Last week, Tunisia’s interim minister of health Sonia Ben Cheikh (photo) announced an TND80 million investment for the modernization of the country’s hospitals’ IT system.   This operation will help digitalize health records and support an enhanced follow-up with patients as well as better management of laboratories. It will also contribute to the development of telemedicine (the...

In Tanzania, 2018 tourism revenues rose by 7.13% year on year, the country’s prime minister Kassim Majaliwa (photo) indicated last week. According to official figures, these revenues reached $2.43 billion while in 2017 the sector generated $2.19 billion. This performance is due to a rise in tourist arrivals. Indeed, during the period under review, about 1.49 million tourists visited...

The European Union will provide €115.5 million to support projects in the Sahel zone, Neven Mimica (photo), the European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, indicated last week. The new financial support will be disbursed under the framework of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. It is divided into five new programmes and three complements to projects...

African Development Bank President Adesina, on Friday, pleaded for Africans to embrace technology, and governments to urgently move away from “investing in the jobs of the past, but rather in the jobs of the future. A future that is just around the corner.” Adesina was addressing a debate entitled: The New Tech Era: Job-killer or Job-creator? organised by Africa Report and Jeune Afrique...

President Macky Sall of Senegal has announced the appointment of Amadou Hott, Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth at the African Development Bank, as Minister of the Economy, Planning and International Partnerships. According to Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, "I am delighted with the announced appointment of Amadou Hott. He has done a...

On the occasion of World Health Day 2019, the African Development Bank Group is renewing its call for firmer commitment to pledges made by countries for universal health coverage for all individuals and communities. In a statement issued Sunday 7 April 2019, Oley Dibba-Wadda, Director of Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development at the Bank said: “The Bank supports national efforts to...

The African Development Bank has launched the Urban and Municipal Development Fund, a multi-donor trust fund to scale up interventions in urban development and drive sustainable growth in cities across the African continent. The launch event, held on Wednesday, 3 April 2019 at the Bank’s Abidjan headquarters, was attended by members of the business and diplomatic community in Cote d’Ivoire,...

The African Development Bank has welcomed the Islamic Development Bank’s agreement to contribute USD$3 million to the multi-partner Somalia Infrastructure Fund (SIF). The signing ceremony for the agreement took place on the sidelines of the 44th Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)’s Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco. Dr. Mansur Muhtar, IsDB Vice President for Country Programmes, signed the...

Liquid Telecom announced on April 3, 2019, the finalisation of the acquisiton process for 8% of its equity by CDC Group.   The process was finalized after all the regulatory approvals had been received. Thanks to the $180 million raised via this transaction, Liquid Telecom will densify its fibre optics network and boost its cloud and hosting offers in Africa.  “Data...

Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l’Industrie de la Côte d’Ivoire (BICICI) and its sister company in Burkina Faso will exchange their respective managing directors in the coming weeks.   Jean-Louis MENANN-KOUAME who has been leading the BICICI since December 2014 is appointed the new managing director of the sister company in Burkina Faso. In Burkina Faso, the current manager...