Ghana and the UK signed a £20 million trade and economic agreement on August 28, 2018. Tailored to the Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo’s vision of a “Ghana Beyond Aid”, the aim of this agreement is to mainly create jobs and promote the country’s economic transformation programme. According to the British minister of state for Africa Harriet Baldwin (At the left on the picture), who...

Today, the German chancellor Angela Merkel begins a three- day visit to Ghana, Senegal, and Nigeria. Officially, this tour is to tighten economic relations with these countries and find solutions to curb the flow of illegal migration. Experts explain that this tour marks Germany’s growing interest in Africa. Indeed, last year, the country launched a private investment promotion programme aimed...

During his visit to the United States of America, the Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta signed deals totaling $238 million with two companies for investments in the enrgey and agroindustry sectors.   Indeed, Kipeto Wind Energy Company promised to build a 100 MW wind power plant in Nairobi South. According to the government’s estimate, this construction, which will be supported by...

Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Equatorial Guinea’s president, dismissed the country’s chief justice Juan Carlos Ondo Angue (photo). The decree dismissing the official was read on the state television TVGE but, there was no indication of the reasons behind such measure. However, as AFP  reminds, the country’s president does not hide his indignation at the corruption in the judicial...

Africa should account for 58% of the world's population growth by 2050. This was indicated by Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in its reports titled “World Population Data Sheet 2018”. According to the document, the African population will be more than twice its number by 2050 and reach 2.6 billion people. With this demographic boom, the world population should be 9.9 billion citizens by...

Tanzania and Graphex Mining will review the impacts of new mining legislation on Chilalo graphite project. Indeed, on Monday 27, August 2018, the company announced in a statement that it submitted a document, listing ten major problems related to the new legislation, to the Tanzanian government. According to the statement, these problems could block the company from getting the funding necessary...

The Indian banking institution Bank of Baroda is planning to sell two of its subsidiaries (one in Ghana and another in Trinidad and Tobago). According to Indian media which reported the information, the sales should let the bank focus on its most profitable subsidiaries. “Some of these subsidiaries are not performing as per expectation. Hence, we decided to exit. Unlike Uganda and Kenya, which...

This day, Tuesday August, 28, 2018, the British prime minister Theresa May (photo), is starting a series of visits during which she will go to South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya to discuss security as well as trade and investments promotion issues with those countries’ leaders in preparation of the Brexit. Leading directors of 29 British firms like David Schwimmer, the managing director of...

Since August 25, 2018, Lesotho residents have been experiencing the first ever super high broadband in Africa. Indeed, Vodacom, the mobile telecommunications operator launched the 5G network, Reuters reports. The operator indicates that thanks to this new technology, it is able to offer its clients quality service similar to that of the optical fiber. It explains that to launch this network in...

Facebook is actually working to improve its wireless internet network in Tanzania. Launched in 2017, in Arusha (a town in the Northeast), the service baptized “Express Wi-Fi” was deployed in partnership with the internet service provider Habari Node to provide access to about 2,600 people. However, this company failed to satisfy the American company’s geographical coverage...