AfDB Begins Electricity Cooperative Feasibility Studies in Nigeria, Ethiopia
AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina The African Development Bank, AfDB, has kicked off a feasibility study to explore the potential of electricity cooperative business models in Nigeria and Ethiopia….
African Private Sector Leaders Take the Lead to Rewrite Africa’s Healthcare Narrative
GBCHealth, Aliko Dangote and the UN Economic Commission for Africa jointly held the inaugural Africa Business Health Forum on the margins of the 32nd African Union Summit. It…
Terrorism Financing: EU Includes Saudi Arabia, Panama, Nigeria to Dirty-money Blacklist
The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia, Panama, Nigeria and other jurisdictions to a blacklist of nations that pose a threat because of lax controls on terrorism financing and…
CSR: Dangote Group Wins Top 5 Recognition in ‘Most Responsible Business In Africa’ Award
In recognition of its 2017 Sustainability Report and significant progress in Sustainability Best Practices and Reporting in 2018, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) received two awards at…
COP24: AfDB, Out Again to Defend Africa’s interests… Says Climate Change Reduces Africa’s GDP By 1.4 points yearly
As the 24th annual conference of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, known as COP24, opens on Monday, 3 December 2018, in Katowice, Poland, once again, the AfDB…
Aid Campaigns: Africans Call for a Move to Look Beyond Pictures of Poor Children
Communities that benefit from aid want international charities to move beyond pictures of poor children and show a more balanced view of Africa, a study showed on…
World Bank Report Highlights New Linkages between Sustainable High Growth and Job Creation
High-growth firms in emerging economies account for more than 50% of all new jobs and sales despite making up less than 20% of all firms in manufacturing and…
Nigeria’s Farmcrowdy, Kobo360, 12 Others, Win Big at AppsAfrica Award, 2018
Fourteen AppsAfrica.com Award Winners have been announced at the annual Awards party in Cape Town South Africa. Now in its fourth year, the Awards celebrate the best…
Google Lunchpad Accelerator Africa programme Graduates class 2
Google has graduated the Class 2 of its Lunchpad Accelerator Africa programme in Lagos. The Country Director, Google, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor disclosed this at the graduation…
Investment: FDI into Africa rises … Morocco joins South Africa as leading investment destinations
According to EY’s latest Africa Attractiveness report, FDI was up across the continent last year, although South Africa experienced a fall in project numbers, on the back of…