Ethiopia launches online investment guide
Ethiopia’s online investment guide, iGuide, which seeks to help investors discover opportunities in the country, was officially unveiled in Addis Ababa.
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Digital pan-African platform to support West, North Africa entrepreneurs
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Accenture announced the launch of YAS! (Youth for Africa and Sustainable Development Goals, a pan-African entrepreneurship portal-platform with a two-day programme in Lagos.
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Africa urges private sector to invest in transboundary infrastructure
A senior adviser on regional integration and trade at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has urged African private sector to invest in transboundary projects.
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Africa Investment Forum secures $32 billion investment
The Africa Investment Forum 2018 secured for 45 deals worth $32 billion investment for the continent when the Forum is concluded in South Africa on Friday.
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Portuguese speaking countries set sight on $5 billion projects
Portuguese speaking have identified a pipeline of more than $5 billion in private sector and private-public partnership (PPP) projects to accelerate growth in their economies.
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Tokyo to host meeting on Investing in Africa
The African Development Bank is set to organise a seminar focusing on investments in Africa on 29 November 2018 in Tokyo, Japan, in collaboration with Japanese private sector.
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Cape Town to host Africa’s early stage investor summit
Africa’s early stage investor community will convene on November 11th and 12th, 2018 for the 5th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit, hosted by Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) and African Business Angel Network (ABAN).
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America’s International Private Enterprise Center opens office in Ethiopia
The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) of the United States of America has opened a new regional office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Bahrain, India, Lesotho, South Africa win UN Investment Promotion Awards
Agencies from Bahrain, India, Lesotho and South Africa have won top honours at the United Nations Investment Promotion Awards for excellence in boosting investment into sectors that will have social and economic benefits and help countries meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Canada to host business forum on Africa
Canadian Council on Africa (CCAfrica) and Mining Suppliers Trade Association Canada (MSTA Canada) is set to host the first collaborative Annual Forum: Creative Disruption.
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Global foreign direct investment fell by 41% in 2018
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 41% in the first half of 2018, to an estimated $470 billion from $800 billion in the same period in 2017 .
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Geneva to host new investment-for-development initiatives
More than 5,000 participants from 160 countries will meet in Geneva to thrash out major new investment-for-development initiatives at UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum 2018 in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland from 22–26 October.
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