AfDB Releases Economic Outlook African Development Bank (AfDB) yesterday released its first highlights of 2018 African Economic Outlook in Arabic, Hausa and Kiswahili. The bank said...
‘Mobile Ecosystem in West Africa to Hit $50bn By 2022’ Considering the strong growth in mobile subscription and mobile broadband across West African countries, Nigeria inclusive,...
Ghana $600 Million Cocoa Plan Prioritizes Processing, Trees Ghana’s cocoa regulator wants to use the bulk of $600 million in finance that it’s planning to raise...
Google Releases New Africa App to Beat Slow Internet Speeds Google is releasing an app in Africa that will help internet users overcome obstacles such as...
Afreximbank’s $1.5b Facility for Zimbabwe The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will arrange between $1 billion and $1.5 billion of funded and guarantee facilities to support businesses...
Siemens Lifts Africa’s Varsities With $400,000 Equipment To accelerate industrialisation and drive economic growth in Africa, Siemens has handed over $400, 000 worth of equipment to...
Ivory Coast Is Selling Africa’s Biggest Euro-Currency Bond Ivory Coast sold 1.7 billion euros ($2.1 billion) of bonds Thursday in the biggest issuance in the common...
Nigeria, Kenya Inching Closer to Interest Rate Cuts Nigeria and Kenya will follow Ghana’s lead and cut rates in the third quarter, a Reuters poll found,...
The African Development Bank has predicted an average growth rate of 3.8 per cent in the Gross Domestic Product of West Africa economies. The bank made...
UAE Offers $1.4bn in Aid to Sudan The United Arab Emirates has offered $1.4 billion to Sudan’s central bank to help Khartoum tackle an acute foreign...