• 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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News

May
3

Rwanda stimulates investment thru diaspora

Rwandans in the diaspora have established the Diaspora Business Incubator, a platform that will serve as a go-to support hub for all diaspora related investments and services to ease the country’s aims to fast-track investment back home to meet the Vision 2020 agenda. “The remittances have been growing, last year the remittances from diaspora was […]

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May
3

SimbaPay raises money transfer limit

SimbaPay is revolutionizing the remittance space through its official announcement of raising the single transaction limit to $45,000. This is substantially higher than the previous transaction limit of $3,000. According to Victor Karanja, Head of Operations at SimbaPay, sending money home and buying property across Africa has just become a whole lot easier. “A pain […]

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May
2

ACP, EU talk sustainable development

The Co-Presidents of the ACP-EU Joint Council of Ministers conveyed their full support for a process to bring the world’s longest-standing North-South cooperation framework into line with the globally adopted Sustainable Development Agenda towards 2030. Following the 41st session of the Joint Council held on the 28th and 29th April in Dakar, Senegal, ministers from […]

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Apr
30

CDC diaspora backs Weah’s presidential bid

The National Executive Committee of the Diaspora Branches of the Mighty Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) came together and agreed on a resolution to unflinchingly support the People-Powered-Petition to our Political Leader Senator George Manneh Weah, Sr., to vie for the highest office of the land and thereby be elected to head a CDC-led Government come […]

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Apr
28

“No one can see if your belly is empty”

Why would you buy a suit if your belly is empty? Researcher Stephen Marr is studying how consumption in Botswana’s capital city Gaborone nourishes aspirations on the one hand and creates anxieties on the other. At the time of Botswana’s independence in 1966 most of the country’s population lived in a rural setting. The newly […]

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Apr
27

Liberian man in coma after knife attack in London

A 33-year-old Liberian man is in coma in a hospital after a knife attack in London, England. Amara Darpoh Clarke suffered wounds to his arms, chest and abdomen on April 18 in a dispute with a neighbor over a parking space.   Clarke has had to undergo six surgeries at St. George’s Hospital in Tooting following […]

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Apr
26

UK university scholarships open to African students

The United Kingdom’s Coventry University on Monday launched a £500,000 ($725,000) scholarship offer for international students and announced the establishment of the Africa Institute for Transformational Entrepreneurship (AITE), which aims to boost socio-economic development across the African continent. The announcements come as the university’s vice-chancellor and CEO, Professor John Latham, visits Abuja to meet with Coventry’s alumni […]

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Apr
25

Call to probe Senator Coleman is laughable

The call by Senator George M. Weah, the political leader of Liberian opposition party, the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), for the party’s Grievance and Ethics Committee to probe Grand Kru County Senator Dr. Peter S. Coleman for “conflict of interest” as it relates to “professional services” rendered by Dr. Coleman at the John F. Kennedy […]

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Apr
24

Sweden’s strategy for new industrialisation

Sweden’s prosperity is built on innovative and successful export companies that time and again have managed to renew and reorganise production and products to keep pace with changing markets. The Government’s strategy for new industrialisation is an important stage of the effort to benefit from the window of opportunity for new industrialisation that is now […]

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Apr
23

Lawal: Reject move to amend Nigerian CGT act

The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Scandinavia Ayoola Lawal has described the ongoing attempt by the Nigerian Senate to amend the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Act as shameful and illegal and must be resisted by all means. He made this known recently in a press statement, stressing that members of the Red Chamber cannot be talking […]

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