Month: September 2024

 The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) (www.AfricaBusinessHeroes.org) Prize Competition, Africa’s leading philanthropic initiative supported by the Jack Ma Foundation (http://apo-opa.co/3Y3GTt8) and Alibaba Philanthropy, is proud to announce the Top 10 finalists for the 2024 ABH Prize. These exceptional entrepreneurs were chosen after an intense round of Semi-Final business pitches and judging held on September 27-28 at Kamelizer Spaces (http://apo-opa.co/3TNPjCz), with community events until September 29, all in the historic city of […]

 The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $3 million technical assistance project to boost local content for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Equatorial Guinea, providing economic diversification to the west-central African country. The grant agreements were signed this week in the city of Malabo between the African Development Bank, the Ministry of Finance, Economy and Planning and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The grant, from various […]

 I am resolute in my conviction that when Africa's women win, Africa wins – Akinwumi Adesina; Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez and CEOs of Global Citizen and Movember also honoured. The United Nations Women organisation has named the African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina a HeForShe Champion for his work promoting gender equality in Africa. At a ceremony held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New […]

 The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $25 million loan to Seychelles to implement the first phase of the Economic Resilience and Green Recovery Support Programme aimed at economic governance management across the archipelago. The operation, the first in a series of programmes scheduled for 2024, 2025 and 2026, will support efforts by the Seychelles authorities to improve tax revenues and enhance governance […]

 A new Niger government ordinance creating a database of people suspected of terrorism undermines fundamental rights enshrined in national and international law, Human Rights Watch said today. The ordinance sets out overbroad criteria for inclusion in the database, deprives those listed of due process and an adequate redress mechanism, and puts protection of personal data and other privacy rights at risk. On August 27, 2024, Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani signed Order No. 2024-43, […]

 Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com), the leading pan-African financial services group, announced Daba Finance, the Ivorian Fintech, as the Grand Winner of its flasghip Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2024. Twelve (12) innovative fintech startups competed to impress the esteemed panel of five judges for the US$50,000 prize. The judges, comprised of renowned industry experts, evaluated the finalists based on criteria such as innovation, market potential, scalability and team strength. After fierce competition, Daba Finance takes home […]

 Uganda minister of energy and mineral development Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu describes how the East African nation became one of the great new energy frontiers on the continent, as a keynote speaker at the forthcoming AOW Investing in African Energy event (https://AOWEnergy.com). The address promises to be one of the highlights of the four-day event, with Uganda set to start pumping its first oil next year (http://apo-opa.co/4eJdIkx), after 20 years of prospecting, […]