Namibia expects to produce first oil by 2030, with development plans underway for the eight discoveries made in the Orange Basin since 2022. This string of upstream success will not only create new opportunities for job creation, industrialization and long-term…
AFRICA Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading instrumental infrastructure solutions provider, has announced several strategic partnerships on the sidelines of the recently concluded 2024 Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town to boost Africa’s mining sector, ushering the continent into…
RUSSIA’s federal penitentiary service announced on Friday that Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny passed away at the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year term. Navalny lost consciousness while on a walk, and despite medical intervention, he could…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has been appointed as the African Union (AU) Champion for Human Resources for Health and Community Health Delivery Partnership. In a statement on Friday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu was appointed against the backdrop of his ambitious,…
THE International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-idb.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group and Asia Alliance Bank have inked an agreement to bolster trade financing for Uzbekistan’s private sector, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Under…
IN a landmark decision, the Senegalese Constitutional Council has declared the postponement of the February 25 presidential election, initially decreed by President Macky Sall, as “illegal”. During a crucial meeting on Thursday, the council revoked the president’s decree, which had…
THE Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (www.ICD-ps.org), a Jeddah-based supranational, has printed a USD 500 million Sukuk maturing in February 2029. The Sukuk issuance, which was oversubscribed with an orderbook over USD 2.2 billion, subscribed…
THE African Guarantee Fund (AGF) (), a leader in promoting financing of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) across Africa and FSD Africa, a pioneering development agency committed to reshaping Africa’s long-term financial landscape, have today signed a strategic Cooperation Agreement…
THE Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved the proposal to take an initial stake of up to $10 million in the “Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa – Project Development” (AGIA-PD) fund in Abidjan on…
AS the 34th edition of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 drew to a thrilling close on Sunday, Ecobank (Ecobank.com), the leading pan-African banking group, celebrates the remarkable achievements and spirit of unity witnessed throughout the…
