Africa
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Tinubu, Mbasogo sign agreement on gas pipeline for Gulf of Guinea
President Bola Tinubu and Equatorial Guinean President, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on Wednesday evening in Malabo signed an agreement on…
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Afreximbank signs project preparation facility agreement to support development of Veenocks porcelain tiles plant in Nigeria
CAIRO, Egypt, August 15, 2024 African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has signed a project preparation facility agreement with Veenocks Limited…
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United Capital leads issuance of Sierra Leone’s $1.4m corporate bond
By Rukayat Adeyemi Lagos, Aug. 13, 2024 United Capital Group has successfully led the issuance of Sierra Leone’s first local…
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Why Africa must have 2 permanent UN Security Council seats – President Bio of Sierra Leone (Read full statement here)
President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Julius Maada Bio has categorically stated that Africa demands two permanent seats in the United…
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Africa deserves permanent Security Council seat – UN chief says, as Sierra Leonean President Bio presides
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Aug. 12, 2024 UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for urgent reform of the Security…
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Tinubu goes to Equatorial Guinea on official visit
President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday, August 14, depart Abuja for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on a three-day official visit to…
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NCDMB, Petroleum Commission Ghana begin technical cooperation
In furtherance of its long-standing support to African oil and gas producing countries and development of local content in the…
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Peter writes Paul as PSQUARE crack appears imminent again
Popular Nigerian music duo PSQUARE are set to part ways again following recent exchanges between the two artists, Peter and…
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Afreximbank, Uganda Development Bank sign project preparation financing agreement
CAIRO, Egypt, August 12, 2024 African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and the Uganda Development Bank (UDB) have signed a Joint…
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Sierra Leone President, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, presides over unprecedented debate on UN Security Council reform Monday, August 12
President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Julius Maada Bio, will Monday, August 12, 2024, preside over an “Unprecedented debate on United…
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African Development Bank approves $40 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility to Ethiopia’s Dashen Bank
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, August 9, 2024 The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a…
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Afreximbank to double intra-African trade financing to $40 billion by 2026
ABUJA, Nigeria, August 9, 2024 African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) plans to double its financing of intra-African trade from US$20…
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DICON @ 60: 3,000 local, international participants expected to grace event – Matawalle
By Deborah Coker Abuja, Aug. 9, 2024 The Minister State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has said that no fewer…
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ECOWAS open to Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso’s return – Tinubu
By Salif Atojoko Abuja, Aug. 9, 2024 President Bola Tinubu says ECOWAS will continue to persuade the military leaders of…
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NFF President, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau mourns death of longest serving CAF President
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, has extended heartfelt condolences to the Cameroonian football…
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NCDMB joins African Energy Week 2024 as platinum sponsor, Local Content partner to boost capacity building
CAPE TOWN, South Africa Throughout its 14-year history, social enterprise and development institution, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board…
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CANEX WKND 2024: Uniting global Africa’s creative, cultural industries in Algiers
ALGIERS, ALGERIA, 07 August 2024 African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Continental…
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Pan-African movement set to celebrate African activist in Ghana
By Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja, Aug. 5, 2024 The Africans Rising, a Pan-African movement, says it is set to celebrate and…
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Flutterwave gains ground in Ghana with enhanced Payment Service Provider license
ACCRA, Ghana Flutterwave (www.Flutterwave.com), a leading payments technology company, has recently been granted a Payment Service Provider license (Enhanced Category) by…
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Dangote Cement: Pan-African revenue for half-year grows by 139.9%
Dangote has continued to attract huge forex into the country through his pan-African operations as the half-year result for Dangote…
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African Development Bank Group approves $500 million loan to boost electricity access in Nigeria
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a loan of $500…
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41 African countries set for stronger economic growth, says Edun
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, Aug. 2, 2024 Mr. Wale Edun the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy,…
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Afreximbank’s African Quality Assurance Centre receives international accreditation from South African National Accreditation System
CAIRO, Egypt, August 2, 2024 African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) first African Quality Assurance Centre (AQAC), implemented in Ogun State, Nigeria,…
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AfDB invests $20m infrastructure fund to boost continental development
By Lucy Ogalue Abuja, Aug. 2, 2024 The African Development Bank (AfDB), has signed a 20 million-dollar equity investment in…
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Afreximbank commits $1.4B to Ammonia and Urea Fertilizer (AMUFERT) Plant in Angola
LUANDA, Angola, July 31, 2024 Pan-African multilateral financial institution, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will support the establishment of Ammonia…
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