Nigerian banks stepping up efforts to plug gender gap
Only one in three women in Africa’s most populous nation currently has an account, development body saysWhen Bolanle Austen-Peters sought a loan for a cultural centre in Lagos, she…...
Read More Nunya Lab, a new tech incubator, is officially launched in Togo
(Togo First) - The Ministry of grassroots development has launched a new incubator for local startups, through the Youth Economic Initiatives Support Fund (FAIEJ).Named Nunya Lab, t…...
Read More US lauds Morocco’s efforts to advance women’s empowerment
The United States and Morocco have announced that they would continue their longstanding partnership to further shared objectives.“Morocco and the United States agreed to work clos…...
Read More African Export-Import Bank delays IPO over unfavourable markets
The bank is waiting for equity markets to improve.Vernon Wessels, Bloomberg / 29 October 2019 11:09 Afreximbank plans to use funds raised from the IPO to help finance rapidly i…...
Read More Uganda, Equatorial Guinea pave way for Africa’s oil future
Over 200 senior executives from IOC and NOCs along with ministerial delegations from leading African nations joined to look for solutions to Africa’s energy challenges.Amongst the …...
Read More Kenya: Cruise ship terminal to be launched next month
Kenya’s new Sh350 million world-class cruise ship terminal will be commissioned next month during the tourist arrivals peak season when luxury ships are expected to dock at Mombasa…...
Read More Kenya aims to eliminate import of cotton raw materials in next five years
NAIROBI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to revive the cotton industry in order to boost the overall performance of the textile sector, aiming to eliminate the import of cotton raw m…...
Read More Barclays Ghana marks 2019 World Savings Day with 25,000 basic school pupils
Barclays Bank Ghana, part of the Absa Group, has marked the 2019 World Savings Day with students of some selected basic schools across the regions of Ghana.Employees of the bank, nu…...
Read More Ethiopia takes hi-tech route to agribusiness
Former Wall Street banker deploys drone and satellite technology to increase exports and profitsAbidjan — A former JPMorgan Chase analyst is using drones and satellites to boost Et…...
Read More Cement: Algeria ambitions to export 6 million tonnes by 2020
ALGIERS - Algeria ambitions to export nearly 6 million tonnes of cement by 2020, said Tuesday in Algiers Minister of Industry and Mines, Djamila Tamazirt. The minister told a study …...
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