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Approved on December 16, 2019 by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), the Togolese branch of the Development…

The telecom group Airtel Africa PLC announced on Wednesday 3 November that it has finalized the sale of its Madagascar-based…

The Central African Financial Market Surveillance Commission (Cosumaf) is stepping up initiatives aimed at strengthening the regulatory framework and cleaning…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) retains its triple AAA with Moody’s, the agency informed in a report from November 2,…...

Niger’s real GDP growth is expected to rebound to 5.6% in 2021 as the economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.…

The achievement of the common market through the free movement of people and goods remains a concern for the Economic…

Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments company, has raised $ 150 million in a Series C extension round, valuing itself…

Centum Investment Group announced at the end of last week that it is in negotiations to acquire three companies based…

West Africa Rating Agency (WARA) affirmed, at the end of its semi-annual review, the long-term rating in regional currency “tAAA”…

The financial rating agency Bloomfield Investment Corporation has assigned a rating of “A-” to Fidelis Finance-Burkina Faso, a leasing specialist…

Mali has announced new rules to better control artisanal gold mining. The country plans to require permits for small miners…

Starsight Energy, West Africa’s leading commercial and industrial clean off-grid energy supplier, has become the first renewable energy company in…

Opibus has just completed a fundraising in equity and grants amounting to 7.5 million dollars. The biggest financing ever for…

The West Africa Trade & Investment Hub of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a co-investment grant…

AfricInvest, leader in pan-African private equity and Tawhid CHTIOUI (photo), entrepreneur in the field of higher education, announce the acquisition…

After a rate of 3.5% in July and August 2021, the inflation rate in the WAEMU stood at 4.3% at…

Guinea: Lanciné Condé, new Minister of Economy and Finance The name of the new Minister of the Economy, Finance and…

A year and a half after the outbreak of the health crisis linked to the coronavirus, the Cameroonian banking sector…...

French President Emmanuel Macron is organizing this Saturday, October 30, an informal meeting between heads of state and European organizations…

Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank in terms of assets, has partnered with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payment technology company, internal group…

Nairobi-based venture capital fund Antler East Africa announced on October 29, 2021 that it had raised 1.6 billion shillings ($…

A few years ago, Mark Zuckerberg promised to change the name of the parent company of Facebook, of which he…

“Crises and Business Resilience in Africa”. This is the theme of the 9th edition of “CGECI Academy”, the economic forum…

In Israel, where he has been staying since October 25, 2021, Felix Tshisekedi spoke, Thursday 28 in Jerusalem, with Prime…

Patrimoine Africa, a structure based in Abidjan, announced the launch of a bond loan for an internal fund relating to…

The Société de Limonaderie et brasseries d’Afrique (SOLIBRA) posted an after-tax profit of 15.607 billion FCFA (23.411 million euros) at…...

South African fintech AIP Stitch announced Thursday, October 28, that it had raised USD 2 million for its expansion project…

South African microfinance firm Barko announced Thursday, October 28, that it will launch a new digital bank built on Temenos…

With a solid performance in the second quarter (+ 20.3%), Airtel Africa Plc, a subsidiary of the Indian group Bharti…

The African Import-Export Bank (Afreximbank) will launch a general capital increase operation (GCI) of $ 6.5 billion to finance some…