French President Macron appoints AfDB’s Vanessa Moungar to new Presidential Council for Africa
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has appointed Vanessa Moungar, the African Development Bank’s Director for Gender, Women and Civil Society, to his Presidential Council for Africa. Moungar and 10 [...]
African Countries whose Internet Speeds Sustain Streaming of Video Services
London — Streaming services in Africa have been held back by the triple whammy of high data prices, unreliable connections and slow speeds. A new World Broadband Speed League provide [...]African immigrants to U.S are better educated than peers are among the highest paid
According to Pew research, there were 2.1 million African immigrants living in the United States in 2015, up from 881,000 in 2000 and a substantial increase from 1970 when the [...]eBay partners with MallForAfrica to sell African products in US
Americans can now buy African goods on eBay through the company’s partnership with MallforAfrica.com, according to Techcrunch. The products from select vendors in six African countries among them Nigeria, Kenya, [...]Barclays Africa to collaborate with nine fintech companies
Barclays Africa Group has announced it will collaborate with nine financial technology (fintech) companies to rapidly explore promising new technology-based solutions that could prompt significant improvements for consumers and in [...]Aliko Dangote Sets Aside $556 Million to establish World-Class university in Abuja
According to Nigerian Publisher Vanguard, Aliko Dangote through Dangote Foundation has set aside USD 556 Million (200 billion naira) to establish a world-class university in Abuja. The university will offer all [...]Rwandair set to expand operations to Guinea, Mali and Senegal
RwandAir, the national carrier of the republic of Rwanda, will from 30th September 2017 commence three weekly operations to Conakry Guinea, Bamako Mali and Dakar in Senegal from its new [...]Bill Gates invests $15 million to digitize Tanzania’s health sector
American business magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates has announced a $ 15 million investment to help digitize Tanzania's health information systems and improve health data in the country. The founder [...]Uganda picks General Electric Italy's Saipem to build first oil refinery
Uganda has picked a consortium including General Electric (GE) and Italian Saipem to build and operate the African country’s first oil refinery. The 60,000-bpd facility will process crude from fields [...]African women use mobile internet more heavily than men
Opera and digital reading non-profit Worldreader have joined forces to understand how women in Africa use mobile internet. Two studies undertaken by the organizations have found that women in Africa [...]Russia's 10th Largest Bank seeks Business Expansion in Kenya Other African Countries
Privately owned Russian lender Promsvyazbank from Moscow is looking to expand into Kenya other African markets because of sluggish loan demand at home, Reuters reports. Alexander Meshcheryakov who is the head of [...]Kenyan National Rosemary Mukami Kariuki Appointed World Bank Country Manager for Zimbabwe
Ms. Rosemary Mukami Kariuki, a Kenyan National, is the new World Bank Country Manager for Zimbabwe. In her new position, Ms Kariuki’s top priorities will be to provide strategic leadership [...]
