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Investec and UK government team up to support South African green investor

International bank Investec and a UK-based investor jointly run by the UK government and an Australian bank, have teamed up to ...

West-Africa’s top crude refinery secures $656m funding

Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR) has finalized a $656 million debt restructuring financed led by Africa Finance ...

Magufuli in plans for gold smelter in Tanzania

Tanzania will allow export of gold and copper concentrates as it enters the final stages of negotiation with investors to ...

Ghana to export timber to EU market

Ghana is close to making history as the first country in Africa to get clearance to export timber to the European market by the ...

Pétrole : Total prêt à lancer de nouveaux projets au Nigeria

Patrick Pouyanné, PDG du géant pétrolier et gazier français Total, a estimé le 21 janvier que c’était le « moment de ...

Kenya ranked third most attractive for seed investors

Kenya was the third most preferred startup investment destination in Africa last year, attracting a total of 73 deals after South ...

Ghana : en seize mois, un tiers des banques du pays ont disparu

La banque centrale avait donné jusqu’au 31 décembre 2018 aux établissements de crédit pour accroître leur seuil ...

Cameroon ranked 10th largest e-commerce country in Africa (UNCTAD)

Business in Cameroon) – The Africa’s e-marketing index report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ...

Pétrole : piraterie, vols et sabotages ont coûté 2,8 milliards de dollars au Nigeria en 2018

2,8 milliards de dollars soit plus du double du PIB d’un pays comme la Guinée Bissau, c’est le montant des recettes perdues ...

Germany to invest in local bio-energy

German Federal Minister of Economic Cooporation and Development, Gerd Muller, has said Berlin is considering a special pact with ...

Monnaie mobile : le kényan M-Pesa conclut un partenariat avec Western Union

L’accord conclu entre M-Pesa et Western Union permet aux utilisateurs de cette plateforme de paiement mobile ...

RDB, Alibaba seek to increase Rwanda’s exports to China

Rwanda Development Board (RDB) yesterday met a 16-member delegation from Alibaba as they seek to bolster trade between Rwanda and ...

Le Ghana ambitionne de transformer localement 50% de sa production de cacao

Pour profiter pleinement de sa production cacaoyère, le Ghana entend, à partir de cette année, appliquer sur le terrain sa ...

Trade to earn Zambia USD 1 billion

ZAMBIA will earn USD 1 billion annually following the actualisation of bilateral trade agreements with the Democratic Republic of ...

French firm to build 40MW solar plant in Eldoret

Kenya-based French solar firm Alten Africa has picked compatriot renewable energy firm Voltalia to build its 40-megawatt (MW) ...

Villes intelligentes : Alger, carrefour high-tech ?

Un hub technologique a été officiellement lancé en juin 2018 à Alger, afin de transformer la capitale algérienne en ville ...