Browsing: Press releases

GuarantCo, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has provided Orabank Côte d’Ivoire with a five-year, XOF 10 billion (c. USD 15…

The 17th edition of the annual African Economic Conference (AEC2022) has ended with calls for African countries to cooperate in…

Corporate Council on Africa is pleased to announce that in June 2023, the Government of the Republic of Botswana will…

The 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC) opened today in the island nation of Mauritius with a strong call for Africa to adopt…

Former Nigeria President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has accepted AATF’s appointment as Africa’s Ambassador for Agricultural Technology. Making the announcement after…

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is pleased to announce its support of The Zanzibar Trade and Investment Forum which will take…

The hosting of the COP27 conference in Africa signifies a unique opportunity for the continent to assert its needs, challenges…

“As we look forward to COP27, we must generate a breakthrough on finance for climate adaptation.” – Prof Verkooijen, CEO,…

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is attending the third edition of the Africa Investment Forum Market Days 2022 (AIF) in Abidjan,…

Africa needs to mobilize innovative financing for development programmes and effectively manage its debt burden, which left untackled, threatens economic…

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development (TDB) has extended a 3-year USD 10 million trade finance line of…

LPA-CGR avocats has been present on the African continent for some fifteen years, first in Algeria and Morocco, then in…

United Nations Day (UN), on 24 October 2022, marks the 77th anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the…

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will host the Eighth meeting of the Regional Committee for Africa of the United…

The Government of Rwanda and the United Nations (UN) will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the country’s membership in the…

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) signs its first cooperation agreement with the EMEA division of Invesco focused on an…

Kasada, the leading independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to hospitality in sub-Saharan Africa, announced today that it has…

Third edition to take place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from 18-20 October 2022Hosted by the AfDB and EIB, in partnership…

Working with a broad range of international partners, OCP is addressing both the immediate and longer-term drivers of food insecurity…

➢ Africa50’s investment in Holged Group, a leading provider of primary and secondary education in Morocco and Tunisia, will support the…

Mainstreaming conflict sensitivityBoosting investment to strengthen resilience to fragility, help prevent conflict, support recovery from conflict and stimulate peacebuildingImproving knowledge…

The 2022 Afreximbank Trade Finance Seminar (ATFS2022) and Factoring Workshop opened on 3 October in Kampala, Uganda. The three-day programme…

Essec continues to develop its training offer on the African continent. In November, the school will launch a new executive…

The Tony Blair Institute has hired Frank Matsaert to fill a new role as Director of Trade and Infrastructure for…

The Fund for Export Development in Africa (“FEDA”), the impact investment arm of the African Export-Import Bank (“Afreximbank”), set up…

Injaro Investment Advisors Limited (IIAL), a Ghanaian growth capital investor, is pleased to announce the successful First Closing of the…

Bolloré Transport & Logistics Côte d’Ivoire announces the acquisition of its very first driving simulator, which will be made available…

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Export Development Fund Limited (EDF) of Malawi recently co-hosted a workshop in Lilongwe under the…

OCP Group a global phosphate based products plant and animal nutrition leader, has signed a definitive agreement under which OCP…

Global Center on Adaptation CEO, Professor Patrick Verkooijen, was conferred with an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Nairobi…