WAEMU Commission sets 2025 course with three key objectives
Convergence, integration and governance. These are the three areas of intervention broken down into 23 flagship actions of the West African Economic and Monetary...
Diana Layfield, at the board of CDC Group
UK development finance institution and impact investor CDC Group announced on Thursday (November 25th) that it had appointed Diana Layfield (pictured) as the new...
Senegal: ITFC replenishes Sonacos’ coffers
The Senegalese National Groundnut Company (Sonacos) has secured 40 million euros in funding from the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) as part of...
Cemac: support from BDEAC for post-Covid economic recovery
After the economic recession caused by the unexpected oubreak of the health crisis linked to the coronavirus which continues to impact on activities, the...
More expensive taxed diaspora remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa
According to the World Bank's Global Transfer Costs Database, the tariff for sending $ 200 between countries remains high and represents an average of...
IATF 2021: 36 billion USD in contracts signed in Durban
From our Special Envoy in Durban, Issouf Kagamate
The 2021 edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair ended this Sunday, November 21 at the Durban international...
Afreximbank partners with African Risk Capacity to reduce disaster risk in Africa
The African Import-Export Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the African Risk Capacity (ARC) group, a specialized agency of the African...
IATF 2021: an African sub-sovereign network to discuss AfCFTA
From our special correspondent in Durban, Issouf Kamgaté.
Afreximbank President Benedict Oramah, Prime Minister of KwaZulu-Natal Province Sihle Zikalala and several provincial governments in South...
IATF 2021: Dlamini Zuma seduced by the potential of Côte d’Ivoire
From our special correspondent in Durban, Issouf Kamgaté.
Wednesday November 17 was Ivory Coast's day at the second edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (Iatf)...
Nigeria: 90% of the population will adopt the e-naira (IMF)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that by allowing unbanked people with cell phones to access e-naira in Nigeria, 90% of the population...
UN Creates $ 40 Million Humanitarian Emergency Fund for Ethiopia
The United Nations (UN) has announced the creation of a $ 40 million fund to support life-saving humanitarian aid and the protection of civilians...
IFC grants $ 250 million financing facility to Absa Bank
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has provided a $ 250 million credit facility to Absa Bank, a subsidiary of Absa Group Limited (Absa Group),...
IATF 2021: Africa jostles at Durban’s gates for 40 billion USD deals
The second edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2021) starts this Monday, November 15 with personalities from the world of commerce, entrepreneurs, financiers,...
IFC arranges financing of over 160 million euros for cement company CIMAF
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has arranged a financial package of 161.25 million euros for the CIMAF group (Ciments d'Afrique) in order to stimulate...