Coca-Cola Africa Reorganizes its African footprint operations
Coca-Cola Africa has announced a reorganization of its African operations in the 18 Southern and East Africa countries where it operates, effective 1 August. Swaziland and Lesotho will be part [...]
Tanzania to Launch Smart Cards for Dar Bus Rapid Transport System
Dar es Salaam commuters will soon be able to use smart cards when moving around the city using the Usafiri Bus Rapid Transport System which was launched last year by President Magufuli. [...]Nigeria Stock Exchange launches academy on capital markets
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has unveiled X-Academy, a knowledge-platform designed to provide education services to individuals for better understanding of various aspects of the capital markets. Mr. Oscar N. [...]World Bank approves $345M facility for new Dar Maritime Gateway Project
The capacity of the Port of Dar es Salaam will be increased to 25 million tons over the next seven years following the World Bank Board of Executive Directors’ approval [...]Dangote Gets $1Bn Afreximbank Financing for Intra-African Trade
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed agreements to provide financing facilities totaling $1.11 billion to support African entities engaged in intra-African trade, including $1 billion to the African conglomerate [...]AfDB Japan Govt launch Japan-Africa Energy Initiative
The Government of Japan and the African Development Bank have signed a Letter of Intent to launch the Japan-Africa Energy Initiative (JAEI) to provide significant support to the New Deal [...]Beijing SANKI Petroleum ventures into East Africa
Beijing SANKI, a petroleum equipment and solutions provider in China is setting up its sales and service channels in Kenya and East Africa with the aim of getting a slice [...]Exotix Takes Silver for Frontier Markets Research in 2017 Institutional Investor Rankings
Exotix Capital, a UK based Frontier and Emerging Markets investment firm, has won silver in Institutional Investor’s annual rankings for Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa Research in the Frontier [...]TED 2017 Conference To Be Held in Arusha Tanzania
The annual TEDGlobal conference will be held in Arusha, Tanzania on August 27th–30th 2017. The conference will gather technologists and entrepreneurs, business leaders and creatives to discuss the future of [...]LeapFrog Investments makes USD 180M Investment in Ghana’s Enterprise Group
LeapFrog Investments, the profit-with-purpose investor in emerging markets, has made an investment of USD 180m in Ghana’s financial services market leader, Enterprise Group Limited (Enterprise Group). The transaction draws from [...]Citrix expands operations to East and West Africa
Citrix Systems, Inc. an American multinational software company has announced that it is growing its foothold in Africa through an expansion in distribution operations, and that its channel in East [...]Africa poised to be a US$ 3 trillion economy by 2030
Global leaders will descend on Dubai for the Africa Legal Network’s (ALN) 4thAnnual International Conference on 4-5 October 2017 at the Park Hyatt, Dubai, UAE. The invite-only event will bring [...]
