Only 3 African Countries Have Committed To Pay For The COVAX Vaccine Facility – Report
According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), only 3 countries out of Africa’s 54 counties have made a commitment to pay for the COVAX Vaccination...
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Samantha Power to Head USAID in Boost to Africa Projects
US President-elect Joe Biden is to appoint experienced ambassador Samantha Power as head of development agency USAID in a potential boost to its capabilities in...
The United States is a Committed Partner to the Congo DR
Nearly two years after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) saw a peaceful transfer of power to President Félix Tshisekedi following a nevertheless flawed...
Regina A. Harrison Named New CEO of African American Commerce of Pennsylvania, New Jeersy And Delware
The African American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) is welcoming new leadership to their team. In December 2020, the organization announced the appointment of Regina A. Hairston as the new...
A single market will enable Africa to transform into a supplier of manufactured goods
The African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) is a potential game changer for the world’s poorest region. The pact — signed by 44 of the...
China-Africa relations should build on ending poverty level
China and Africa relations should build on ending poverty levels as Africa still faces major poverty challenges, Rwandan economist Donald Kaberuka told Xinhua in an...
Oil Ticks Higher On Hopes For Easing Oversupply
Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday, ending a four-day losing streak, as traders weighed a bearish price outlook from the IEA and a lowered US...
[Airtel Ghana] Premier Partners First Atlantic Bank To Maximize Benefits For High Value Customers
Ghana’s fastest growing telecommunications company, Airtel Ghana has entered a strategic partnership with First Atlantic Bank Limited, to provide unparalleled telecommunications and banking services that...
Sugar Export Plans Hit Snag As Kakira Registers Shortfall
Kakira Sugar Works joint managing director Mayur Madhvani speaks to Daily Monitor in an interview last week. PHOTO BY DENIS EDEMA Plans to export sugar...
South Africa’s MTN Seeks to reduce $5.2 bln Nigeria fine
* MTN in talks with NCC to reduce fine – source * MTN was still in talks with NCC when deadline passed – source *...
Bank of Africa Acquires 90% Stake in Agaseke Bank
Agaseke has been bought by Bank of Africa and rebranded to Bank of Africa Rwanda. (Net) Bankof Africa Group S.A, a continental financial institution, has...
Zambia Issues Altar Call For Economy; It May Take More
Waldo Swiegers | Bloomberg | Getty Images A man holds Zambian 50 kwacha banknotes in Lusaka on Oct. 8, 2015. As Zambia’s currency has swooned...
African Bank Gives Up On Purchase of Insurer Stangen
THE lending unit of African Bank Investments Limited (Abil), which collapsed in August last year, said it is no longer buying insurer Standard & General...
Nigeria Reveals How Much Oil Price Plunge Has Hit Revenue
Proceeds from Nigeria’s oil receipts fell by two-thirds between September 2014 and July this year, the state oil company in Africa’s top crude producer said...
Nigerian Firm to Host Branding, Etiquette Event in Nairobi
A Nigerian consultancy firm will host a key forum in Nairobi next month. Poise Nigeria Ltd specializes in making executives become invaluable ‘brands’ and the...
EU Interception of Harmful Products From Ghana Damages Trust
The interception of some harmful organisms in some exported products from Ghana by the European Union meant that the exporter did not follow standards testing...
Mobile Money Can’t kill Banking in Ghana’
The Chief Finance Officer at Vodafone Ghana, Kenneth Gomado, has dismissed fears that the rate at which Ghana’s mobile money sector is growing is a...
Oil Prices Drop After Huge Rally…
Oil prices fell on Monday, coming under pressure as dealers took profits from huge gains in last week’s rally and tried to gauge the outlook...
The Secret of Building Great Brands
While worshipping at the church of high-consumerism in Gotham City, the secret of building great brands was revealed to me in an epiphany. On a...
Niger Authorities Seize Counterfeit Dollars, Euros in Raid
Security forces in Niger have dismantled a counterfeiting operation, seizing at least 270 million CFA francs ($470,244) in fake euro and dollar notes, authorities told...