BRITISH International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced a $25 million risk-sharing agreement with Ecobank Sierra Leone. This partnership aims to support the growth of private sector businesses in key sectors of Sierra Leone’s…
BY 2040, up to 60 percent of Africa’s energy supply will still be driven by fossil fuels, according to Anibor Kragha, Executive Secretary of the African Refiners and Distributors Association. Speaking at the recent Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) conference,…
Fortuna Mining has confirmed that the government of Burkina Faso does not plan to revoke its existing mining permits, calming investor concerns following remarks by Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Ibrahim Traoré, over the weekend. In a speech on Saturday commemorating two…
Cote d’Ivoire has been named the leading African country in the fight against discrimination against women, according to the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) 2023 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). However, this achievement has sparked…
Burkina Faso’s military government has suspended US-funded broadcaster Voice of America (VOA) for three months, accusing it of broadcasting comments that undermine the country’s fight against the militant insurgency in the Sahel region. The authorities have also imposed a temporary ban…
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo are urging law enforcement to boost security measures following a daring robbery at Ecobank, where around $4 million was stolen. The robbery, which took place in broad daylight just a short distance from the Bulawayo Central Police…
PROTEA Hotels by Marriott, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s global portfolio, has announced the opening of two new properties in Africa: Protea Hotel by Marriott Delta in Nigeria and Protea Hotel by Marriott Lusaka International Airport in Zambia. These latest additions…
VICE President Kashim Shettima has unveiled the framework for federal government’s comprehensive vision for a nationwide nutrition programme to address malnutrition and food insecurity in Nigeria. Speaking Tuesday during a roundtable with development partners at the Presidential Villa in Abuja,…
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Tuesday announced that it would impose temporary anti-dumping measures on brandy originating in the European Union (EU) by requiring importers to pay a cash deposit on purchase. The imported brandy originating in the EU…
THE Russian army has advanced into the eastern part of the long-contested town of Toretsk in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian army. “The fighting is taking place in Toretsk itself. “The situation is unstable, the fighting is literally house by…
