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UN agency launches AfCFTA Country Business Index Report

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Business News ACBI Report, AfCFTA, Africa Regional Forum, African FTA knowledge, Angola, Commercial environment, costs, Cote d’Ivoire, Country Business Index, European Union, Gabon, Goods restrictiveness, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, sustainable development, UN-DCO, UNECA

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) unveiled today the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Country Business Index (ACBI)

Construction

IFC helps Namibia increase access to affordable housing

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 NBE affordable housing, IFC, Letshego, Namibia

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with pan-African finance organization, Letshego, to increase access to affordable housing finance for

Investment

Africa’s Best Brands unaffected by pandemic

May 25, 2021 BEHAK Africa's Best Brands, Airtel, Botswana, brands, Dangote, digital businesses, DSTV, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines, GTBank, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, MTN, Namibia, Nigeria, Orange, pandemic, Uganda, Vodafone Group

African Business today released its June cover story featuring its exclusive ranking of Africa’s Best Brands. This year’s ranking was

Economy

Namibia gets $129 loan to boost economy

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 NBE African Development Bank, Competitiveness, Economic governance, investor confidence, loan, Namibia, public procurement, public-private partnerships

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $129.4 million (ZAR 2.011 billion) loan to finance

UN official calls for protection of Africa's intellectual property rights

Technology

UN official calls for Africa’s intellectual property rights protection

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 Africa, Africa intellectual property rights, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, UN Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Vera Songwe calls on Africa leaders for the protection

Energy

Africa electricity index examines 15 countries performance

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 Africa electricity index, African Development Bank, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Electricity Regulatory Index for Africa, Energy Climate, Gambia, Ghana, Green Growth, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Power, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Electricity Regulatory Index for Africa (ERI), new report by the African Development Bank measures the level of development of regulatory

Finance

Profit shifting companies steal $1.1 billion annualy from Ethiopia – report

March 23, 2017September 4, 2018 NBE Africa, Chad, Djibouti, Dubai, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Namibia, profit shifting, Tax havens, Zambia

Ethiopia loses over $1.1 billion every year by profit shifting companies, a new report reveals. The new individual countries level