Browsing: Press releases

As part of its commitment to make entrepreneurship more inclusive in the 22 Member States it serves, the Eastern and…

The Citi Foundation and JA Africa are pleased to announce the renewal of their partnership for another year. Citi Foundation’s…

The StartUp Manifesto, Egypt’s first comprehensive documentation of the challenges facing the entrepreneurship ecosystem, is now launched and available online. An initiative…

Central African Republic today in Cairo formalised its membership of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) with the deposit of the instrument…

Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, has acquired 15% of the equity stake in the Nachtigal Hydro Power Company (NHPC)…

Founder and 100% owner of APO Group, Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, 43, will become Chairman. His focus will be on delivering high-level…

Speaker line-up features Minister of Tourism, Minister of Social Solidarity, over 200 start-ups, executives from Uber, Facebook, Microsoft, IBM, Pepsico…

Africa50, in partnership with Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) has announced the U.S. launch of the gas report Investing in Natural Gas for…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) yesterday in Moscow signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russian Railways and the Russian Export…

– 9 Heads of State expected at the Forum as Egypt takes over chairmanship of the African Union in 2019…

African Media Agency (AMA)/- Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or “the Corporation”), the leading infrastructure development finance institution in Africa, is…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has released its unaudited financial statements for the nine months ended 30 September 2018, showing…

A two-day Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting opened in Kigali Wednesday with participants exploring avenues through which financing for tourism development…

The 22nd Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of the Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa (ICE 2018) opened in…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched a project preparation facility aimed at increasing the availability of viable well-prepared projects…

At AfricaCom, Orange presents its latest innovations to democratise access to smartphones, encourage e-education and support the startup ecosystem Democratise…

The second Steering Committee Meeting for the AU-ECA-AfDB African Land Policy Centre (ALPC) for 2018 was held at the African…

On 8 November 2018, Bolloré Transport 8 Logistics won the golden trophy for the best port, airport and railways infrastructure…

Gates Foundation and Global Partners Announce Commitments ta Advance Commercialization of Disruptive, Off-Grid Toilet Technologies The Bill & Melinda Gates…

Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, has signed an agreement with the Republic of Rwanda to develop and finance a…

Centurion Law Group (Centurion), a pan-African law conglomerate, now offers the cost savings and efficiency of flexible legal services through…

On the sidelines of the Africa Investment Forum, the African Development Bank and Africa50 have signed yesterday an agreement with…

JEDDAH: The Joint Technical Group of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) and Sulaiman…

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) has huge potential to move Africa to dizzy heights of development on the…

Against the backdrop of Afework Tekle’s stained glass mural and Sudanese oud-infused lyrics, sounds and poetry, ECA’s Deputy Executive Secretary…

Enko Capital Managers (“ECM”), managers of the Enko Africa Private Equity Fund (“EAPEF”), a private equity investor targeting mid-cap growth…

The Africa Trade Forum 2018, hosted by Nigeria’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, and co-organised by the United Nations…

Chicago IL USA – Impact fund manager Equator Capital Partners LLC announced the first investment from its new ShoreCap III,…

The Government of Seychelles committed today at the Our Ocean Conference 2018 in Bali to host the International Secretariat of…

Africa’s leading private sector institutions and corporates have established a Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) to serve as an…