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The Council of Foreign ministers of Conseil de l’Entente named Ivorian ambassador and Director General of the African Integration Ouattara Wautabouna as the new Secretary General of the West African regional organization in replacement of countryman Marcel Amon Tanoh. Tanoh’s spell at the realm of the organization grouping Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin and […]
Egypt will in the first half of 2024 stage the country’s National Investment Forum with aim to promote the advantages and incentives of investment in Egypt, key investment opportunities in sectors and economic activities, the office of Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly announced Monday 11 September. Madbouly according to the office chaired a meeting Sunday September […]
Africa’s continuing poor investments in agricultural production, including use of modern technology, are hurting the continent’s ambitions to feed itself, combined with a rising population that does held the situation, African top brains in food security recently gathering in Dar es Salaam were told. Leaders and experts attending the Africa Green Revolution Forum in Tanzania’s […]
The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), officially launched at the G20 summit in India, is seen by some analysts as a direct challenge to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure project launched a decade ago with the aim of connecting China to the rest of the world. The launch of the new […]
The African Union made history on Saturday (9 September) when it became the 21st permanent member of the Group of 20 (G20) during the G20 Summit 2023 in New Delhi. The move, of which India had been a staunch advocate, is widely seen as strengthening both the G20 and also the voice of the Global […]
Almost $1 billion will be disbursed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to young entrepreneurs to help tackle climate change on the continent, AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina announced, noting that failing to invest in the youth will hurt Africa. In an effort to combat climate change, the AfDB and the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) […]
The East African countries have not done enough to make sufficient progress in delivering on the pending actions outlined in the East African Monetary Union roadmap for a region’s single currency, according to the East African Budget Network (EABN). Therefore, East African Community (EAC) governments have been urged to fast-track the implementation of a single […]
Two African countries — Nigeria and South Africa — have been listed among the most crypto-savvy countries in the world, according to a new 2023 global survey that also found that the use of cryptocurrency remains a contentious issue in numerous markets across the region. According to the 2023 global survey by Consensys and YouGov, […]
The Russian ambassador to Rabat said his country is ready to sell wheat at a competitive price to Morocco, a major wheat importer. “Russia is ready to supply wheat to Morocco at reasonable prices,” Russia’s ambassador Vladimir Baibakov told TASS news agency. “Morocco remains a key Russian trade and economic partner in Africa. In a […]
Canadian company Aya Gold & Silver announced it found high-grade silver at the Zgounder Silver Mine in Morocco. “Today’s high-grade drill results including hole ZG-RC-23-2230-212 near the open-pit area to the East continue to demonstrate continuity of mineralization from surface and at depth over the larger footprint of the deposit,” said Benoit La Salle, President […]