry and Technology (CPRTIIT), comprising senior officials and experts from member…

The new branch office being opened by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in Yaounde will serve as the Bank’s gateway to…

The second annual retreat of the African Permanent Representatives and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) ended in Mahe, Seychelles,…

Denmark’s Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) signed today a shareholder agreement with TDB, acquiring 1,750 of its Class B…

Organizers of the 14th African Economic Conference (AEC2019) – African Development Bank (AfDB), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the…

“By 2030, revenues generated by big data in Africa will reach 10 billion dollars, but how much of this will…

Africa50 and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) signed a Cooperation Agreement to partner towards the development, finance, construction…

Last Thursday, as a side event of the Global Gender Summit which took place in Kigali from 25 to 27…

The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) recently signed an agreement for a grant package worth over USD $9 million to…

This agreement was signed on November 27 at the -Universidad Empresa- Meeting. Térvalis Group, which already has two chairs in…

According to Adesina the financial sector had a responsibility to the women of Africa African Development Bank (AfDB.org) President Akinwumi…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has already disbursed $15 billion of the $25 billion it committed in support of intra-African…

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

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

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

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria has awarded its 2019 honorary fellowship to Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of the…

Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, announced the completion of the 390 MW Benban solar project near Aswan, in Upper…

Over US$4 billion is needed to help Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe recover from the devastating effects of Cyclones Idai that…

The Phosboucraa Foundation organized the 1st International Urban Forum on City of Challenges from October 17 to 19, 2019, on…