Prof. Benedict Oramah Re-appointed as Afreximbank President
Shareholders of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have voted and re-appointed Prof. Benedict Oramah as President of the Pan-African multilateral financial institution for a second...
Diversity and Unity: African Agency in International Affairs
More and more, African countries are able to act in concert to stand up for the interests of the continent.
Professor Carlos Lopes
Associate Fellow, Africa...
Interview with Aïcha Bah Diallo, spokesperson for the Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Published on the theme of the 2063 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 2019 Africa Governance Report is based on data from...
African Risk Capacity (ARC) and Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Secretariat signs Agreement to...
L-R: UN-ASG Mohamed Beavogui, Director-General, African Risk Capacity, and Dr. Stergomena L. Tax, Executive Secretary, Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) exchanging copies of the...
ADB: Ivory Coast for a second term of Akinwumi Adesina
In the wake of the cabinet reshuffle on 5 September 2019 in Côte d'Ivoire, things are becoming clearer about the position of the first...
The World Bank Group has released $ 59.5 billion in 2019
According to the financial statements released on 9 August by the five institutions of the World Bank Group, total commitments to help countries improve...
G7 Summit: Africa, the Sahel and the Amazon
Five African countries are invited to the G7 which opens this 24th of August in Biarritz against the backdrop of the fires of the...
Senegal prepares to host Regional Forum on the African Continental Free Trade Area
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10 June 2019 (ECA) - The regional forum, taking place on 24 and 25 June in Dakar, Senegal will focus on issues...
Creation of the African Central Bank: 3 recommendations
The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) hosted, Wednesday, March 13, the first regular meeting of the office of the Association of Central...
Equatorial Guinea prepares for ADB Annual Meetings
Equatorial Guinea is preparing to host the annual meetings of the African Development Bank from June 11 to 14 in Malabo.
By Achille Mbog Pibasso
After...
BCEAO maintains key interest rate unchanged
Meeting on March 6 in Dakar, the BCEAO's Monetary Policy Committee (CPM) decided to maintain its key rate unchanged at the end of its...
USA: World Bank loses immunity
The IFC, a subsidiary of the World Bank in charge of the private sector, is the subject of a claim for environmental damage in...
African Union: the good news of the Sissi presidency
By Gérard Lafont
The meeting between the Egyptian Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi and the African Union enjoys a favorable alignment of the planets. The first is...
In Nouakchott, ECA’s Vera Songwe congratulates Mauritania on ratification of AfCFTA
In an audience with the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz held yesterday in Nouakchott, ECA’sExecutive Secretary Vera Songwe...