THE fund responsible for managing Ghana’s mining royalties plans to invest up to $60 million this year in companies both within and outside the gold-producing nation, its chief executive told Reuters earlier this month. The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) bought about…
UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), has agreed a £113 million finance package with Cameroon to help UK businesses complete essential roadworks that will unlock the country’s economic potential. A UKEF statement released on Wednesday said UK trade…
GOOGLE is committing about $1 million in charitable funding to support programmes helping women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, as part of a series of new initiatives aimed at supporting women-owned businesses. the company said on Tuesday. ‘Research shows that…
The Program is tailored and designed to build the capabilities and skills of the participating women entrepreneurs THE Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (), J.P. Morgan () and Nafisa Shams Academy and incubator are announcing the…
THE State of Qatar has forecast its level of investments in Nigeria to hit about N500 billion before the end of the year with current renewed efforts at strengthening bilateral relations. The Ambassador of the country to Nigeria, Dr Ali…
The event was in keeping with the central theme of the assembly: “Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals” The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) joined public and private sector actors in Nairobi this week to discuss the…
WHEN Malawian engineer Ruth Mtuwa was a child, she visited a sick family member in hospital and was shocked to see that barely any of the medical equipment worked. That realisation pushed her to want to help, leading her on…
DANGOTE Cement Plc has sustained its position as a leading contributor to Nigeria’s economy with a tax charge of N173.93 billion for the financial year ended 31st December 2021. According to the cement group’s audited results released on the portal…
NIGERIA and Equatorial Guinea have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the fifth edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit 2022. The MoU, which was signed by the two countries’ respective oil ministers, will see Nigeria supplying gas…
A 2022 research report published by Statista Global Business Cities has ranked Egypt’s Cairo as the top business city in Africa. The reports assess economically relevant cities from around the world based on the most relevant data for decisions at the…
