A native of Senegal, Mrs. Aichatou Agne Pouye is a professional with more than 30 years of experience in the private sector, public administration and international organisations
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of the Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), announces the co-option to its Board of Directors of Mrs. Aichatou Agne Pouye.
A native of Senegal, Mrs. Aichatou Agne Pouye is a...
Africa is “on the move and on the rise” with communities coming together to resolve their problems and offer mutual support, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted on Wednesday
He urged everyone with a stake in Africa’s success to seize the new opportunities and work together with people on the continent for the common good.
However, alongside the progress and resilience,...
South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, has been affected by frequent conflict since it gained independence in 2011
Nearly half of South Sudan’s population is facing extreme hunger, the country’s highest proportion of food insecure people in the last 10 years, Save the Children is warning.
More than six million people currently need urgent food assistance, including more than one million...
44 million Ugandans are able to trade Bitcoin and Ethereum without fees during the next month.
Binance recently announced the launch of a fiat-to-crypto exchange in Uganda and the platform will begin processing deposits and withdrawals of Ugandan Shillings beginning on October 17th. The exchange, called Binance Uganda, is the first official fiat-crypto exchange launched by Binance and the platform...
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Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, died Monday. He was an investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist who influenced many aspects of modern life — from technology and science to sports and music.
Allen was 65, his investment firm Vulcan said in a statement announcing his death. He died in Seattle from complications related to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma two weeks after...
Regional low cost carrier, Jambojet, has increased its flight frequency to its various coastal destinations ahead of the festive December season.
Jambojet CEO, Willem Hondius said that: the increase in frequency not only addresses the high demand of domestic tourists traveling to Kenya’s favoured holiday destination in Mombasa, Malindi and Ukunda but to also offer flexibility and flight variety to...
ICE Africa has attracted delegates from a total of 91 countries including gaming professionals from 25 African countries
The international gaming industry has shown its support for Clarion's vision to deliver a stellar business event for the continent, with the inaugural edition of ICE Africa (www.ICEAfrica.za.com) (24 and 25 of October at the Sandton Convention Centre, South Africa) now...
How a wolf in sheep’s clothing kidnapped Angola
Angola is a country in debt. At least $18 billion is being owed to Chinese
With projected debts of over $70 billion, about 70% of the national GDP, and an inflation rate of 24.75% as well as an unemployment level of 25%, the resource rich but heavily indebted Angola has decided to spend...
Technology and innovative finance key to reaching end users in the value chain through technology: African Development Bank at Global Infrastructure Forum 2018
Innovative finance and new technology will connect underserved populations Results: lower costs for off-grid electricity supply, benefits consumers
New technology and blended finance will help to bridge the “last mile” of the infrastructure gap by getting goods and...
African Development Bank and partners’ innovative Room2Run securitization will be a model for global lenders
Room2Run will create space for more lending in pursuit of development agenda
BALI, Indonesia
Sharing the lessons learned will shorten the path for other MDB’s
Room2Run, the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and partners’ innovative US $1 billion synthetic securitization of a portfolio of seasoned African Development Bank...
