Category: Business

Africa’s recovery and future will take center stage at IMF-WB meeting in Marrakech

September 1, 2023

There will be "a very strong focus on the African continent” during the annual meeting of the World Bank Group (WB) and the International Monetary ... Read More

East Africa’s weakening currencies don’t improve trade balances, defying economic theories

September 1, 2023

The depreciation of all domestic currencies in the East African region over the past year has not led — in a defiance of conventional economic ... Read More

Climate Technologies: U.S. Dalrada Corp. sets up subsidiary in Morocco

August 31, 2023

U.S. Dalrada Financial Corporation, a leader in climate technology, clean energy, and precision manufacturing, has announced the setting up of a subsidiary in the Moroccan ... Read More

Samsung gets golden license to set mobile phone factory in Egypt

August 31, 2023

Egypt Wednesday August 30 accorded South Korean tech giant Samsung a golden license to set up a mobile phone plant to produce, after the North ... Read More

Dozens of African countries in attendance at 3rd China-Africa Peace and Security Forum in Beijing

August 30, 2023

As many as 50 African States have sent officials to the third China-Africa Peace and Security Forum taking place in Beijing as part of China's ... Read More

Morocco completes first phase of major waterway

August 29, 2023

Morocco succeeded in connecting the water-rich Sebou basin with a dam in the Bouregreg basin that supplies Rabat and Casablanca. The project is planned to ... Read More

Tunisia on brink of default as government drags feet on reforms

August 29, 2023

Tunisia is now the African country facing the highest default risk as the government remains reluctant to implement reforms to be eligible for an IMF ... Read More

China Development Bank to support SMEs in Africa with $400-million loan to Cairo-based Afreximbank

August 29, 2023

The China Development Bank (CDB) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) inked Monday August 28 a $400-mllion loan to be used to support the financing ... Read More

Côte d’Ivoire: Faman Toure re-elected chairman of Chamber of commerce and industry

August 29, 2023

Faman Toure, the outgoing chairman of Côte d’Ivoire’s Chamber of commerce and industry (CCI-CI), won Monday August 28 another six-year term in the position. Toure’s ... Read More

China eyes new arms markets, allies in West Africa amid waning French influence

August 29, 2023

China is making inroads into the West African arms market and is also looking to make new allies and build influence in the region amid ... Read More