UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet visits Burkina Faso, Niger Republic
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet today begins a seven-day official mission to Burkina Faso and Niger, at...
Transforming Africa’s agrifood systems requires coordinated policies across sectors – FAO
To make them more sustainable, the transformation of agrifood systems across Africa needs a “cross-sectoral, holistic, coherent and coordinated policy...
Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya witnessed decrease in ordinary threats, massive increase of targeted malware schemes – Kaspersky
According to Kaspersky’s latest research on the threat landscape trends, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria are facing a dramatic change...
AfDB board approves new Water Strategy for 2021-2025
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a new Water Strategy for 2021-2025: “Towards a Water-Secure...
Ecobank Group secures €100 million from European Investment Bank to fund SMEs
Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, has signed an agreement for a €100 million long-term credit facility over 9...
Verdant Capital closes four private equity-related transactions in South Africa
Verdant Capital has closed four private equity-related transactions in South Africa with important fund raisings for Bridge Taxi Finance and...
U.S. Embassy commemorates International Education Week
Building off the successful Strategic Dialogue in Washington, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo is commemorating International Education Week from November...
Africa ranks higher in physical, social well-being – Report
Even though Africa is still reeling under the impact of COVID-19 with surging cases amidst low vaccination rates, it has...
Afreximbank, ITFC ratify $250 million finance facility to support Africa
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), signed a US$250 million facility to provide funds...
The NIS, VLATACOM contract mess
Insider dealing. Favouritism. Top-level collusion. Fantastic fraud. These are the ingredients that feature prominently in one of the latest jaw-dropping...
