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The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is looking forward to a more dynamic and flexible…

The Regional Committee of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management in Africa (UN-GGIM: Africa) ended Thursday with experts urging…

Mike Coffi, Managing Director of Ecobank Asset Management and President of the Association of Investment Management and Investment Management Companies…

The market had anticipated it. The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) finally suspended Skye Bank on Monday, September 24, 2018. This…...

Cameroon Ministry of Finance’s “FinScope” survey to measure levels of access to and use of financial services in the country…

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has given a green light on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, in…

The South African government has unveiled a new mining charter that requires mining companies to increase the share of their…

The Danish company Mærsk has made $ 30 million available to strengthen logistical infrastructure in the Nouadhibou Free Zone (ZFN)…

More and more African financial markets are launching compartments dedicated to SMEs. A mode of financing- and placement- often advantageous.…...

Mauritania’s telephony market is expected to be enriched by a fourth operator by the end of 2018, sources close to…

Nigeria’s state-owned petroleum company NNPC is targeting 2.3 million barrels a day in 2019, compared with 1.7 million currently, according…

Afriland First Bank has selected Temenos, the bank software publisher, as part of the renovation of its IT infrastructure. The…

Orange Money celebrates a decade of financial innovation in Africa and confirms its position as a major player in mobile…

The Cargill, Wilmar and Touton groups have put forward offers for the takeover of the assets of SAF Cacao, the…

The Ivorian banker Martin Essoh Djedjes, former boss of BIAO (now NSIA Banque), continues his career in agribusiness where he…

The World Bank is back in Somalia after 30 years of absence. The Bretton Woods institution approved $ 80 million…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will make available to the Angolan Investment Bank (BAI) $ 100 million to finance various…

Côte d’Ivoire is expected to raise the minimum cocoa purchase price for the new campaign that opens early next week.…

It is in order to bring more companies to be listed on the stock exchange than the founding director of…

Togo welcomed, in 2017, 566,764 tourists who generated 44.7 billion F CFA of hotel receipts, against 425 669 tourists with…

The Currency Exchange Fund (TCX) has contributed to the mobilization of nearly $ 200 million of offshore bonds issued in…...

Phatisa is pleased to announce the first close of its successor fund to the African Agriculture Fund (AAF) — Phatisa Food…

African banks can improve their business performance by keying into the Afreximbank Trade Facilitation Programme (AFTRAF), which was recently introduced…

The Tony Elumelu Foundation announces a partnership with the German Agency for International Cooperation, GIZ. Lagos, Nigeria, 25 September…

The Ivorian government announced on September 26 that the 2019 budget is forecast at CFAF 7,334.3 billion (€ 11.18 billion),…

Through his correspondent for European affairs, Szymon Jagiello, Financial Afrik won an exclusive meeting with Pierre Gattaz, who was appointed…

In the constant effort to improve and facilitate access to information for all its audiences, ACAPS has just launched the…

Yahsat, a UAE-based internet access operator, announced on Tuesday that Abdjan has officially launched YahClick, its Ka-band broadband internet service,…

In the land of Kenyan business, accustomed to seeing major national economic operators reign supreme in the sub-region, the news…

The Moroccan group Attijariwafa bank has obtained Cerway’s “Excellent Quality Environmental” (HQE) certification, for the construction of its regional headquarters…