Senegal plans to launch its Islamic microfinance program with the opening of financing windows by June 2020, Yaye Fatou Diagne (pictured), coordinator of...
Infrastructure financing in Africa reached all-time record of $100 billion last year, the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) found in a...
Egypt is joining the United Arab Emirates to pump about $20 billion in various social and economic projects, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Cheikh...
The African Development Bank will pump $372 million in the economy of Benin next year, the institution’s country manager John Andrianarisata...
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has just published its 2019 Africa visa openness survey that measures the level of openness of African countries'...
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a $1.1 billion lending programme to help women entrepreneurs on the continent. EIB Vice...
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The Africa Investment Forum is making phenomenal progress in attracting interest from all over the world since launching at the Sandton Convention Centre...
The 2019 Africa Investment Forum opened on Monday living up to its promise to move from commitment to action.A $500 million equity deal presented by...
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) granted $32.9 million to Mauritania for the construction of the Néma-Nbeiguit Lahwach road....
Nigeria, Niger, and Benin are meeting on November 14 in Abuja to discuss an exit solution regarding the border closure case. This was announced by the...
Magdi Ghazi (pictured), chairman of Egypt's Industrial Development Authority (IDA), announced the construction of nine industrial complexes in eight Upper...
The International Coffee Organization (ICO) found in its latest monthly market report that the global coffee production will slightly fall by about 0.9%...
The Africa Investment Forum will be short on talk and heavy on deals, the South African Government, the African Development Bank and key partners affirmed...
Over 120 free-to-air television stations, including public broadcasters from 15 African countries, are expected to take part in the next Johannesburg...
The Ivorian government has adopted a decree creating an online platform to collect own revenues from local authorities and Autonomous Districts. This was...
Following a review mission to Benin from October 24 to November 5 this year, the International Monetary Fund IMF announced that the country should record...
Burkina Faso plans to raise 10 billion CFA francs on the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMu) public securities market. The transaction is...
The Sudanese government is considering cash transfers to poor people to subsidize access to food, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (pictured) announced this...
The government of Nigeria is keeping its land borders closed until the end of January 2020, official sources said.
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The African Development Bank will host Singapore’s Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam as the Special Guest Speaker of the Kofi A. Annan Eminent...
Angola will benefit from $165 million provided by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the institution announced in a statement issued on...
Umar Danbatta (pictured), Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), announced on 28 October 2019 the launch of the 5G trial...
Liberia inked an economic and financial deal with the International Monetary Fund -IMF- to implement reforms that will help address the challenges facing...
The Governor of the National Bank of Angola (NBA), José de Lima Massano, recently announced at an extraordinary meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee...
The education sector in Ghana will receive $150 million in aid from the World Bank, the institution announced last week.
The financing is part of...
The European Union is giving Zimbabwe $58 million (€53 million) to improve its primary health care system and address the most urgent health needs,...
Mauritania signed with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) a loan agreement worth $170.8 million to finance the construction...
Kenya’s Mombasa port has mobilized an amount of KSh20 billion to upgrade four berths, allowing it to now handle both container cargoes and goods not...
Japan has granted 23 billion CFA Francs ($39 million) to support the construction of the maternal and child health service at the University Hospital...
The African Development Bank and the New Development Bank have signed an agreement to promote new impact projects to improve lives of millions of...
The African Development Bank has appointed a group of renowned experts to the board of a continental initiative to mobilize financing for resilience to...
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