UN report urges Africa to rethink urbanization
The Economic Report for Africa 2017, launched this week in Dakar Senegal by the United Nations Economic Commission…
March 2017
Cape Town set to host innovation on energy, water
The African Utility Week Expo, which is scheduled to open in Cape Town, South Africa in the coming…
African Union expresses concern over insecurity spread in Congo
The African Union Peace and Security Council during its 671st meeting express its deep concern over the increase…
African Development Bank finances African Export–Import Bank
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to provide $450 million to the African Import – Export Bank…
Uganda, Kenya secure funding for major road construction
Uganda and Kenya secured a total of $253 million from the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) for a…
South Sudan agree to join African Export-Import Bank
The youngest country in Africa, South Sudan, becomes participating country of the continental financial block – the African…
Ethiopia gets national public health training center
Ethiopia gets its first national public health training center built by the finance from the United States government.
Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania commence 80 MW hydroelectric construction
Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania today witnessed ground-breaking ceremony for construction of the 80 MW Regional Rusumo Falls Hydro-electric…
Partners improve state of nutrition of people living with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia
The partnership between the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID)…
South Africa, Ethiopia Airlines to commence partnership summer 2017
Ethiopian Airlines and South African Airways are set to launch their partnership as of Summer 2017.
Experts discuss health financing of Africa
At a meeting in Dakar, Senegal, Africa’s health experts on Saturday discuss health financing and social protection.
UN agency launches country profiles of 21 African nations
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) launched the second generation of its Country profiles. The launching…
Ethiopia gets first chocolate factory
Haredo LLC chocolate company announced the completion of its around $5 million investment (110 million birr) brand new…
Profit shifting companies steal $1.1 billion annualy from Ethiopia – report
Ethiopia loses over $1.1 billion every year by profit shifting companies, a new report reveals. The new individual…
Marriott introduces new hotel brand in Mauritius
Marriott International, Inc. is set to launch a new hotel brand – Aloft- in the capital city of…
African energy ministers gather in Togo
The Ministerial segment of the African Union’s first Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Intercontinental and Interregional Infrastructures,…
Experts gather in Lagos for Cashless Africa expo
Experts gather to discuss the future of finance in Lagos, the economic hub of Nigeria at the Cashless…
EU, French agency launch Africa’s renewable energy project
The European Union and the French Development Agency (AFD Group) launched the “African Renewable Energy Scale-Up facility”, designed…
Juba to host great run to promote peace
In order to promote peace in a war-ravaged newest African nation, Juba, is set to host the first…
Algeria struggles to cope up with lower oil prices, says IMF
Algeria continues to face important challenges posed by lower oil prices, says an International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff…
Morocco’s trade with Africa conjures promising prospects
Trade between Morocco and the rest of the continent has grown steadily in recent years (+ 20%, or…
United States Army Africa conducts exercises in Ethiopia
The United States Military, in partnership with The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troop and police contributing…
Geneva Forum calls for new African business model
The fifth edition of the Africa CEO Forum, a Jeune Afrique Group initiative, organized in partnership with the…
Dakar host African integration, industrialization meeting
In an effort to develop regionally-driven recommendations for accelerating integration and industrialization in Africa, a high-level event is…
Unites States provides pharmaceuticals sector support to Ethiopia
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Management Sciences for Health, and the Ministry of Health of…
UN, WHO report reviews Africa’s financing for health
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are set to launch…
New law converts Nairobi to tax heaven, civil society warns
The capital of Kenya, Nairobi, risks becoming a tax haven and a conduit for illicit financial flows if…
Nigeria becomes self-sufficient in cement production
Nigeria has become self-sufficient in cement production and is now an exporter of the commodity, the government said.
Ethiopia, Djibouti sign extradition agreement
Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh, who is visiting Ethiopia, witnessed On Friday the signing of extradition agreement between…
Europe provides 165 million Euros to horn of Africa
European Union’s Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica, announced a support package of €165 million to…