New fund is the first to bridge the financing gap for small businesses in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with a gender lens, while generating a financial return for investors
It will help improve the lives of 500,000 rural households and create...
By Tope Alake and Alonso Soto August 6, 2019, 6:00 AM GMT+2 Updated on August 6, 2019, 7:50 AM GMT+2
Nigerian trade consultant Bamidele Ayemibo says it’s easier to sell his bean cake snacks to China than to neighboring Benin.
Trading...
JOHANNESBURG – Absa Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) yesterday said that it planned to expand its agriculture loan book to countries such as Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, due to good long-term growth prospects in the rest of...
Cape Town, South Africa, One & Only Hotel; 3 September 2019: Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, today announced the highly-anticipated release of the shortlisted candidates for the 2019 Ai Infrastructure Investment Awards. The Awards...
The government of Mozambique is set to construct a gas-fired power station in Beluluane, in Boane district about 30 kilometres west of Maputo.
Beluluane Gas Company SA received approval from the government allowing them to develop the power station that...
The government of Rwanda is set to invest US $13m in construction of new primary and secondary school classrooms, latrines and washrooms among other school facilities.
Rose Baguma, the Director General of Education and Planning in the Ministry of Educationannounced the...
Zambia and Botswana have signed a US $259m agreement to construct a 430km long railway to link the two countries across the Kazungula Bridge.
Zambia Railways Ltd and Botswana Railways’ boards resolved during a meeting held in Kasane to facilitate...
Tanzania marked the beginning of construction of Rufiji power plant Rufiji Hydropower Project (RHPP) at Stiegler’s Gorge with President John Magufuli laying the foundation stone.
The government officially handed over the area around the 2,115-MW Rufiji hydro project to joint...
Initial $155 million investment nine years ago now worth more than $1.24 billion. The value of the 10% investment the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) made in London’s Gatwick Airport nine years ago has skyrocketed, turning an initial...
The construction of US $180 million brewery plant in Mozambique is on track despite the late start of the ambitious project by beverage company Cervejas de Moçambique’s (CDM’s).
The late start and constraints saw geotechnical specialist Franki Africa make efforts to...
