Manufacturing—Legal Services—Energy—Innovation–Cyber Breaches—eCommerce—Investment—Hospitality/Tourism
Manufacturing
The Manufacturing Association of Nigeria launched Large Corporation Group, charged with drafting policy recommendations to establish the necessary economic and social climate for...
SME funding—Money transfers—Digital payments—Social ventures—Dairy investment—Urban development
SME funding
The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group and...
Sanitation/Hygiene—U.S. Business Partnerships—Bilateral Cooperation—Oil & Gas PPPs—Manufacturing—Retail/Industrial Development
Sanitation/Hygiene
Ghana loses about US$232 million annually in productivity because of poor sanitation and hygiene services, according to the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program....
AGOA—ECOWAS—India—Air Cargo—Mobile Market—Private Equity—Tourism
AGOA Pressure
An African Union delegation arrived in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19 to press the Obama administration, Congress and key private sector stakeholders on...
What’s New In Brief
A roundup of business, trade and economic developments. Topics in this column:
* EAC-EU reach trade agreement
* EAC-Japan economic collaboration
* Paying taxes via mobile money...
EAC-EU–EAC/Japan–Taxes Kenya–Electricity Nigeria–Financial inclusion Nigeria–Agriculture–Entrepreneurship–AGOA
Trade – EAC/EU
Five East African countries — Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi — reached agreement with the European Union to renew a...
New Toll Road-Port Upgrade Warning-Port Expansions Under Way-Ebola Fee-Top Stories From AfricaTLF Hub
Ethiopia’s Toll Road
Ethiopia’s first toll road, the Addis Ababa-Adama expressway, opened for traffic on September 14, cutting the travel time from the capital city...
Trade Finance-Financial Markets-Renewable Energy-power Projects-Electronic Waste-Suez Canal-Chambers Of Commerce
Trade Finance
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) signed a memorandum of understanding with Angola to boost job growth in both countries...
Growth Projections-Design Innovation-Engineerng Prize-Rwenzori Meltdown
Economic Growth Projections
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will reach 5.2 percent in 2014, up from 4.7 per cent in 2013, due to growing...
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Sino-Africa Relations: An Elder’s View
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of complaints that China is taking advantage of Africans even as it provides money...
