AU States Challenged To Ban Second-hand Clothes Import
African Union Member States have been challenged to ban the importation of second-hand clothes to promote textile and apparel industry in the continent. To transform the productive capacities of the [...]
ATIDI holds its 23rd AGM in Rwanda
The African Trade Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) held its 23rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Rwanda last week from 5th to 7th July 2023, changing its commercial name from [...]
Tanzania's Lifezone Metals Makes Historic Debut on NYSE
Tanzania-based battery metals development company Lifezone Metals Limited became the first company from the East African nation to go public on a major US exchange. The company made its debut [...]
Ruto calls for reforms to address debt crisis
President William Ruto has asked African leaders and Parliaments to champion the continent’s development agenda. He asked them to implement policies and legislations that will unlock Africa’spotential and create opportunities [...]AfCFTA in USD6 billion deal to finance Africa’s SMEs
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat has signed a multi-million deal agreement with UBA to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. In a deal signed in [...]Shelter Afrique gets Positive Outlook from GCR
Shelter Afrique, a Pan African Housing Finance and Development Institution could turn to profitability in the next two years. This is according to GCR, a South African rating agency which [...]Standard Chartered Q2 Global Outlook Advice to Investors
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has released the Half- Two Global Market Outlook report dubbed ‘Keep CALM and carry on’ to guide investors on their next move. The report states unique [...]10th Angel Fair Africa – my unconventional path to Angel Investing
In 2002, I co-founded the Ghana New Ventures Competition (GNVC) with four Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students. Mawuli Tse introduced his fellow MIT colleagues Victor Mallet, Baafour Asiamah-Adjei, Kojo [...]
Safaricom Appoints Wim Vanhelleputte as CEO For Ethiopian Market
Safaricom has appointed Wim Vanhelleputte as the new Chief Executive Officer of Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia effective 1 September. He replaces Anwar Soussa who will be exiting the company end of [...]Kenya Listed among ‘Big 5’ Wealth Markets in Africa Report
Kenya is ranked among the ‘Big 5’ wealth markets in Africa, in a group that is led by South Africa followed by Egypt, Nigeria then Kenya as the 4th and [...]All EAC States To End Visa Fees In November
EAC partner states imposing visa requirements on regional citizens have until November to abolish the requirement. South Sudan still charges EAC citizens visa fees, specifically those from Rwanda and Burundi, [...]iProcure in Elaborate Plan to Accelerate its Expansion in Kenya East Africa
iProcure, a Kenyan-based agtech firm, has received a grant of US$ 1.2 million in addition to funding of US$ 9 million, Series B, that it intends to use to support [...]
