South African Customs Union East African Community deliberate on tripartite Free Trade Area market access
South Africa has played host to the 11th bilateral meeting between Trade Ministers of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the East African Community (EAC). The meeting took place [...]
UNDP launches study on income inequality in sub Saharan Africa
It is only by addressing the challenge of income inequality that African countries can achieve decisive progress towards poverty reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the United [...]Aaron Fu appointed MD of Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Tech
Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund, and incubator Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has appointed Aaron Fu as Managing Director for MEST, as the program doubles down on efforts [...]8000 African brands have registered for dot Africa internet address
It is now possible to own an Internet address, or domain name, ending with .africa. Already, more than 8000 of the continent’s and world’s biggest brands, businesses and individuals have [...]Egypt's Central Bank says it will not allow cryptocurrency
According to www.dailynewsegypt.com, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has said that it has no intention of passing a law or issuing legislation to allow the trade of cryptocurrencies in the [...]Exotix Expands Americas Research with Senior Hires from Cantor, Roubini
Exotix Capital, a specialist Frontier and Emerging Markets investment bank has announced two senior hires to expand its Research division in the Americas. Rafael Elias, formerly Head of Emerging Markets [...]Rwanda's Largest Bank Appoints Kenyan CEO
Banque Populaire du Rwanda Ltd (BPR), Rwanda's largest bank by customer base and branch network has appointed Kenyan citizen Maurice Toroitich as the new Chief executive officer effective September 1, 2017. He [...]Safaricom backed taxi hailing app Little is launching in Nigeria
With the backing of Kenya’s telecoms giant Safaricom, taxi hailing app Little is set to commence operations in Nigeria’s tech capital city of Lagos come October. This means that the [...]Dangote Bids To Acquire South Africa’s largest cement maker
According to Bloomberg, Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote is among those considering counteroffers for South Africa’s largest cement maker PPC Group Ltd. Dangote Cement Plc sees a bid for the Johannesburg-based [...]Opinion; The future of Africa depends on agriculture Adesina
By Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Agriculture is instrumental in Africa’s poverty: it must also be instrumental in its wealth. Only through agricultural regeneration can growth, [...]Kenya; Joe Falter appointed as new CEO of Jumia Travel
Online travel agency, Jumia Travel' has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, Joe Falter, succeeding Paul Midy who has exited the top post to take a different [...]International Arrivals To Africa Reach 18.6 Million In 2017
According to Euromonitor International’s new data, international arrivals to Africa grew by 6.5 percent in 2017, to reach 18.550 million, up from 16.351 million in 2012. Key markets such as [...]
