In Benin, 700 people, including expats, are currently held in detention on terrorism charges, head of Benin’s Court of Economic Crimes and Terrorism Repression (CRIET) revealed, as the country strives to combat terrorism in the north. Cyriaque Dossa, head of the Court, said, during a conference held in Benin’s top university of Abomey-Calavi, that the […]
African venture results have declined in recent quarters, echoing the trends in other startup regions around the world, but with $1.1 billion raised in the first half of 2023, Africa’s startup ecosystem shows resilience in the face of the global venture capital (VC) funding downturn. Despite VC funding slowly retreating from the African market this […]
The Swiss Federal Council is planning to add Morocco to its new list of partner countries in the fight against illicit financial flows and cross-border tax evasion. After approval of the competent authorities, entry into force of the automatic exchange of information on financial accounts (AEOI) is due in 2023. Ecuador, Georgia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, […]
