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Wegen Technology Solutions PLC launched an Ethiopian-based donation platform, WegenFund, in collaboration with the Bank of Abyssinia.

The Secretary-General of AfCFTA Secretariat, WamkeleMene, made this known to journalists in Accra on Saturday at a briefing on the eighth AfCFTA Council of Ministers of Trade Council meeting held in Ghana on Friday and Saturday.

The government’s move to engage local investors in the mining sector will boost Ethiopia’s economy and improve the livelihoods of citizens. Economists said, calling for stiff measures to halt frauds in the production permits.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and other World Bank constituent financial institutions to provide more support to the private sector to spur Kenya’s economic growth.

Ahead of the EU-African Union Summit scheduled for February 17-18, 2022, African thought leaders have stressed the importance of trade agreements and regional integration as keys to driving investment into the continent.

An African billionaire is eyeing the Caribbean markets as he looks to explore investing in the region.

Anu Opafola wants to retire comfortably, or at least not have to work every day, by the time she turns 40. An aspiring financial analyst, Opafola has to invest consistently over the next 15 years to stand a chance of achieving this dream.

In the past few years, the focus on tech talent development in Africa has shifted from training entry-level talent to training senior talent.

Niklas Adalberth’s Norrsken Foundation is in the news again barely two months after opening its Norrsken House in Kigali, Rwanda, which plans to accommodate thousands of entrepreneurs by next year.

King Mohammed VI chaired this Thursday in the province of Benslimane (Casablanca-Settat Region), the launching ceremony of the works for the construction of a manufacturing plant for Covid-19 vaccines and other vaccines. The plant will require an investment of approximately 400 to 500 million euros.