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As the 6th summit between the European Union and the African Union opened in Brussels on Thursday February 17, Emmanuel…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced on February 17, 2022 that it had signed a loan agreement for 250 million…

In this interview conducted on the eve of the European Union-African Union summit, economist Carlos Lopes discusses the crucial issues…

The French and Senegalese Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Macky Sall attended this Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Station F in…

In Guinea, the special prosecutor of the court for the repression of economic and financial offenses announced, on February 16,…

African entrepreneurs provide a service to a growing business niche.  Mwungano, which means alliance in Swahili has been created by…

The objective of this challenge is to identify Moroccan, African, and international start-ups  able to co-develop innovative digital solutions in…

After modest GDP growth of 1.5% in 2020, growth is expected to accelerate to 3.8% in 2021 thanks to increased…

The OCP Group wishes to strengthen its partnerships with innovation players (start-ups,  research centers, sponsors, etc.) to bring out new…

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, announced on February 14, 2022 its base commitment of USD 30 million as…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that South Africa will face lackluster growth despite a faster-than-expected recovery from the…

Veritas Kapital Assurance Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading insurance companies, has announced the appointment of Paul Oki as an independent…

Visiting Dakar (Senegal) on Thursday, February 10, the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, announced a regional…

Opinion-Editorial by Souleymane Traoré, Chief Executive Officer, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG), Conakry, Guinea The mining sector has a…

The company SAAR Assurances Senegal, a subsidiary of the eponymous pan-African group, has a new general manager in the person…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres re-appointed Ibrahim Thiaw of Mauritania to head the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)…

CEO Jaakko Kangasniemi: “Africa is the place to be for European development financiers” The Finnish development financier and impact investor…

Standard and Poor’s confirmed its long and short term sovereign credit rating on Rwanda at ‘B+/B’. The outlook nonetheless remains…

The Salon des Affaires Sentimentales (SASE) returns this year, after the success of the first edition in 2021. It will…

The Executive Secretary of the G5 Sahel, Ambassador Éric Yemdaogo Tiaré chaired on January 18 in Nouakchott, the launch of…

The 18 African billionaires in dollars come from 7 English-speaking countries with the exception of two Moroccans and one Algerian.…

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) granted a loan of 20 million euros to Societe Generale Morocco through…

The Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which met this…

The Fund for the Development of Exports in Africa (Feda), a subsidiary of Afreximbank, wants to encourage industries to reduce…

Ghana is to receive a USD 27.39 million grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the development of mini-grids…

The inflation rate fell from 4.9% in November to 6% in December 2021 in the countries of the West African…

A few hours after a coup attempt in Bissau, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo declared Tuesday evening in a message to…

Fenchurch Law, the leading UK legal firm working exclusively for policyholders and brokers on insurance coverage disputes, has launched a…

Cold shower on the Public Securities Market (MTP) of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). The Treasury of…

The military junta in power in Burkina Faso announced Monday, January 31, to have restored the constitution which it had…