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...
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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...
Nigeria Issues $347 Million in Bonds to Clear Power Sector Debt
Nigeria issued ₦501 billion ($347 million) in bonds to begin settling more than a decade of debt owed to electricity...
Equatorial Guinea Moves Capital from Malabo to Ciudad de la Paz
Equatorial Guinea has officially moved its capital from the island city of Malabo to Ciudad de la Paz, or City...
Diana Orembe Wins Africa’s Business Heroes 2025 Top Prize
Diana Orembe, co-founder of Tanzania-based biotech startup NovFeed, has won the 7th edition of the Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize...
4 African Countries Removed from Global Illicit Finance Watchlist
Four African countries, namely Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique and Burkina Faso, have been removed from the Financial Action Task Force...
Angola Secures $124M for Youth Jobs and Entrepreneurship Boost
The Government of Angola, in partnership with the African Development Bank and the European Union, has launched the $124 million...
AU: Africa Loses $88 Billion Annually to Illicit Flows
Africa is losing an estimated $88 billion every year due to illicit financial flows, according to a new report by...
Southern African Countries Cut Mobile Roaming Costs Under Regional Framework
Botswana and five Southern African countries have reduced and harmonized mobile roaming tariffs under a regional initiative aimed at lowering...
Ethiopia’s Tesfay Runs Second-Fastest Women’s Marathon Ever in Barcelona
Ethiopia's Fotyen Tesfay ran 2:10:53 in her first marathon Sunday, the fastest debut in women’s marathon history and the second-fastest...
Côte d’Ivoire Receives Sacred Drum Seized During Colonial Rule
A sacred talking drum seized from Côte d'Ivoire in 1916 arrived in Abidjan on Friday, completing the first official restitution...
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...