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While urging Nigerians to invest in agriculture, Abubakar explained that the sector was experiencing a re-invigoration with dedicated Federal Government policies geared towards allowing the private sector to get involved and make more contributions in growing the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP.

The MoU aligns with the CFA50 billion guarantee that UKEF recently said it will provide Togo to help it build the Sokodé-Tchamba-Kambole cross-border road that links Togo to Benin.

The UK will guarantee a major road construction project in Togo with £68.6 million (CFA51.69 billion). The road is the Sokode-Tchamba-Kambole axis and is located in the north. It is 76.5 km long and connects Togo to the Republic of Benin.

A law firm which focuses on francophone Sub-Saharan Africa has consolidated its relationships in West Africa by merging with commercial firms in Conakry and Lomé.

DT Dobie Kenya on Thursday, October 27 unveiled Mercedes Benz trucks assembled in the country. The locally assembled trucks were put together at Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers (KVM), Thika.

The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has set aside K250 billion to fund women entrepreneurs in the next five years.
The funding will be targeted to women-led and owned Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across the country.

“Mobile financial services platforms like M-Pesa are vital drivers of financial inclusion in society which can improve individual life chances and enable enterprises to launch and expand, bringing wealth and jobs into developing economies.

Kenya’s tea earnings grew by Sh9 billion in seven months to July helped by higher value per unit and a weak shilling that offset a sharp drop in imports by the country’s top buyers of the beverage.

Flourish Ventures, a global venture capital firm investing in mission-driven fintech entrepreneurs, has announced the launch of affiliate Madica, a structured investment programme for pre-seed stage technology companies in Africa.

Saudi Arabian independent power producer (IPP) Acwa Power is signing a framework agreement with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) to produce green hydrogen and its derivatives.