The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a EUR 200 million partial credit guarantee (PCG) to support Togo’s inaugural sustainable financing to implement green and social projects. The Partial Credit Guarantee for Mobilisation of Sustainable Financing for Togo project – supported through the African Development Fund, the Bank Group’s concessional lending arm – will enable the government to raise sustainable financing competitively from international […]

 Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has received top honours as Financial Adviser of the Year at the 2024 IJInvestor Awards. Held last night at a gala dinner in London, the Corporation received this prestigious award for providing unique financial advisory services to partners on transformational infrastructure projects that drive industrialisation and economic advancement across Africa.   Every year, the IJInvestor Awards celebrates the best fundraising, […]

 Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com) is a leading next-generation financial services platform that offers affordable and reliable financial services to a customer base of over 16-million people across Africa, Asia and Europe. The company, dedicated to continuously building a strong, reliable and resilient financial payments infrastructure to allow its customers to access new physical and digital services that add value, is also transforming the landscape of commercial and aid payments through its Enterprise […]

  Merck Foundation in partnership with African First Ladies and Ministries of Health and Medical Societies provided out of total 2080 Scholarships, 830 Scholarships of one-year Post-Graduate Diploma and two-year Master Degree in Preventative Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiology, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity and Weight Management to doctors from 52 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, marks ‘World Diabetes Day 2024’ together with […]

 African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and Kenya-based Med Aditus Pharmaceutical Kenya Limited (Med Aditus) have signed a project preparation facility heads of terms agreement at the margins of the fourth edition of the African Sub-Sovereign Governments Network (AfSNET) Conference in Kisumu City, Kenya. The project preparation facility will be deployed to part-finance the preparation of feasibility studies towards the development of Med Aditus’ pharmaceutical manufacturing plant.  Estimated to cost US$ […]

 Mining Indaba – the premier platform for deal-making, investment, and corporate networking for African mining for over 30 years – is cementing its position as the catalyst that ignites positive disruption within the African mining industry. Having launched its 2025 agenda, which demonstrates what is needed to future-proof the African mining industry, the platform is set to deliver another event that will help build a stronger, more resilient sector. “We […]

  Research among over 2,000 South African travellers reveals that more than six in 10 plan to take more holidays in 2025. Bravecations and heritage holidays emerge as key travel trends for 2025. Savvy spenders on the rise as travellers seek the best value for their trips. AI usage in holiday planning skyrockets, alongside growing sustainability considerations. The travel market is set to grow in 2025, according to Marriott Bonvoy’s […]

 Mining Indaba - the premier platform for deal-making, investment, and corporate networking for African mining for over 30 years – has announced a 2025 agenda that emphasises the voices of indigenous people and communities in the mainstream of the conference. The new focus for next year’s event – Investing In Mining Indaba 2025 (https://MiningIndaba.com) – reinforces the Mining Indaba commitment to future-proofing African communities, by foregrounding the experiences of those directly […]

 Grenada reaffirmed its "backing for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its entire territory, including the Sahara region" and "reiterated its support for the Moroccan autonomy plan as the only credible, serious and realistic solution" for the definitive solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. This position was expressed in the Joint Statement signed following talks held, Thursday in Rabat, between Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation […]