Category: Business

English Premier League to promote Egypt destination this season

August 16, 2023

The English Premier League (EPL) will this 2023-2024 season promote Egypt as a travel destination as part of the North African country’s efforts to attract ... Read More

Mastercard ventures into African fintech, snapping up $5.2bn stake in continent’s no.1 telco

August 15, 2023

Mastercard has acquired a minority stake in the fintech subsidiary of South African telecommunications giant MTN in a deal valued at a whopping $5.2 billion, ... Read More

Morocco poised to tap into phosphates reserves to produce uranium- Think Tank

August 15, 2023

Morocco sits on tremendous uranium reserves thanks to its world’s largest phosphates deposits that could help the country power its desalination plants and export surplus, ... Read More

African central banks’ rigid exchange rate regulation scrutinized by IMF

August 15, 2023

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slammed African central banks for their misguided currency regulation, especially with regard to the ineffective disposal of their foreign ... Read More

Burkina Faso strips off French company Meridian of new Ouagadougou international airport contract

August 14, 2023

Burkina Faso authorities have cancelled a concession deal with French company Meridian AM to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a new International airport in ... Read More

E-payment leader in Egypt to launch new digital bank by end of 2023

August 14, 2023

Fawry, Egypt's leading E-payment solutions provider, will turn its online payment portal “myFawry” into a digital bank in 2023, the country’s stock exchange market indicated ... Read More

Africa’s venture-capital market shrunk by whooping 40% in 2023, as startups struggle

August 13, 2023

The African venture-capital (VC) market witnessed a 40% drop in funding from the previous year in the first six months of 2023, reflecting cautious investor ... Read More

Bali to host 8th Hassan II Great World Water Prize on May 18, 2024

August 13, 2023

The 8th Hassan II Great World Water Prize will be held on May 18, 2024 in Bali, Indonesia, under the theme "Water resource security for ... Read More

Spiro, electric motorbike manufacturer, to expand fleet in Togo & Benin

August 11, 2023

Spiro, a leading electric motorbike manufacturer and clean energy provider in Africa, has landed $63 million loan from GuarantCo, a company in the Private Infrastructure ... Read More

China’s Huayou mulls $20 bln EV battery investment in Morocco’s Sahara

August 10, 2023

Huayou, a Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles battery materials, would invest 200 billion dirhams or $20 bln in a plant in Morocco’s region of Laayoune ... Read More