Esther Mukantwali of Rwangara Village in Bugesera District, about 18 km south of Rwanda’s capital Kigali, used to wake up at 3 in the morning to trek for an hour to fetch water from a swamp.  The story is the same for 18-year-old Umuhoza Francine, who lives four km further in Nyagatovu village, also in Bugesera District. She trekked for over two hours to get to the source of her...

African Hidden Champions (AHC), an initiative that promotes dynamic African companies and helps them on their path to global leadership, held its first regional event of 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event provided a platform for AHC to share its vision with business executives from the region. The Nairobi reception marked the African Development Bank’s first official engagement with AHC, as new...

The brief stresses that African countries should apply carbon taxes to general significant revenues while mitigating the impacts of climate change on their populations on a continent where South Africa is currently the only country to levy that environmental tax.  African countries will gain more than they will lose by applying carbon taxes, a  policy brief published last May by the...

The President appointed a new foreign minister following the dismissal of Aurélien Agbénonci. Beninese President Patrice Talon has appointed Shegun Adjadi Bakari as the new Foreign Minister, the presidency announced on June 6. The new Foreign Minister was appointed in the place of Aurélien Agbénonci who was dismissed last month. According to local media, the government hasn’t given any...

The African Development Bank Group has appointed Jacques Edjangue Vice President for People and Talent Management, effective 16th June 2023. Immediately before his appointment, Edjangue served as acting Vice President for the People and Talent Management complex. Before that, he was Acting Director of Corporate Human Resources Department, and Director of the Bank Group’s Language Services...

With its investment in Saudi teleradiology provider Arkan United, Rology expands into the Middle East, materializing a plan announced in April 2022 when it closed a pre-Series A round.   Egyptian teleradiology platform Rology has acquired an undisclosed equity stake in Saudi peer Arkan United, a release announced on Sunday, June 4.  The acquisition enables the platform to enter...

Ethio Telecom is committed to becoming the instrument of Ethiopia's digital transformation. The state-owned company recently signed an agreement with the Ministry of Revenue to digitalize tax payments. On Tuesday, June 6, incumbent operator Ethio Telecom announced that it signed an agreement with the Addis Ababa city administration to deploy a software-defined wide area network and...

The African Development Bank last month launched the Integrated Urban Infrastructure and Climate Adaptation Study Project in Djibouti city in Djibouti. The study will lead to a roadmap for improving access to resilient urban infrastructure and basic services. It also entails building institutional capacity for inclusive and participatory urban planning and management while addressing gender...

Rwanda is committed to becoming a green economy and reducing its emissions by 38% by 2030. Faced with the continuing impact of climate change, the government has revised its resilience strategy to provide more efficient responses. The Rwandan government has launched its revised green growth strategy to achieve a more climate-resilient economy, the Ministry of the Environment announced,...

Egypt is counting on international cooperation to speed up the implementation of its digital strategy.  The country recently signed ICT and telecoms agreements with Palestine, Somalia, and Romania... On Monday, June 5, Egypt's National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for...