…comes off on June 5-6 June in Abidjan
Is Africa doomed to look on as global crises affect it disproportionately, or can the continent’s private and public sector leaders respond in unison? Attendees will be seeking to answer this very question at the 2023 edition of the Africa CEO Forum...
African leaders have been cautioned to be circumspect with debt forgiveness calls, as they have a great tendency to not only disturb the bond market but also make it difficult for a successful future bond issuance by African countries.
Calls are rife that with the havoc caused to African countries...
Under the chairmanship of U.S. President Joe Biden, the second edition of the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit held mid-December has practically registered significant successes. The first summit was in 2014 during the presidency of Barack Obama; the administration officials in reports have, however, acknowledged regret for the long gap.
The landmark...
…places Ghanaian fintech strategically in Southern Africa
Zeepay, the leading African Challenger Fintech with operations in over 10 African countries, has today acquired a 51 percent stake in Mangwee Mobile Money Zambia. In a private placement Zeepay and Mangwee agreed to a sale of 51 percent of Mangwee shares to...
South Africa’s manufacturing output contracted by 1.3 percent year-on-year in March following a revised 0.5 percent expansion in February, the statistics agency said on Thursday.
Statistics South Africa said factory production on a month-on-month basis increased 1.3 percent in March, but shrunk by 1.7 percent in the three months to...
This story was produced with support from the Rainforest Journalism Fund in partnership with the Pulitzer Center
DIBOMBARI, Cameroon — “We are going through hell,” the haunting words of Marie Noel resonate with a mix of despair and fortitude. Marie, an activist in her 50s hailing from the village of...
Senegal has rejected licensing requests for 52 new industrial fishing vessels, after Senegalese small-scale fishers and industrial shipowners raised the alarm. On World Ocean’s Day, June 8, the Minister of Fisheries rejected the requests, in a victory for sustainable fisheries. Attention is now on a similar case in Ghana,...
Agilitee Africa, a South African-based green solutions provider, is seeking to break into Ghana’s nascent automobile market, with its eco-friendly smart solutions to emerging challenges posed by fossil-fuel-powered vehicle use.
With the global automobile industry now faced with ending the era of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles by 2040, Agilitee Africa says it...
Barclays Africa Group, South Africa’s No.2 lender by market value, reported a 4 percent rise in annual profit on Thursday, thanks to a substantial decline in impairments. Normalised diluted headline EPS, the primary measure of profit in South Africa that strips out one-off items, came in at 1,837.7 cents...
Introduction to the last piece—well, for now.
I understand the reservations a person may have about the Diaspora. Any reservation a person may have about this whole ‘Diaspora for nation and continent building’ thing is very well understood. For a people who have spent centuries in bondage and having been...