E-commerce and fintech are Africa’s biggest opportunities for growth
DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has announced that the company has signed on as title sponsor for the 2018 DHL eCommerce MoneyAfricaConference & Exhibition (Confex), which will be hosted...
To this effect, the Honourable Minister of the Department of Energy (DoE), Ms Tina Joemat-Pettersson, has made two determinations under the Electricity Regulations Act and the Electricity Regulations on New Generation Capacity. The first determination is for 600MW of...
Silicon Cape and Wesgro will be hosting the AfricArena 2018 International Africa Tech Conference. The event will take place on 15th and 16th November in Cape Town for the second year in a raw. The two organizers will also incorporate the...
InfraCo Africa, part of the multi-lateral Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed a joint development agreement worth US$3.1mn to develop the Khoumagueli Solar PV project in the Republic of Guinea
The Khoumagueli project aligns with the government of Guinea’s...
ABDIJAN, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The African Development Bank said on Saturday it had approved a $100 million loan to develop a bauxite mine in northwest Guinea, as the West African country works to treble output by 2020.
The money...
Africa investor (“Ai”) and World Pensions Council (“WPC”) to help mobilize trillions of pension capital for African infrastructure
Davos, Paris, London, Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi, Cairo – January 22nd 2018: Meeting in Davos ahead of the 2018 World Economic Forum, the...
As part of its mandate of managing Nigeria’s public debt, which also includes borrowing the Debt Management Office today listed the FGN Diaspora Bond of $300ml and the Eurobond 2-tranche of about $3bl, totalling about $3.3bl.
After the closing gong...
Global trade is unravelling. Most recently, the World Trade Organisation biennial trade talks ended with no new agreements, with the WTO calling on members to do some “soul searching”. But amid the doom and gloom, Africa is proving to...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is taking the lead in facilitating the takeoff of one of Africa’s largest infrastructureproject − the $5-billion Nacala corridor rail and port project, supporting the project with $300-million from its private sector window.
After years...
The Ayka textile group, a Turkey-based company, plans to invest CFA200 billion francs to open within the next six months a cotton processing plant in Burkina Faso, APA learned from reliable sources.
According to the Turkish investor, the quality of...
