Côte d’Ivoire Pushes for More Inclusive, Efficient African Financial System
Côte d’Ivoire Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé called for reforms to make Africa’s financial system more inclusive and efficient as...
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Burkina Faso Patriotic Fund Raises $828 million in 3 Years, Surpassing Target
Burkina Faso's Patriotic Support Fund mobilized 496.97 billion FCFA ($828 million) between 2023 and 2025, exceeding its 400 billion FCFA...
Afreximbank Commits $2.5 Billion to Dangote Refinery Financing
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) committed $2.5 billion of a $4 billion senior syndicated term loan for Dangote Petroleum Refinery...
West Africa Takes a New Approach to Tax Reform
A $5.52 million grant agreement signed in early March between the West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) and the African...
Ethiopia Draws $13.1 Billion in Investment Deals at Annual Forum
Ethiopia secured $13.1 billion in investment agreements at the conclusion of the "Invest in Ethiopia 2026" Forum in Addis Ababa,...
Okonjo-Iweala Urges Stronger Partnerships as WTO Launches Trade Support Program
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Thursday called for stronger global partnerships as a new phase of a trade...
Mozambique Launches $28 Million Recovery Project in Conflict-Hit North
Mozambique, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme have launched a $28 million project to rebuild livelihoods...
Rwanda Positions Kigali Financial Centre as Africa’s Investment Gateway
Rwanda's Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) used this week's Inclusive FinTech Forum to advance its case as a preferred structuring...
Experts Urge Domestic Capital Push to Close Africa’s $50 Billion Water Gap
Facing an annual water and sanitation financing gap of up to $50 billion, African development experts are calling for a...
South Africa Joins Afreximbank, Unlocks $8 Billion Country Program
South Africa has become the 54th member of the African Export-Import Bank, unlocking access to an $8 billion country program...
‘Two Days Without a Penny’: Ethiopia’s Fuel Crisis Through the Eyes of Drivers
Ethiopia faces a sharp fuel shortage, and transport workers across the capital report losing days of income in long queues....
South Africa’s Kusile Power Station Reaches Full Capacity, Ending Years of Setbacks
South Africa’s Eskom Kusile Power Station is now operating at full commercial capacity, marking a generational shift in the country’s...
Young Ethiopian Founders Turn Ideas Into Real Solutions
At the beginning, all they had was an idea and the uneasy sense that they did not yet know what...
Côte d’Ivoire Pushes for More Inclusive, Efficient African Financial System
Côte d’Ivoire Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé called for reforms to make Africa’s financial system more inclusive and efficient as...