Africa: Perceived Versus Real Risk In African Credit Ratings

The ratings of African governments have enabled a robust Eurobond market for African sovereign bonds with over $300 billion issued in the last couple of decades. Maintaining access… Read more »

Africa: What Should Africa Expect at COP27? #AfricaClimateCrisis

As the world convenes in Africa for the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP27), it is time to recognize Africa's role in averting a climate disaster… Read more »

Africa: TB 'Seen As Disease of the Poor' - Is That Why Vaccines Are Not Ready Yet?

The Stop TB Partnership hosted a media briefing on July 6, 2022, to launch the Global Plan to End TB 2023-2030 (Global Plan), a detailed strategy to finally put an end to the… Read more »

Africa: It's Our Responsibility to End the World's Oldest Pandemic

The Stop TB Partnership has launched a detailed strategy to finally put an end to the world's oldest pandemic. Read more »

South Africa: What's Happening In South African News - May 25, 2022

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Africa: More Shocks for an Over-Stressed Region - IMF Africa Head Abebe Selassie Discusses Hard Choices

For African leaders, input from the International Monetary Fund is factor that must be considered when economic policies are decided. During the 1980s and 1990s, the Fund was… Read more »

Nigeria: Tomato Jos in the Business to Win and That's it - Mira Mehta to Investors

Visit Prosper Africa to access U.S. Government trade and investment support and browse the Virtual Deal Room with curated investment opportunities, including companies like Tomato… Read more »

Africa: Bolloré Africa Logistics Group Pulls Plug on Business on the Continent

The Bolloré Africa Logistics group has confirmed the sale of its activities in Africa to Franco-Swiss shipowner MSC for a record amount of € 5.7 billion. In addition to… Read more »

Africa: Conscious Investing to Focus on the Good Your Money Can Do - Beyond Capital CEO Eva Yazhari

Eva Yazhari, Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond Capital Fund is all about impact investing. Inspired by her family history - specifically her grandfather, a medical doctor who left the… Read more »

Africa: Fintech Leads in African Startup Investment But Huge Funding Gap Remains

A Briter Bridges report reveals African startup investment trends, as interest in startups across the continent continues to grow, particularly in the financial technology… Read more »

Africa: Kerim Koray Kebir – 'Our Ambition is to Export 30 Years of Experience and Know-How to West Africa in Order to Create Added Value'

The Acibadem Medical Group which, from Turkey, shines throughout the world intends to conquer the West African health services market from an upcoming establishment in Senegal. On… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: "Today, We Are At the Door of Economic Liberation" - Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

The DRC-Africa Business Forum 2021, which was held on November 24 and 25 in Kinshasa, has come to a close. The process of manufacturing a regional electric battery industry from… Read more »

Africa: Moves Afoot to Take DR Congo From Exporting Cobalt, To Manufacturing Batteries

Translated from French by Michael Tantoh from original interview by allAfrica's Bacary Dabo Read more »

Africa: Reforestation Pledge to Bring Major Change in #AfricaClimateCrisis Fight?

More than 130 world leaders who gathered at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, have pledged to co-operate and reverse land degradation and forest loss by 2030 by signing the Glasgow… Read more »

Africa: Can Africa Exploit its Energy Reserves and Be Part of the Solution to Climate Crisis?

In the lead-up to the 26th global conference on climate next week in Glasgow, Scotland, nations, scientists and climate activists have begun to discuss the role of low-income… Read more »

Africa: Internet Boost for Continent as Google Announces U.S.$ 1 Billion Investment

Google has announced plans to invest U.S.$1 billion over five years to support Africa's digital transformation. The tech giant said that the investment will focus on enabling… Read more »

Africa: Why Investing in Emerging Markets is a Win for Investors and African Companies

CEO of Development Partners International (DPI) Runa Alam talks about the history of Pan-African private equity, the potential for institutional capital to drive the… Read more »

Africa: Chicago Teachers Invested in Africa and You Should Too

My family drilled the value of education into me. I'm a first-generation college graduate because my family emphasized that education was a priority. For us, it was the path to… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Mining Dispute Highlights Pitfalls for U.S. Firms

The decision by Sierra Leone to shut down the operations of U.S.-owned SL Mining has called into question that government’s commitment to the rule of law with regard to… Read more »

Africa: U.S. President Biden Strikes New Tone in Relations With Africa

President Joe Biden has struck a new tone in U.S.-Africa relations, recording a video message which promotes a "shared vision" of more trade and investment, peace and security for… Read more »

Africa: Biden's Message Ahead of African Union Summit

The transcript of a message from President Biden to participants in the African Union Summit: Read more »

Mozambique: As the Resource Bubble Bursts, Where Will the Rents Come From?

The "resource curse" occurs when global mining and gas companies share the surplus from resource extraction with a small local elite, and little reaches ordinary people. Economists… Read more »

Tanzania: Key U.S. Congress Members Raise Concerns About Elections and Treatment of U.S. Investors

The ranking Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Africa are packing a resolution urging the government of Tanzania to respect human and economic… Read more »

Malawi: Malawi's President Appeals to Investors, Implores South African Farmers to 'Invest In Our Soil'

With the world focused on fighting the pandemic, a remarkable achievement went largely unnoticed in Africa. A court in Malawi annulled a rigged election and a peaceful rerun… Read more »

Africa: Poor Communities Are Adapting, Reimagining the Future Amid Covid-19 - C.D.Glin

Covid-19 has changed the world, but African communities are working to innovate in the face of the crisis. One of the institutions participating in discussions with African… Read more »