In an interview with New Times, the British High Commissioner to Rwanda, Jo Lomas (pictured) said the United Kingdom is seeking to sign with the East...
Between January and November 2019, trade between Egypt and the rest of Africa slightly increased by 2.03%, reaching $131.35 million...
Provisional estimates by the Ivorian Ministry of Tourism show that the sector contributed about 7.3% to the country's GDP in 2019, against 6.25% in 2018....
The Director of Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research at the African Development Bank, Dr Hanan Morsy, has been named one of Egypt’s 50 most...
The Ethiopian government adopted, on Monday 17 February 2020, a draft amending the finance law allowing an increase by 27.9 billion birrs...
Manufacturing activity in Zimbabwe will fall to 27% in 2020 from 36% in 2019, according to the Chief Executive Officer of the Confederation of Zimbabwe...
The Kigali green city project will receive €9.6 million from the German development agency KfW. The project will be launched in Kinyinya, a town...
The United Arab Emirates vows $500 million to support digital economy transformation in Africa. The good news was announced last week by Reem al...
The port of Maputo, the largest in Mozambique, continues to improve its operational performance. In 2019, the platform handled 21 million tons of cargo,...
In a first fundraising on the WAMU securities market this year, Niger successfully raised a total of CFA31.4 billion. Compared to the initial target of...
The African Development Bank -AfDB- approved $1 million in aid to Uganda to support the National Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) Preparedness and Response...
In several news reports, World Bank President David Malpass was recently quoted as saying some Multilateral Development Banks, including the African...
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has approved $3 million for the construction of a bridge and a road in Tibiri Gobir, over the Goulbi de...
Côte d’Ivoire successfully raised on February 11 a total of CFA60 billion (about $100 million) on the regional securities market through the issue...
Nigeria and Ethiopia have reached a visa waiver deal for diplomatic and official passport holders. The agreement was signed on February 11 in Addis Ababa...
Last year, Senegal recorded a trade gap of CFA2,244 billion ($3.7 billion), compared to CFA2,246 billion in 2018, according to data provided by the...
Turkey has agreed to review the free trade deal it has with Morocco, Moulay Hafid Elalamy (pictured), the Moroccan Trade Minister announced on February...
The UN Economic Commission for Africa announced the launch, in partnership with Standard Bank, of a new fund created to further empower women across the...
The African Union is disbursing $100 million to assist refugees and displaced persons on the continent. The good news was announced by Minata...
Ethiopian Airlines is not suspending flights to China, amid the coronavirus outbreak. During a press conference held last week, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam...
Ghana cashed 43.9 billion cedis (about $8.1 billion) in tax revenues over the financial year 2018-19. According to the Ghana Revenue Authority...
Gabon has come up with strict security measures regarding the coronavirus currently spreading in China and other countries around the world. In a press...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (pictured) called for international action to combat the locust invasion in East Africa, during the 33rd Ordinary...
Yesterday Feb 9, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa officially became the President of the African Union for 2020. He is replacing Egyptian Abdel...
On February 5, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) signed a partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to implement a 3-year program...
The construction and rehabilitation of road infrastructures captured a total of $291 million in Egypt last year.
According to the ministry of...
The Khalifa Fund has approved CFA6 billion (about $10 million) to support a Burkinabe government program that aims to create 50,000 youth-targeted...
Global Fire Power (GFP) has unveiled its 2020 Global Power index which ranks countries in the world based on their military forces. This year’s ranking...
The Ivorian government announced an investment of more than CFA291 billion ($445 million) to improve access to clean water across the country. The...
Canada approved CFA2 billion ($3 million) to support the “for every girl, the right to education” program initiated by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in...
The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) successfully passed a recent Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP) initiated by the International...
While the 33rd African Union Summit is held in Addis Ababa, the Republic of Djibouti reaffirms its ambition, already announced at the end of 2016, to sit...
The government of Ghana has mobilized this week a total of $3 billion in Eurobond issuance, we learned. The bonds were issued in three tranches with...
Egypt and Switzerland signed yesterday three memoranda of understanding aimed at strengthening investment, improving higher education and developing the...
The World Food Program has approved the 2020-24 Country Strategic Plan in Niger, the institution’s Country Director, Sory Ouane, announced February 3,...
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