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Following highly successful events in Washington and Lagos in 2018, the Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) returns to Washington this April,…

The Economic Commission of the African Union, in partnership with the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), held in Yaoundé, capital…

Digitization has been variously described as pivotal in ramping-up revenue collection for financing Africa’s development. This convergence of views characterized…

Written by Eric MANIABLE and Raissa FOTIA SANTSA. In the previous episode, our actuaries had built surrender rate tables based…

The CEO of the Ethiopian Airlines group deeply regrets the fatal accident of flight 302 of March 10, on a…

ACCRA, Ghana. 18 March marked the start of structured dialogue around Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) at Africa Climate Week hosted…

A few weeks before the oil summit in Malabo (APPO Cape VII) , Ann Norman, Africa Managing Director of Pioneer…

The information went around Mauritanian social networks. President Mohamed Abdel Aziz would hold a $ 2 billion (720 billion Ouguiyas)…...

Immediately following the tragic accident, Kenya’s Transport Minister James Macharia and Kenya Airport Authority (KAA) General Manager Jonny Andersen held…

Founder and CEO of Janngo, a term that means “future” in Fulani, this 32-year-old Senegalese entrepreneur with pegs in her…

Traditionally dominated by men, the world of finance has some feminine icons that are branded throughout conferences. From Nezha Hyatt,…

In the secular conservatism of the Arab-Muslim world, Tunisia has broken an old taboo. Everything went in August 2017 when…...

The Egyptian subsidiary of Attijariwafa bank has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Global Lease to finance and support SMEs…

Immorente Invest, a Moroccan firm specializing in the management of real estate assets for rental, plans acquisitions ranging from 150…

Following nine months of negotiations, the Kenyan bank Sidian Bank has signed a capital injection of 1.2 billion Shillings (about…

In a new report on Moroccan banks, an improved version of the two previous ratings of 2013 and 2016, the…...

The President of Equatorial Guinea, the Secretary General of OPEC and 20 African Ministers of Oil and Gas will host…

Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist, the 6th edition of the Africa Development…

Ghana is seeking $ 750 million negotiated as a syndicated loan from Standard Chartered Plc and Standard Bank Group Ltd,…

The South African firm InvestSure will benefit from an investment of 9.6 million rand mobilized by 4Di Capital of Lireas…

Experts from the African Union who will report to the heads of state. By Rodrigue Fénélon Massala, special envoy to…

Forbidden to leave the Cameroonian territory since January 31, 2019, Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o, former Minister of Defense, was finally…...

Allianz Africa formalizes its new strategic skills cluster in Africa, according to a statement from the group to Financial afrik.…

AUDA-NEPAD hosts the 3rd Africa CSA Alliance Forum Following the success of the first two Africa Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)…

 The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has made the case for factoring as a viable and sustainable solution to address the…

The year 2018 ended on a positive note marked notably by a strong growth in the 4th quarter of the…...

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) provided a USD 27 million loan to Kikagati Power Company, a Ugandan company specializing…

The Central Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) borrowed $ 985 million from pan-African lending institutions in 2018 to cover commodity imports.…

By Pierre Delval, chronicler. On April 15, 2018, in issue 49 of Financial Afrik, I devoted a full column…

It is on the occasion of its 30 years of exercise that the Tunisian airline Nouvelair inaugurated on 03 March…