• Africa: Renewable energy platform for clean access

    Saturday, January 18, 2025

    PowerGen Renewable Energy (PowerGen) has partnered with leading international investors to establish a scalable, distributed renewable energy platform targeting the deployment of 120 MW of renewable power, including battery energy storage solutions across Africa. The platform is a collaboration between PowerGen and the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries […]

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  • Africa Finance Corporation receives AAA rating

    Monday, January 13, 2025

    Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has received an AAA domestic credit rating with a stable outlook from China Chengxin International Credit Rating Co. (CCXI). The milestone rating enables AFC to deepen its engagement in China’s vast domestic debt capital markets. It positions the Corporation to tap a new pool of […]

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  • Eritrean seminar on enhancing capacity

    Thursday, January 9, 2025

    Eritreans in Switzerland held a seminar on January 4 in Geneva, aimed at enhancing organizational capacity and participation in national affairs. The seminar was attended by over 1,500 nationals from across Switzerland. Habtom Zeray, chargé d’affaires at the Eritrean Embassy and Eritrea’s permanent representative to the UN and other international organizations, provided an extensive briefing […]

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  • Strategic partnership for Africa’s critical minerals

    Tuesday, January 7, 2025

    The Critical Minerals Africa Group (CMAG), an organisation dedicated to advancing responsible sourcing and sustainable development of Africa’s critical mineral resources, has entered a strategic partnership with APO Group, the award-winning pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service. This collaboration aims to raise the global prominence of Africa’s critical minerals sector. The partnership will […]

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  • Most influential Africans of 2024 announced

    Saturday, December 28, 2024

    The London-based New African magazine today released its highly anticipated annual listing of the 100 Most Influential Africans of 2024.  The list celebrates the achievements and contributions of Africans from various fields and sectors who have made a positive impact on the continent and the world over the past year. One of New African‘s readers likened the Most […]

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News

Aug
7

Maximizing accounting platform investment

“It’s not the bottom line, but how the bottom line is calculated, that really counts.” This statement from McKinsey perhaps best sums up the invaluable contribution that a reliable accounting platform can deliver to the business. The company also underscores the value of the right accounting system and approach – it’s the key to really […]

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Aug
2

US: Bong Miners raise funds for medical center in Liberia

The Association of Bong Miners (ABM) Diaspora tops the list of Liberian diaspora organizations giving back to their communities back home in post-war Liberia, especially during this time of need Giving back to Bong Mines is a top priority of the association as evidenced by the numerous assistance it has made since the rebuilding process […]

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Jul
30

Africa Free Trade Area gets $11M support

The African Development Bank Group and the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) have signed a Protocol of Agreement for an $11.24 million support package to enhance the Secretariat’s effective implementation. The signing took place on July 25 on the margins of the ninth meeting of the AfCFTA Council of Ministers responsible […]

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Jul
25

Africa, US hold business summit

The President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has given strong assurance to U.S. investors that Africa is a secure, competitive and profitable market for investment. Adesina was speaking on Wednesday at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Marrakech, Morocco where he told American investors to see Africa as a logical investment destination […]

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Jul
20

African countries top list of most female business owners

The 2021 Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) has, for the third consecutive year, ranked Botswana (38.5%), Uganda (38.4%) and Ghana (37.2%) as the countries with the most women business owners globally. The Index’s benchmark indicator is calculated as a percentage of total business owners. This is the fifth edition of the MIWE, which puts […]

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Jul
17

Liberia, Ireland to promote trade and democracy

Liberia and Ireland have rekindled their commitment to deepen bilateral cooperation, emphasizing trade and investment as well as driving democratic governance and human rights. Speaking in Dublin, at Aras an Uachtarai ( the official residence and workplace of the Irish president) where she presented her Letter of Credence to Irish President Michael Higgins at a colorful ceremony, […]

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Jul
13

Cape Town becomes global digital nomad destination

Already renowned as a global tourism and investment destination, Cape Town is also becoming one of the best cities in the world for digital nomads. In July 2021 the South African city placed 16th on a list of 71 countries identified by global housing rental platform Nestpick as a mecca for globe-trotting remote workers, besting New […]

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Jul
9

Digital transformation on Africa’s business agenda

Connectivity is an essential part of doing business in the twenty-first century. It touches every aspect of life – and yet, in 2022, approximately only 40% of the African population has access to the internet (Statista). If business in Africa is to compete with the rest of the world, it must urgently address this gap […]

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Jul
5

Youth to play important role in global tourism

The first Global Youth Tourism Summit concluded on July3 in Sorrento, Italy with the launch of the Sorrento Call to Action, a bold and ground-breaking vision for young people to be active participants in tourism’s restart and growth as a pillar of sustainable and inclusive development. The Sorrento Call to Action was adopted on the […]

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Jul
1

Platform to empower African pharmacies

mPharma, a pan-African healthcare technology company, has launched a new customer-centric product, Facility Insights, on its proprietary data management and pharmacy transformation tool, Bloom. This product empowers pharmacy owners with tailored data-driven pharmacy insights to solve operational problems and make more informed pharmacy management decisions. Facility Insights is now launched in more than 300 pharmacies across Ghana, Nigeria, […]

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