African Development Bank provides financing to Eritrea
The African Development Bank has approved a loan and a grant amounting to $7.14 million to finance the…
January 2017
Empowering women and girls: Africa’s biggest missed opportunity
By Amb. Amina Mohamed – Agenda 2063 calls for an Africa where development is people-driven, unleashing the potential…
Investing in the resilience of smallholder farmers key says FAO chief
Press Release – Investing in the resilience of smallholder farmers is more important than ever if we are…
Coalition recommends 14 antidotes to combat illicit financial flows from Africa
A coalition of institutions against illicit financial flows (IFFs) recommended a set of actions African governments need to…
Conference participants urge African states to repeal discriminatory laws against women
The Africa Ministerial Pre-Consultative Meeting on the 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 61st) on the…
Democracy, peace essential for Africa’s development, says UN official
Africa needs to address governance, democracy, peace and security issues as prerequisites for its development, United Nations Economic…
Tunisia receives funding to boost agriculture
Some 110,000 people in five districts of Tunisia in the Governorate of Siliana, home to some of the…
Kenya’s AU candidate for chairperson position met with African youth
Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Amina Mohamed, who is a candidate for the position of Chairperson of the…
PTA bank finances $26 billion projects in Africa
The former PTA Bank, which re-branded itself to Trade and Development Bank (TDB) said it has financed $26…
Billions needed to eradicate poverty and hunger
The world needs to take urgent action to mobilise the estimated $265 billion a year needed to achieve…
African Export-Import Bank’s Moody’s Rating improves
The global rating agency Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has announced an upgrade of the issuer rating of the…
African women receive Kwame Nkrumah Awards in Ethiopia
Winner women received the Kwame Nkrumah Regional Awards for women 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the Opening…
Canada’s progressive trade agenda starts in Africa – Opinion
By David Luke and Phil Rourke – OPINION The arrival of President-elect Donald Trump threw the Liberal Government’s…
Partners expand e-commerce in Africa
Ringier Africa Digital Publishing’s Pulse expands to East Africa with P Live & boosts partnership schemes for content…
Amnesty urges African states to elect human rights-sensitive AU chairperson
The next head of the African Union (AU) Commission must place human rights at the centre of the…
Equatorial Guinea to join global oil producing nations bloc
Equatorial Guinea eyes to joining the global oil producing countries alliance known as, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting…
Youth critical for Africa’s agricultural transformation
More than 300 global and African thought leaders and youth agripreneurs will come together for The MasterCard Foundation’s…
Azerbaijan commemorates victims of former Soviet army
The Azerbaijan Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia commemorates the 27th anniversary of the killings of 135 Azerbaijanis by…
Africa, Germany eye strengthening investment
Germany is set to host the first ever privately held event exclusively dedicated to strengthening trade and investment…
Nigeria ratifies WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The Government of Nigeria has ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), becoming the 107th World Trade Organisation (WTO)…
AlertEnterprise expands operations in Middle East
Responding to growing business in the Middle East and North Africa, AlertEnterprise, the leading Silicon Valley based provider…
Global leaders launch council to help end malaria
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ray Chambers, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special…
United States, Edison Electric Institute collaborate to help Africa
This week, Secretary of State John Kerry and Thomas R. Kuhn, President of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI),…
Gulf Air set to commence flight to Colombo
The Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, Gulf Air, today commenced its highly anticipated direct operations to Bandaranaike International…
Burundi launches 7.5 MW solar energy project
Thousands of Burundians on Thursday witnessed the ground-breaking for a 7.5 MW solar field that will add 15%…
Institution urges water ministers to combat water scarcity
Associate Vice-President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Perin Saint Ange, urged water ministers of developing…
Kifiya increases “Yene Guzo‟ service providers in Addis Ababa
With the main objective of increasing access to regional bus users in Addis Ababa, Kifiya Financial Technologies, one…
African Development Bank assists earthquake victims in Tanzania
The African Development Bank Group provided financial assistance to the people affected by the earthquake which hit the…
Rome to host conference on financing rural development
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), the Brookings Institution…
JSS Empowerment Mining Fund sponsors African mining indaba conference
JSS Empowerment Mining Fund agreed to sponsor the new Junior Miners Pavilion, including the much anticipated Investment Battlefield…