• Afreximbank seeks to empower African businesses

    Monday, April 27, 2026

    African Corporates will have a unique opportunity to learn how to fully maximize the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) when the third edition of the AfCFTA Training Program holds in Cairo, Egypt from June 16 -18. Developed and led by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with the American University in […]

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  • IOC names Athlete Role Models for Dakar 2026

    Tuesday, April 21, 2026

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the first group of Athlete Role Models for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Senegal, marking an important step in preparations for the first Olympic sporting event to be held on the African continent. Key facts The IOC has announced an initial list of 31 Athlete […]

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  • African Development Bank, ESM to enhance cooperation

    Sunday, April 19, 2026

    The African Development Bank Group and The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize and strengthen cooperation between the two institutions. The signing took place on Wednesday 15 April, on the margins of the 2026 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Washington DC.  […]

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  • $10 billion to shield African, CARICOM economies

    Friday, April 10, 2026

    To counter the severe economic shocks triggered by the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the board of directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a US$10 billion Gulf Crisis Response Program (GCRP) to insulate African and Caribbean economies, financial institutions and corporates from the impact of the ongoing Gulf crisis. The conflict, which […]

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  • Africa’s economic resilience holds firm

    Saturday, April 4, 2026

    Despite ongoing regional and global headwinds, Africa continues to demonstrate impressive resilience and maintains its status as a global growth frontier. This is the headline finding of the 2026 Africa Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) report, released by the African Development Bank Group on Monday, March 30 at the Bank Group headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The […]

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Jul
26

Liberia at 169, a sad story

Liberia, by any standard, is a blessed nation. With abundant natural resources, talented population, good climate, you wonder why it is occupying the unenviable position it is today amongst the countries of the world after the post-Independence brief spell as an internationally acclaimed African country; Seltue Karweaye writes.  Liberia has more natural resources than most […]

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Jul
26

Liberia: Journalists condemn violations

The US-based Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) says the recent elections of Liberian government officials to senior posts within the ruling Unity Party(UP) consitute a flgrant violation of the Liberian government’s code of conduct. Ministers of Information Culture Affairs and Tourism (MICAT), Eugene Nagbe, and Labor, Neto Lighe, Sr.as well as other […]

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Jul
24

Facebook to bring billions of people online

Facebook is accelerating its efforts to bring internet connectivity to the four billion people around the world who are not yet online, with the goal of contributing to prosperity, progress and development around the globe. The company’s Connectivity Lab has reached a major milestone in this ambition with the first full-scale test flight of Aquila, […]

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Jul
22

Eko Atlantic: Nigeria builds modern city

Eko Atlantic City, a unique, innovative development, in a vibrant environment with 21st Century facilities on the coast of Lagos has reached advanced stages in the first 5 million sq. metres of the project.  The city not only boasts of independent power and water supply, seamless communications network but also an extensive citywide road network.  […]

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Jul
19

How does South Sudan move forward?

Although a ceasefire between rival forces in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, is largely holding, the underlying tensions that led to five days of deadly violence earlier this month remains unaddressed. So what happens next? Amid the many dire warnings that South Sudan is about to dissolve into civil war, a small comfort is that […]

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Jul
18

FIFA world rankings: Algeria leads in Africa

Algeria is Africa’s top football nation, according to the latest edition of the FIFA world football rankings. The north African nation, which is the first of six African countries on FIFA’s top 50, occupies the 32nd spot on the world rankings to lead in Africa. African champion Ivory Coast at number 35 on the global rankings is second on […]

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Jul
17

Grand Gedeans back Veep Boakai for president

Liberians, under the banner of Global Grand Gedeans in Support of Joseph N. Boakai, have presented a statement of support to Vice President Joseph N. Boakai, pledging to rally all Grand Gedeans to champion his presidential bid come 2017. The organization said their support for Vice President Boakai is based on the facts that his […]

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Jul
16

Standard Bank expands mobile services in Africa

South Africa’s Standard Bank  is on a committed journey of rapid digitization across Africa, offering its customers more convenient ways to interact with their personal banking services.  The latest innovation in this digital transformation journey is the expansion of the existing Standard Bank banking app to four additional African markets simultaneously, namely Uganda, Namibia, Ghana and […]

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Jul
12

South Sudan: A fight to the death?

If the fighting in Juba between the forces of President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar marks South Sudan’s return to civil war, it won’t be for a lack of warnings over the shakiness of the peace. The power-sharing agreement that saw Machar return to Juba in late April was always going to be […]

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Jul
12

African goals in Swedish premier league

The Swedish premier football championship, Allsvenskan, resumed last weekend after the Euro finals break. Nigeria’s John Owoeri struck twice as BK Hacken beat Hammarby 4-2 at home on Saturday. The striker pounced in the 37th minute and added another in the 63rd in this win that gave Hacken 19 points from 13 games and a 7th place on the […]

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