Burkina Faso Sees Cotton Output Rising 20% in 2017-18 Season Burkina Faso, Africa’s top cotton grower, sees output rising by as much as 20 percent to...
World Bank to Grant Ivory Coast Budget Aid as Cocoa Price Slumps The World Bank will grant Ivory Coast $100 million to $125 million in budget...
Ethiopian Introduces Latest Airbus A350 to Abuja Route Ethiopian Airlines newly acquired Airbus A350 landed at the newly reconstructed runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,...
Microfinance Tool for Poverty Alleviation, Says Rwanda Envoy The Rwandan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Stanislas Kamanzi, has described micro finance as a potent tool for...
Zambia Seeks IMF Deal of as Much as $1.6 Billion This Month Zambia, Africa’s second-largest copper producer, plans to reach an aid deal for as much...
‘Ghana Performing Better than Nigeria in PoS Adoption’ Ghana is performing better than Nigeria when it comes to using Point of Sale (PoS) channel for payments...
Egypt Declares State of Emergency After Fatal Church Attacks Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency and created a powerful new anti-terrorism body...
UBA to Expand to Six More African Countries The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has said it plans to extend its presence in Africa from...
Standard Chartered wins Euromoney awards In Euromoney’s 14th annual private banking survey, Standard Chartered Private Bank jumped to first place in Africa, winning the most number...
East Lags West as Nigeria’s Biggest Bank Outshines Kenyan Peer Pitting Nigeria and Kenya’s biggest banks by market value against each other shows just how much...