Africa’s life after OPEC
By NJ Ayuk
Sometimes it is easy to forget how interconnected human lives across the globe have become. Perhaps we no longer talk as much...
Coronavirus triggers : health or social experiment?
By Maria Nadolu, globe-trotter.
We’re having one of our usual globetrotters’ long phone calls; we’re used to travel more than 6 months a year, switching...
African Legal Support Facility launches new handbook on sovereign debt at 10th anniversary
The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) has launched a handbook on sovereign debt aimed at improving users’ understanding of the subject and offering development...
Mediterrania Capital Partners’ portfolio EBITDA grows 25% YOY
Mediterrania Capital Partners, the Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, announces that its...
AfDB President Lashes Out World Bank President’s Statements
In several news reports, World Bank President David Malpass was recently quoted as saying some Multilateral Development Banks, including the African Development Bank, have...
Mr. Lesley Ndlovu is the new CEO of AFRICAN RISK CAPACITY INSURANCE Limited
The African Risk Capacity Limited (the ARC Ltd) has appointed Mr. Lesley Ndlovu as its new Chief Executive Officer following the expiration of the...
“Nobody eats GDP” says African Development Bank President as he calls for inclusive growth
Africa’s economies are growing strongly, but growth alone cannot meet the needs of the continent’s poorest citizens, because “nobody eats GDP,” the African Development...
Shareholders Invest Half a Billion Dollars in New Equity in Afreximbank
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank or the Bank) announces that existing shareholders, including the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Arab Bank for Economic...
The sale of BNP Paribas subsidiaries in Africa takes a political turn
Dossongui Koné, boss of Atlantic Finance and Simon Tiemtoré, CEO of Vista bank in a tight duel for the takeover of the 3 BNP...
ECOWAS drama: Anglophones denounce the change from CFA Franc to Eco
English-speaking countries in West Africa denounce the "unilateral" decision to rename the CFA franc to "eco" on the sidelines of a meeting held on...
ECOWAS: from CFA Franc to Eco, from economic to politic
The news went around social networks. Guinea Conakry and the 5 English-speaking countries of West Africa denounce the “unilateral” decision to rename the CFA...
Oil and Gas Insurance: great victory for the local content strategy in Senegal in...
According to our sources, the president of the Senegal Oil and Gas Risks Insurance Pool, Majdi Yassine, informed the Senegalese insurance and reinsurance market...
At the invitation of AGF and Nordic Fund, Green Finance makes its aggiornamento in...
Green finance was on the agenda of the international conference organized in Dakar on December 3, 2019 by African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and the...
Coris Bank International officially opens in Niger
After Senegal and Benin, the Burkinabé financial group, Coris Bank International (CBI), on Monday, December 2, officially launched the activities of its Nigerian subsidiary....