27Oct, 2022
The report, ‘The Security, Investment, and Development Nexus: A Diagnostic Assessment,’ was announced on Tuesday 25 October, at the African Union Policy Conference on Peace, Security and Development, currently underway in Morocco.
27Oct, 2022
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27Oct, 2022
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on 26 October 2022 in Abidjan approved a loan of €63.6 million to Senegal to implement the Agropole-Centre agro-industrial processing zone project.
27Oct, 2022
South Africa’s government is negotiating two loans worth a total of 600 million euros ($601 million) that form part of a $8.5 billion climate finance deal it was offered by wealthy nations at the COP26 talks in Glasgow last year.
China’s growing influence is most evident in Africa. A rapid investment and building programme over the past 15 years or so has seen Chinese companies construct new railways, roads, ports, and airports across the continent.
02Aug, 2022
Oui Capital, an Africa-focused VC firm based in Lagos and Massachusetts, announced today that it has completed the first closing of its $30 million second fund, Oui Capital Mentors Fund II, as it seeks to strengthen its presence on the continent.
This morning, Seedstars launched its second emerging market seed stage fund. The firm announced the first close of the fund with $20 million committed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Visa Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, and Symbiotics.
A new training initiative is set to revolutionise the African TV sector, taking industry skills to a new level and boosting the quality of content for audiences across the continent.
Changing the continent’s narrative will entail solving old problems while also harnessing the power of new technologies, says Akindele, a serial entrepreneur and investor from Nigeria.
The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has partnered with Vitol to establish a joint venture to invest in a range of high integrity, socially impactful, carbon avoidance and removals projects.
