• Digital finance program for women-led businesses

    Wednesday, September 2, 2026

    AXIAN Group and the African Development Bank have launched a major women’s financial inclusion program to expand access to finance and business support for more than 34,000 women-led enterprises in five African countries. Supported by the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), […]

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  • Kenya wants self-reliant African health sector

    Thursday, August 27, 2026

    Kenya has called for Africa’s health agenda to be translated into concrete investments, measurable results and systems that reduce the continent’s dependence on external support. Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale made the call recently during the plenary session of the 76th World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, where member states discussed the regional […]

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  • Africa’s carbon markets gain momentum

    Saturday, August 22, 2026

    Africa’s carbon markets are moving into a new phase, with governments strengthening policy, investors looking for credible projects and growing attention on how the continent can unlock more climate finance. These opportunities will be at the centre of the Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS) 2026, taking place from 13 to 15 October 2026 in Kigali, Rwanda. Policymakers, […]

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  • Africa’s business prize announces semi-finalists

    Monday, August 17, 2026

    The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy, today announced the 20 entrepreneurs who will advance to its 2026 Semi-Final, taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, on 21–22 August. The Top 20 were selected from an expanded Top 100 cohort drawn from more than 24,000 applications across all 54 African countries. […]

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  • Afreximbank extends EUR110m facility to Chad

    Monday, August 10, 2026

    African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has extended its largest-ever financing to the government of Chad with EUR 110 million equivalent in local currency to support the country’s economic development. The facility agreement was signed on August 5 at the Afreximbank Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt by Dr. George Elombi, president and chairman of the board of directors […]

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Jun
21

Liberia: UMU’s Social Work Dept. goes international

The Social Work Department of the United Methodist University (UMU) has been admitted into the membership of two international academic social work associations, including the African Association of Schools of Social Work (AASSW) and the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW). The Chairman of the Social Work Department of UMU, Prof. Sam Togba […]

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Jun
17

Tough challenges for developing countries

Developing countries face a series of tough challenges in 2015, including the looming prospect of higher borrowing costs as they adapt to a new era of low prices for oil and other key commodities, resulting in a fourth consecutive year of disappointing economic growth this year, says the World Bank Group’s latest Global Economic Prospects […]

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Jun
15

African leaders praise NEPAD

African leaders gathered last Saturday morning at the Sandton Convention Centre in South Africa for the 33rd New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Heads of State and Government Orientation meeting. Welcoming the delegation to the Opening Session, South African President Jacob Zuma commended NEPAD for keeping the dreams and potential of the African continent alive. […]

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Jun
15

Liberia’s central bank governor pushes ahead

The executive governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), Dr. Joseph Mills Jones is strongly kicking back against what he termed as baseless and noisy arguments against the bank’s scheme to financially empower ordinary Liberians. Governor Jones said the CBL’s financial inclusion program is based on finding ways and responses to the situation that exists in […]

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Jun
14

Swedish prince weds former glamour model

Flag-waving Swedes and royals celebrated in the blazing summer sun on Saturday as reality show starlet Sofia Hellqvist became a real-life princess as she married Prince Carl Philip. A cheer erupted from the crowd outside the palace in Stockholm when Carl Philip kissed his bride, a former glamour model, before riding in a horse and […]

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Jun
13

Pan-African airline reaches milestone

ASKY  the pan African airline, announced on Thursday that it has reached the milestone of 2 million passengers transported on its flights since commencing operations in 2010. ASKY currently operates over 150 flights and covers 22 cities in 19 countries across West and Central Africa. The regional airline transports on average 10 000 passengers per week. […]

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Jun
12

Ghana hit hard by flooding, once again

Years of delays and repeated failures to implement and improve sewage and drainage systems in Ghana’s capital, Accra, has led to increasingly damaging and deadly flooding during the country’s annual rainy season. “[Ghana] hasn’t make any serious arrangements in the event of a flood,” said Franklin Cudjoe, director of the Accra-based IMANI think tank. “It […]

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Jun
11

Pastor Palmer: We need God’s favor in our lives

A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) says humans need the favor of God in their lives. Pastor K.E. Palmer of RCCG’s Restoration Assembly of Malmo, Sweden Sunday said there are five key benefits for those who enjoy divine favor. Serving as a guest preacher at the end of a two-day women’s seminar […]

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Jun
11

Nigerian tax authorities adopt tougher line

  A growing focus on promoting sound corporate governance and enforcing regulatory compliance from the Nigerian government, paired with growing foreign investor interest in the country, is driving interest in enterprise business applications in Nigeria. That’s according to Magnus Nmonwu, Regional Director for Sage West Africa, who says that Nigeria’s government and tax authorities are […]

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Jun
9

Ngafuan: Elect nationalist, goal-getter in 2017

Liberia’s Foreign Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan says in the 2017 elections Liberians should elect a leader who is a goal-getter and nationalist, someone with a solid record of performance. Speaking recently in London, the UK at the induction ceremony of new leaders of the Union of Liberian Organizations in the United Kingdom (ULO – UK), Minister […]

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