THE African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement is gathering momentum on streamlining intra-African trade across the continent, thereby providing exciting opportunities for pandemic recovery and growth. Just over a year ago, on  January 1 2021, trading began in African…
The strategy is in line with one of the African Development Bank’s High 5 strategic priorities, namely improving the quality of life for the people of Africa The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved…
THE UK government has announced more sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The government announced on Monday February 28, that it has banned any British entities from conducting transactions with the Russian central bank, finance ministry and wealth…
AFRICA is a bio-resource powerhouse. However, when it comes to wood pellet and biomass pellet energy, Africa usually flies under the radar. Africa’s forest resources are depleting rapidly. Net loss of forest areas has accelerated at an average of 3.9 million…
THE Biden administration announced additional sanctions against Russia’s central bank on Monday, a move that effectively prohibits Americans from doing any business with the bank as well as freezes assets within the United States. The new measures will also target…
RUSSIANS are lining up at cash machines around the country to withdraw foreign currency as new sanctions to punish the Kremlin for its invasion of Ukraine sparked fear the ruble could collapse. The rush for foreign currency came despite some…
UNITED Bank for Africa (UBA) has informed their Nigerian customers that the limit on the Naira Card has been reduced to $20/month from $100 This is according to mail sent to customers seen by Nairametrics. This new policy is set…
DE Beers is bringing its sales activities back to Botswana’s capital Gaborone, it said on Thursday, almost two years after the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to be held in cities including Antwerp and Dubai. The Anglo American subsidiary had moved…
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey and Senegal have more than doubled their bilateral trade volume target to $1bn. ‘We will fortify our existing contractual structure with the agreements we will sign during my visit,’ Erdogan on Monday told…
KENYAN President Uhuru Kenyatta has welcomed an announcement by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to establish an innovation and entrepreneurship centre in Kenya, State House said in a statement on Sunday. The announcement comes in the wake of President Kenyatta’s…
