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Nigeria: Bank of Industry Secures €2 Billion to Fund Key Development Initiatives

Nigeria: Bank of Industry Secures €2 Billion to Fund Key Development Initiatives

(3 Minutes Read) The Managing Director of the Bank of Industry (BoI), Olasupo Olusi, announced that the Bank has raised a new funding package worth...
USD 400m Eurobond Issuance Celebrated by Ecobank at LSE Market Opening

USD 400m Eurobond Issuance Celebrated by Ecobank at LSE Market Opening

(3 Minutes Read) Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent of the leading pan-African Ecobank Group opened the market at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to celebrate...
Digital Divide: 800 mn Africans Excluded from Global Economy, UNECA Chief Says

Digital Divide: 800 mn Africans Excluded from Global Economy, UNECA Chief Says

(3 Minutes Read)  Although mobile broadband reaches 82% of the population, barriers like affordability and digital illiteracy prevent many from reaping its benefits said Claver...
Kenya Cancels Multimillion Business Deals with Adani

Kenya Cancels Multimillion Business Deals with Adani

(3 Minutes Read) Kenya’s Energy Minister Opiyo Wandayi told a parliamentary committee there had been no bribery or corruption involved on Kenya's part in signing...
SADC Commits to Bring Peace to Mozambique Rocked by Post-Election Protests

SADC Commits to Bring Peace to Mozambique Rocked by Post-Election Protests

(3 Minutes Read) Venancio Mondlane, the independent candidate who came in second with 20% of the vote, challenged the result in court and called for...
People have been gathering in Niger for a conference in solidarity with the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS), made up of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.

Conference on Sahel Countries to Strengthen Economic Cooperation

(3 Minutes Read) The coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger came amid widespread discontent with leaders with close connections to former colonial power, France....
Nigeria: NNPC Targets 80,000 BPD with New Utapate Crude on Global Stage

Nigeria: NNPC Targets 80,000 BPD with New Utapate Crude on Global Stage

(3 Minutes Read) The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has officially introduced the Utapate crude oil blend to the global energy market, marking...
Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Maiga Sacked

Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Maiga Sacked

(2 Minutes Read) A military spokesperson, who read out the charges against the ousted Prime Minister said that he publicly criticized the junta on November...
Senegal’s Ruling Party Wins Decisive Victory in Legislative Elections

Senegal’s Ruling Party Wins Decisive Victory in Legislative Elections

(3 Minutes Read) It outperformed the two main opposition groups, coming first in 40 of the country's 46 departments and 7 of the 8 diaspora...
The loan was announced during a meeting between Cameroonian government ministers and an EU representative in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, which was attended by Cameroon’s Minister of the Economy Alamine Ousmane Mey. Funds will be used for the construction of a bridge over the Ntem River between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.

Cameroon to Get EU Funding to Tone Up Infrastructure

(3 Minutes Read) The loan will help Cameroon to develop its energy sector, road infrastructure, and a railway network connecting the country with Chad, its...

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