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Over 1,000 participants from the United States and across the African continent, including government officials, private sector executives, investors, and multilateral stakeholders, have gathered for the 15th US-Africa Business Summit held in Botswana’s capital city of Gaborone to explore investment opportunities and strengthen business relationships between both sides. The summit, held under the theme ‘Enhancing […]
After nearly five years in detention in South Africa, former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang was finally extradited to the US on Wednesday (12 July) where he was arraigned in a court in New York on Thursday (13 July) to face a fraud and corruption trial over a $2 billion scandal involving fraudulent government loans. […]
The United States Agency for International Development, USAID, announced Wednesday the appointment of a former deputy coordinator of Private Sector Program at the State Department, British A. Robinson, as the new coordinator of Prosper Africa (the U.S. Government initiative to increase trade and investment between African nations and the United States). Robinson, according to the […]
The African countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean have agreed in Morocco to enhance their partnership and integration for shared peace, stability, and shared prosperity. At the end of their 3rd ministerial meeting held Wednesday in Rabat, these countries adopted an action plan conducive to integration and co-development in African-Atlantic region. To achieve the sought goals, […]
US agency Bloomberg has highlighted the dynamics of the Moroccan pharmaceutical industry as well as the Kingdom’s efforts to promote local production so as to foster Africa’s health sovereignty. A robust homegrown industry would help Africa ensure adequate supplies of critical treatments, said Lamia Tazi, chief executive officer of Moroccan pharmaceutical group SOTHEMA, in an […]
Morocco’s active role in the fight against synthetic drugs was highlighted during a virtual ministerial meeting to Launch the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats. The coalition, set up at at the initiative of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, is meant to pool efforts to prevent the production and trafficking of illicit synthetic […]
Immigration from Africa to the United States has increased dramatically in the past three decades and these migrants turned to the US in pursuit of safety, opportunities and economic prospects, according to two latest studies on this topic. As the US commemorates 247 years of independence on Tuesday (5 July), African immigrants celebrated Independence Day […]
King Mohammed VI has hailed in a message to President Joe Biden on the celebration of the United States’ Independence Day the steady developing relations binding the two countries, relations that are rooted in friendship and cooperation. In the message of congratulations to President Biden, the Sovereign underlined “Our ties, which are steeped in history […]
Cote d’Ivoire will soon have its own national Data center and administrative digital city under two agreements signed between the African country and Cybastion Institute of Technology, a consortium of companies based in the U.S and member of U.S Chamber of Commerce. Amadou Coulibaly, Cote d’Ivoire Minister of Communication and Digital Economy signed the deals […]
Gabon is set to apply for a $52 million loan from Boston-based Santander bank to place order for a C295 military carrier from European multinational aerospace corporation Airbus. The aircraft will beef up the operation capacities of the air forces, local media “Gabon Review” reports. C295, according to experts, is a new-generation tactical airlifter in […]